Pregnancy

Mommy's pregnancy went fairly normal for the next nine months. I did all of the things I was told to do. I didnt eat any fish, took all my vitamins, drank tons and tons of water and got lots of rest. I stopped running because I was a bit too scared that I would do something to hurt you, but that was ok. Mommy only gained 19 pounds the entire time I was carrying you and I stayed pretty healthy. I kept working at the college, but I stopped working at the restaurant when I found out I was pregnant. Mostly, life was pretty normal.

I took pictures of my belly around every four weeks or so and loved watching my belly grow. I borrows a lot of maternity clothes from Aunt Shannon and Jen, and bought a few of my own. I loved Gap Maternity and anything that did not look like a Moo Moo :)

Everything was great until I was 28 weeks pregnant. It was the day of Danielle's baby shower and I was having a lot of pain. I thought I was just dehydrated or tired, but they would not stop. They lasted all day and through the night. When I woke up the next morning I was still in a ton of pain. It was the day of Aunt Rachel's 16th birthday party but I knew I had to do something. Daddy took me to the hospital and it turned out that I was having contractions. They were pretty frequent and the Doctors had a hard time stopping them. They gave me a lot of fluid through an I.V. and made me drink a lot of water, but they still persisted. After several hours they finally gave me a shot of medicine to stop the contractions that made mommy feel like she had 20 shots of espresso and that did not work either. They gave me a second shot of the medicine which finally worked and stopped my contractions. They sent me home but insisted that I stay super hydrated. I followed the doctors orders and remained okay for the rest of my pregnancy.