Labor, Delivery and Finished!

When Brandon was born I said "I would do that again." My pregnancy was easy - no morning sickness and I felt great. His birth was so easy. My water started leaking at 3:30 p.m. I called my doctor. Took a shower. Went to the hospital. Was admitted. My doctor came in and said I could have an epidural whenever I felt like I wanted one. They started pitocin at 6 p.m. because I wasn't having many regular contractions. I got the epidural right away and hung out with Brent and our families until midnight when he was ready to be born. Pushed for 42 minutes and there he was.

When Hannah was born I said "NEVER again." My pregnancy was horrible - morning sickness for 9 months, pre-term labor for at least 4 of those months. Her birth was fast. Again, water leaked at 5:00 a.m. (but wasn't sure I sent Brent to work 1.5-2 hours in the opposite direction as the hospital), took a shower. Went to the hospital and called Brent to come back while I was in the parking lot because my contractions were horrific at about 6:30 a.m. With Brandon I had the epidural so early I didn't feel any bad ones! Spent the next hour laboring by myself because the hospital wouldn't allow Brandon in the room with me and mom had to stay with him. Brent arrived at 7:30 or 7:45 - I don't remember. Had some horrible contractions and they wouldn't give me anything because they hadn't done all the paperwork even though I did some when I registered. And, they said there was no way I went from 4 cm to ready to deliver in one contraction - heh! By the time they believed me and checked again and called the anesthesiologist and he arrived they said - nope she is delivering. Hannah was born a few minutes after 8 a.m. Fast and furious and never again.

Now Sarah. The paperwork at the beginning was a pain to gather but not horrible. The wait was supposed to be 6 months or so and that has turned into 3 years. Horrible, yes. Unbearable, sometimes. Painful, maybe. Referral day - fabulous!
Then more waiting, yuck! The waiting - unbearable, painful and horrible. My body is rebelling on me. I feel horrible. I'm really stressed. We still don't have our homestudy update but our agency says not to worry about it because our homestudy is still current. We don't have to worry about extending our 171H anymore because we should be traveling in a little over a week. IF we get our Travel Approval and airline tickets and we can get a decent price. Would I do this again? NEVER!

We are done. Brandon was worth it - his was the easy one! Hannah was worth all the pain and sickness. Without a doubt in my mind Sarah will be worth all the stress and frustration and waiting as well. Yup, when I get all three of our children together I will know we are done because my body can't handle any more of the stress! I want a picture of the three of my babies.