Birth Story, part #1

So, as I'm counting down the days, hours and possible minutes until baby Reilly #2 arrives, I thought I would get some journaling done here so I don't forget in the next couple of months.

It all began back in August 2007. We had our townhouse up for sale, on the brink of selling it and ready to begin our life in a new house and soon a new family. We moved in October 2007 and I found out at the end of that month that I had a miscarriage. We then tried for 6 months to get pregnant again and found out the good news in June 2008. I had some complications at the beginning -- an ER visit (bringing back bad memories from Oct. 2007), but found out that everything was okay. My doctor believes that I might have been having twins and miscarried one of them, but the other baby was alive and doing well at that point.

In November 2008, my doctor asked me to choose a c-section date -- I had a c-section with my daughter, so I was planning another c-section with this baby. I just couldn't bring myself to choose my baby's birthday and I also didn't really want to know the date -- especially since I wasn't due until March 2009 and it was only Nov. 2008 -- that's just too long to know and wait. So, my doctor agreed to call me 1 day ahead of time of the c-section, so I could be surprised -- as if I was going into 'real' labor. He had never had that request before, so I think he is just as excited as I am about the situation!

Now, to March 2009: I sit here and wait.

We cleaned the house (with the help of a wonderful housekeeper), stocked the freezer and the pantry, cleaned all the clothes, washed all the dishes, have little 'treats' for my daughter for when the baby comes, read lots of new baby books, have friends ready to take my daughter for when the 'big day' arrives, have a boy and a girl outfit ready (we don't know the sex), charged the camera batteries, wrapped everything up at work last week (just in case), notified my daughter's school of possible people picking her up/dropping her off after I have the baby, have my cell phone attached to my hip (not literally!) in case my doctor calls....WE ARE READY!!!

My husband and I thought that this weekend was going to be the weekend. I figured maybe my doctor was on-call this weekend and he would have me come in, so as to not interrupt his weekly appointments, etc. We didn't get the call.

We thought for sure it would be today-- that we would get the phone call last night, or maybe at the latest this morning -- my doctor said he might call early in the morning, before 5:30AM -- before my husband leaves for work. We were waiting and waiting.....we didn't get the call.

This morning, my husband says to me, "I really didn't want to go to work today".....sorry.

So, we sit and wait some more...there's not much left for me to do, except wait for the new arrival. I am ready to start our life as a family of 4 -- a mother of 2. I feel like I've been pregnant for well over a year -- probably because I really have been either pregnant or trying to get pregnant since August 2007.....that's a LONG time!

I'm ready to start a new chapter.