Raising Three Boys

He’s here! I have no time to post our birth story, but here are a few pictures! Ohene Kwasi Appiah, December 15, 2009, 1:13 a.m., 7 lbs 7 oz, 20.5″ long, all natural un-medicated birth! More pics to come! 🙂 Just glad to be home! I missed Kwabena so much (as he missed me)….and, after all…..There’s no place like home… View Post

….LIED! That’s not the case at all. Here we are on day 2….nearly 24 hours later, and still no baby. I felt for SURE that today would be the day….That I would wake up and have closer contractions and feel the need to rush off to the hospital. No way! Today the contractions have continued to be about 10+ minutes… View Post

It’s so funny….Last time, with Kwabena, we never even told anyone that we were delivering. We just packed up our stuff, and headed to the hospital after 14 hours of contractions at home. We didn’t tell anyone until we were already checked in. Hell, even Kwasi’s mom didn’t find out until Kwabena was already born!! Today, we’ve told Kwasi’s mom,… View Post

So I “survived” the night, thankfully! I really didn’t want to have to disturb the evening to go to the hospital. I made it to the morning! It’s now 7:26 a.m. and I’ve still been having sort of regular contractions throughout the night. They were waking me up very early this a.m. I wonder how much further I’ve dilated? Anyhow,… View Post

Okay, I’m going to call it…I’m in early labor!! This evening around 9 p.m. I started feeling some contractions, and they’ve been coming fairly consistently every 10-15 minutes for the past 2.5 hours. WOO HOO! I had been wanting to see SOME sign of labor (e.g. a “show”), but other than the mounting pressure down below, I wasn’t feeling like… View Post