WE MEET OUR NEW LITTLE GIRL TOMORROW!!!!!!

I cannot believe that this is most likely my last pre-baby blog entry!!!! I cannot believe that we meet our new little girl tomorrow! I am so excited, as are Greg and Morgan. Of course, I am quite nervous and I am sure this nervousness will increase as the day goes on. The pending C-section scares the day lights of out me, but knowing that there is a great prize at the end helps ease the anxiety.

Yesterday, I had my last OB appointment. I was shocked to find out that I am not dilated, despite the pain and discomfort I was in this weekend. My OB said that the pain I am feeling with every step is most likely my pelvic bone separating. OUCH! The rest is Braxton Hicks contractions. He said some women just experience both of these as painful. Who would have guessed that I would be one of those women????? I continue to have contractions but nothing regular so we should be good to go for tomorrow, so long as I do not over do it today. If I do, I might be visiting the hospital today. But we do not want that since my OB is not on call today :( Greg took off for today to help, as he has been doing so wonderfully, with last minute things around the house and prep for our new little girl's arrival.

My mom and dad are coming in tonight to be here for the big event and my mother-in-law and sister are coming to the hospital in the morning. My mom and dad will bring Morgan with them to the hospital :) It is going to be so nice to have family there, as we did not have family there right away when Morgan was born...we lived in NC then.

Yesterday, I found out that after the C-section, I will be moved the recovery room with the baby and Greg. We will be there for about 2 hours until they move me to my room. I thought that, at least, Morgan would be able to come back to see her sister right away but I was told that cannot happen. Only me, Greg, and the baby are allowed in the recovery room, as the recovery room is a large open room with lots of women and their brand new babies. Morgan and everyone else will have to wait about 2 hours from the delivery to see our new addition. While I understand why they have this policy, it upsets me the most that my dear Morgan will have to wait until her sister is a few hours old before she meets her for the first time. I guess this is the part of the "being cheated" that I have always felt about C-sections. When you have a c-section, you get cheated out of alot of things: holding the baby right away, cutting the cord yourself, having loved ones at the delivery, and siblings meeting their new sibling immediately. I know, I know.....think of the prize. You get the same prize regardless of the type of delivery. But I can't help to feel cheated out of parts of the experience in some ways.

Regardless, we are very excited to meet our new little girl and introduce her to everyone tomorrow. Keep an eye out for email with pictures over the next day or two.

Wish me luck!
Char