Some people have asked about the birth and here is the quick synopsis for you. Don't fret if there isn't a blog tomorrow as life is a bit hectic around here these days....

I had a scheduled midwife appointment where everything was fine except for elevated blood pressure and some traces of protien in my urine. She sent me to the hospital for a nonstress test where babe passed with flying colors and my bp wouldn't go down even while sitting still for about an hour. They decided I needed to be admitted for some bed rest (or torture as I call it). The midwife visited me and decided that my bp and blood tests led her to want to induce me. They used mesoprostil and my water broke at about 2:15. My bp was crazy with contractions with it being about 180/115 at some point I think. She decided I needed an epidural to keep the pain down and consequently my bp. I gave in and then to make the epidural work you have to shift from left to right side. When on my left side, babe's heart rate dropped so I could only be on my right and the epidural only worked on my right side. I had back labor that was worsened by the fact of the epidural only working on one side (it makes the nerves go crazy per my midwife). Finally, babe let me go to the left and the epi worked. I ended up pushing for about 3 hours (I think) with babe being born at 9:48 am on 8-7-8.

I didn't even get to pull out my birth plan, but babe was safe. I got a diagnosis of pregnancy induced hypertension with some pre-eclampsic symptoms. I am currently on bed rest until Tuesday, but am calling it house arrest. I try to stay in a chair as much as possible, but it is so darn hard. So, there you go! I haven't been skyping or answering my phone very much due to the babe and house arrest, so I will try to get back to you!