ARRIVAL: On Wednesday April 29th I got sick with the stomach bug. Yuck. Actually all of us did within a few hours of each other. That night my normal braxton hicks because a little more intense, enough to wake me up from sleep, but they were far apart and inconsistent. I assumed it was because of the stomach bug and dehydration. The following day they went away but picked right back up that night and continued throughout the day on friday, sometimes clustering together close then nothing for ano hour, and still not very painful. I spent the day running errands so figured it was from all the walking around. Then around midnight I suddenly had a pretty dang strong one and they started coming every 7-8 minutes or some. They didn't let up and by 3 am they were 5 minutes apart so I called my mom. But the time she got here (which was only 20 minutes) they were coming every 2-3 minutes. It was kind of exciting!! and terrifying at the same time since it was my first time going into labor on my own (without water breaking or induction). As we headed down the hill to the hospital I started worrying we had waited too long and wouldn't make it in time for the epidural, yikes! and we were suddenly stopped my a construction worker! I rolled the window down and yelled I was in labor and he quickly signaled the other workers to let us through. We made it to the hospital quickly and safely but I was a little panicked at the nurses slow pace to get me checked in and checked. When they finally did check me (which really was probably only 10 minutes, i was just nervous) I was already dilated to an 8! This little girl was coming soon. Luckily I got the epidural in time and everything was beautifully smooth after that. She was born at 6:18am Saturday May 2nd, 2015. 7 lbs 13 ounces, 20 inches long. One week early. A perfect little beauty.
NAME DRAMA: This was so hard for me! We pretty much decided back in december that we both liked the name Brynn, and unless something else popped up that we liked better, that would be her name. BUT I didn't tell anyone! People would ask and I'd brush it off with a we aren't set yet. I did this for a couple reasons. 1. I don't like being swayed by peoples' reactions/opinions, 2. I hesitate to fully commit to a name until we've had the baby. I feel there is always a chance for a change of mind last minute and didn't want anything carved in stone just yet and 3. with ultrasounds there isn't much exciting surprise left when the baby is born. I have liked keeping the names to ourselves to announce with the arrival of the baby. So despite many chances to stake our claim on the name Brynn I didn't do it. I even had a dream at about 35 weeks preggo that I got on FB and a friend here had just named her baby Brynn too. But I said nothing. And then the dream came true about one week later! I got on fb and there was the family in our ward with their new little girl named Brynlee! WHAT THE HECK HAD I DONE!!!???! I was so emotionally upset and sobbed (preggo hormones) and sobbed some more, feeling like we coulnd't use the name. I then spent the next couple weeks scouring for other ideas we could all agree on. See the boys were all totally set on Brynn, Ben was set on Brynn, my mom was set on Brynn, and I was set on it except for my pride not wanting to use a same name. But after lots of though on what her name should be and talking to another mom in the ward I figured oh well, use the name. They are in different schools and who knows if we will even be in the same ward forever. So we did. A little awkwardness followed but I've just had to suck it up and deal because we absolutely love the name and feel it fits our family perfectly.
PS. Since I haven't written much about it, this pregnancy was somewhat miserable and I am so so glad to have my body back. I was having such a hard time keeping up with everything that needed done in my fat, really swollen, tired, and stretched thin body. So this last month has gone pretty well. It gets quite chaotic, especially with now demanding Cody is, so we are all looking for ward to the summer and a slower pace. But we all are doing pretty good.
