Introducing Miranda Kathryn - born at 12:05 p.m. 9 lbs 5.6 oz 21" long Labor got pretty difficult for awhile, probably around 10:30 o...

9:50 a.m. Breaking of the waters definitely picked things up - contractions coming every 2-3 minutes and are pretty intense, but I'm ha...

We've had a change of shift, so I have two new nurses, Connie and Jessica, and a new midwife also, Blair - who was actually the one I w...

7:00 a.m. Arrived at the hospital/birthing center around 6:00 a.m. Had a 20 minute monitoring session, the baby sounds great.  My contracti...

5:15 a.m. Contractions are still 4-6 minutes apart, but now a little over a minute long.  Definitely stronger.   We're gonna head to th...

4:00 a.m.  I called the answering service - the midwife on call is Beth.  There are four midwives in the practice, and Beth is the newest on...

My 5th pregnancy has presented a challenge that I had not yet experienced.  While I have had Braxton Hicks contractions with all of my other...

Perfectly healthy and beautiful baby  GIRL!!! She was yawning and it looked like she was trying to take a bite of her knee!

Wow, so this is the longest I've gone without posting since.....well, since I was pregnant with Ellia two years ago.   Here's what...

Good things first, shall we? We're going to have a baby!   Baby number 5 is scheduled to arrive on October 9 (which will make three ...

Just in case anyone was wondering what I look like these days (ahem....MOM.....), here ya go. Funny story: The day these pictures were t...