Im going to be a mommy!

So im sitting here on my couch staring at this screen trying to figure out what I should write. I look down and see my beautiful almost 2 month old baby girl staring up at me and I it finally comes to me. What better way to start of this blog writing about my journey through my first pregnancy with my daughter Lana.

I found out I was pregnant in October. It was just one of those days I kept telling myself that I needed to take a test. So I rushed off to the store and bought one and I go straight to the bathroom. I know 3 minutes is a short time but when your waiting to see if the test is negative or positive, it seems like its forever! Finally its that time, I finally gain enough courage to look at it and I see the + sign. My heart seriously jumped out of my chest. I was excited and nervous at the same. Was I really ready to be a mom? Well it took about 5 pregnancy tests for me to get to in my head that I was going to be a mom!

The first couple of months were great and then the morning sickness hit me. Im talking about not being able to keep anything down or eat anything decent. I got it pretty bad. So it was saltine crackers and ginger ale most of the time for me. When that finally went away everything was great. I was able to eat most of the foods that I wanted. Dont get me wrong I ate healthy but I gave in to some of my junk food cravings. Who doesnt when they are pregnant. If you were able to ignore your junk food cravings then I applaud you. RAISENETS.....my guilty pleasure! oh and chocolate chip cookies and mint chocolate ice cream here and there.

me 14 weeks

23 weeks

31 weeks 1 day 

36 weeks 4 days

I dont think everyones pregnancy is perfect the whole 9 months. If it is then your lucky. I know mine wasnt. My first trip to the E.R. was when I was about 6 months. I woke up one morning and went to use the bathroom and thats when I realized that I was bleeding. The first thing that crossed my mind was that I was having a miscarriage. I called my husband at work and he rushed home to take me to the hospital. All I could do was just pray that everything was ok. I couldnt stop crying . So when we get there they put me in a labor and delivery room and hook me up to the baby heart monitor and another monitor for contractions. So as im laying there and shes hooking up the heart monitor, im anxiously waiting to hear something and finally I hear it, my daughters heart beat. After 4 hrs pass they couldnt figure out why I was bleeding. I had to go to my hospital where I was being seen at the next day. The same thing, they also had no answer to why I was bleeding. The Dr. said it was just one of those things that just happens. After having to go through all of this I wasnt expecting to have to go to the E.R. again but I did. One day when I was heading out to do some shopping I was walking down my stairs and I slipped and fell on my back and slid down the stairs. I could not believe that just happened. Im freaking out and lying on my couch to see if shes kicking or moving but I could not feel anything. So now im trying to call my husband on his phone and his work phone but no answer. I finally drove myself to my hospital and they put me in a room where they hook me up again to a baby heart monitor and I hear her heart beat. I had to stay there for four hours just to make sure that I wasn't having contractions . Everything looked good and they finally released me. Ever since that day I was very careful walking down my stairs. 

So finally July came around and im already super anxious to have this baby already. Being pregnant in the summer is not fun. Especially with the kind of humidity we get here. Everyone I know is telling me that im going to have her on the 4th of July. Well 4th of July comes around and still no baby. July 5th sometime in the afternoon I go to use the bathroom and im spotting. Im not sure what to make of it so I call labor and delivery and they tell me that its my cervix getting ready since my due date is around the corner, oh yeah I forgot to mention that I was due July 11th. Well later on that day I go to the bathroom and this time I see that I might have lost my mucus plug. So im going online to find pictures of it but no luck! Im still pretty excited to know that it might be that. 2 hrs later thats when I start feeling what might be contractions. I finally knew for sure that it was that night. Im pacing back and forth in my living room and trying to make a decision if I should go in. I call back and they tell me that my contractions should be about 3-5 minutes apart to go in. Finally I couldnt take it anymore and I felt like they were 3-5 minutes apart so we went it. I go into a small room where they hook me up to a monitor and it does show me having contractions but they weren't consistent and I was only 2 cm dilated. They sent me home and my contractions got a little bit worse so I went back in a couple hrs later hoping I was 4 cm dilated. I went through the whole process again and I was still 2 cm dilated but my contractions were bothering me so they gave me some kind of pain medicine. I actually got to sleep for a while till 5 am the next day. I ended going back home, we stopped by the pharmacy to pick up some pain medication and thats when I noticed that it was wearing off. When we got home we decided to lay down and try and sleep but that was not happening for me. The contractions were intense. It hurt so bad to where I was crying and yelling. My husband had me jump in the shower and it worked a little but now I felt like I had to push and thats when I knew it was time to go back. Finally we get there and I can hardly walk because of the pain but I knew I had to get in there asap!! They finally admit me and rush me into a room, where I jump right into the bed. The nurse checked me and thats when she told me that I was already 9 cm dilated and that I wasn't getting my epidural! This was it, I was going to have my daughter. The pushing wasn't the problem it was the contractions that hurt but it was all worth it. I was pushing for about 30-40 minutes and finally Lana was born at 11:11 am July 6th, 2010 8lbs 5oz!