Finally!!!

Little Abbie finally came on Wednesday, November 17th. Since I was a week past my "due-date" the doctors were keeping an extra eye on me. Part of this "extra-eye-ness" included an amniotic fluid index--which I had on Tuesday. My midwife did not like the results of the test and decided to induce my labor. The pitocin drip went in at about 2:45pm Tuesday afternoon and at 4:06am Abigail Elizabeth made her entrance. It was an un-medicated birth(YAY!--I did it!), and we are both doing really well.

Up Date

I think some of you know that I was positive this would be an October baby. I've been comparing myself to my mom (since I really have nothing else to compare this whole experience to) and her first baby was 3 weeks early. Plus I was kind of hoping that by focusing on it and putting a lot of energy into I could somehow will it to be so. Not only did that not happen, but now the actual due date that the doctors gave me has come and gone...and I am still pregnant...Now they're saying that if my body has not gone into labor on its own by Monday I will be going on the induction schedule.
I'm not really liking the way all of this is playing out. I really don't want to have to be induced. Generally speaking, being induced does not just stimulate your body's natural movements, it intensifies them. Which means that the natural birth I've been preparing for will be more difficult and intense than it would have been had my body been allowed to just "do its thing." I'm not planning a natural birth because I have some axe to grind against medication...I don't (in fact I'm a big fan of the pain killers they give me after I go to the dentist). I'm planning a natural birth because I'm terrified at the thought of an epidural. The thought of sticking a giant needle in my back and separating my spinal chord such that I am considered legally paralyzed?!!--are you kidding me???!!! Most women are braver than I am...that's just not something I want to play around with.
So that's where things stand...if you were wondering...

Oh My Flashback

Some of you may not know this, but I'm technically a Utah County Local. I graduated from Springville High in 2004. Tonight Springville hosted Timpview in the quarter finals and it was broadcast on channel 14 as "the high school game of the week"...and Springville WON!!!

First of all, I can't explain how huge that is. When I was at Springville we NEVER beat Timpview. Every time we played them they dominated us in the ugliest way. And tonight the Mighty Red Devils beat them!

Second of all, watching it took me back! I saw the kids in those stands and I totally remember what its like to be where they are. I remember being in those stands. I remember the fact that the only reason I went to football games was because I had a crush on a guy on the team who (I can see this now looking back) was a total [cuss word] who played with my head like mad and did a lot to make high school rough. I remember hanging out in that parking lot with friends before or after school. I remember all the fun that I had my senior year. I remember what its like to not really be able to conceptualize of a world beyond your high school--apart from other high schools. It was such a different world than the one I live in now.

I guess the only real point of this post is "oh the memories"