The reason is.. our baby arrived 12 days late.
I have heard of lateness however, this was simply unreal. Groundhog day was every day. She simply did not want to 'drop' down.. and BELIEVE me, I tried EVERYTHING! Therefore, I had a date to get induced 10 days after my due date on February 17th at 2pm - we went to Southern General Hospital - about a 15 minute drive from our apartment. New and renovated, the hospital is excellent. The staff were wonderful, attentive and caring. I cannot say enough about my experience - well, maybe the length of it was just a bit.... LONG.. however, worth the wait.
Here I am on the 'birthing ball' in the hospital after taking my first round of medication... feeling peachy, trying to move things along.. however, the moved.. VERY slowly... at one point I firmly believed nothing was going to happen.
Glamour Shot of me in the hospital TV room before Mom and Dad came by for a visit (Mad Men was even on the TV). I think a bit after this photo I started to have contractions.. there was a bath across the hall so I simply took a bath and walked around quite a lot because I wanted to get GOING! This evening, I actually had an entire room of 3 beds to myself therefore, Brent stayed with me for the entire evening (which was against the rules but they allowed it) and was wonderful!
