Shannon Eleanor is here!

My daughter Shannon Eleanor graced us with her presence on Friday, January 23rd at 11:16am. Shannon weighed 8 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. Shannon is gorgeous and her Dad and I are absolutely in love with her. Her big brother Devin is still not sure about her yet, but we think he'll fall in love with her just like we did. He did try to offer her a straw yesterday, so that's a start. :)

Here are some pictures of our precious little girl.

No VBAC for me!

So, let's throw THAT out the window. At my appointment yesterday, my doctor pretty much informed me that he didn't think it was the best course of action to follow through with a trial of labor and VBAC due to the complications I had with my last c-section.

Am I sad? Yeah, kind of. But, I'm also kind of relieved in a weird way. At least I know that in 13 days, my baby will be here. And she'll be healthy and happy.

I just have to suck up the surgery thing. Oh, and I was making absolutely no progress in terms of going into labor on my own. What can I say? My kids like hanging out in my belly.

New Year's Resolution

I don't make resolutions. Well, I actually did quit smoking on New Year's Day 3 years ago, so I take that first statement back. But, in general, I do not make resolutions.

But, I got to thinking, I've been really really bad about keeping in touch with my friends. It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like talking to anyone when I get home from work because it's "family time". And then that turns into TV time. And veg out time. And then it's time for bed. But, before you know it, weeks go by without me talking to anyone.

But, I need to make a better effort at keeping in touch. I found out that some of my friends got together the other day and didn't call me. It was an imprompu type of thing, but I was a little hurt and upset and I realized that I had no one to blame by myself...because I had made no effort to contact them.

See how that works? I can't have it both ways. So, I really need to be better about reaching out. So, I'm going to 'resolve' to be be a better friend this year.

I'm Having a Baby in 15 days...

What the hell? How did time go by so quickly without me knowing? I can't believe I'm having a child in TWO WEEKS. In case you haven't guessed already, it's really kind of freaking me out.

To be completely honest, I really haven't done all that much to prepare for this child. We have finally just figured out our 'birth day' contingency plan. If I have my scheduled c-section on 1/23, we'll drop Devin off at my Mom's and she'll bring Devin to the hospital on Saturday so that Mike's Mom can take him that night. On Sunday, Mike's Mom will drop him off at Susan's until we can pick him up on Tuesday, when I get out of the hospital. But, nothing's been ironed out for the 'what-if-I-go-into-labor-on-my-own' scenario. On Monday, when I was working from home, I felt a couple of contractions and I thought to myself "Wow, if I went into labor today, where would I drop Devin off?" Everyone I know is working. What the hell would I do? So, I've decided that I will not go into labor on Mondays. Let's just hope my body is listening!!!

And, seriously, if this pregnancy is aything like my last pregnancy, I won't be going into labor anytime soon. Although, things feel different this time and I really do think that things are going to happen sooner rather than later. But, I'm not a doctor and I have absolutely no scientific proof to back up my theory.

In any event, tomorrow is my 37 week appointment. I'm hoping the doctor will tell me if I'm making any progress towards labor. Even though I have a scheduled c-section I'm considering going for a VBAC if I should happen to go into labor on my own before then. We'll see. All I know is that in 15 days AT THE MOST, there will be a new baby in my family.

And I need to get ready!