My birthday was Saturday. On Friday when I talked to my Mom, she told me part of my birth story. She told me the part I'm most interested in right now - the hurty part! :) Friday night, June 4th, 1976, my mom had her first contraction at 9:30 pm. At 9:35 pm, she had her second contraction. At 9:40 pm, she had her third, etc. Basically, once she was in labor, she was in labor! They finished packing the hospital bag, called the doctor and headed to the hospital about 8 miles away in the next town. They arrived at the hospital sometime around 10:30 pm. I was born at 12:31 am on June 5th. Yeah, my mom had a 3 hour labor. I was 2 weeks overdue and 6#, 14.5 oz. That's a small baby for being 2 weeks overdue! I'd like to ask my mom more questions, like how long did she actually push, did she have drugs or was it too fast, did her water break naturally somewhere in that 3 hours or did the doctors do it, and more. I have a brother and sister but they were both delivered by cesarean so my mom will never know if all three would have been born so 'easily.' My sister (the middle child) was breech and her head was stuck in my mom's ribs so a cesarean was medically necessary. For my brother (the baby), my parents elected for a scheduled repeat cesarean since the first one was not the bikini kind. I wonder if my mother's natural labor will be anything like my own. I'd like to give birth naturally (i.e. without drugs) if possible but I won't be a martyr either and end up with an emergency cesarean. I guess I won't know until early September.

Robyn's daughter, Jessica, was born last week Wednesday. You can click on the link to the right to see a picture of her! Congratulations to Robyn, Kris and Gavin on the arrival of your bundle of joy!