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Ben was born on December 16 via a scheduled c-section. We gave him the full 40 weeks to come out on his own, but my body wasn't having it. He weighed 9lbs 9oz and was 21in! We woke up Tuesday morning and enjoyed getting Canon ready and off to daycare the 3 of us. We had been doing a lot of prepping with him, so he knew we were going to the hospital to have Baby Ben and that MoMo was going to pick him up and it was going to be "a party" with her!  We got to the hospital around 9:30am and by 10:30 we were in the pre/post operating room getting prepped. By 12 I was in the operating room getting my spinal tap. Oh man, that thing worked quickly!!! It wasn't 30 seconds before my toes started feeling all warm and they laid me down. Aaron came in and soon they were working on getting Ben out. I definitely couldn't feel any pain, but right at the point when they were pulling him out I felt a lot of pressure in my whole stomach/chest area.  As soon as he came out ever

2 weeks out, at most. Hopefully sooner. Canon was a c-section due to "failure to progress", so I've essentially been weighing the decision all pregnancy on whether to schedule a 39 week c-section (which would be NEXT TUESDAY!) or try for a VBAC. I'll admit that both are very appealing to me, maybe even more so the scheduled c-section (an earlier arrival, further away from Christmas, it is what I know, etc), but I've decided to wait it out and see what my body can do. I've scheduled the c-section for my due date and am hoping that something will happen beforehand. I'll definitely go the epidural route and have been reading up on lots of birth stories to try and prepare my mind. Of course, at this point, every little twitch, stretch and discomfort I'm evaluating in hopes that its a contraction! I have to be honest and realize that my worst case scenario - laboring for a long time just to end up with a c-section - is also my most likely scenario, but I

Well, I'm 38 weeks preggo and instead of boring you with how ready   I am  my body is to have this baby, I'll post our Thanksgiving recap instead! That is much more fun. But just in case you were actually wondering, this baby is welcome to make his appearance any day now for the love of my hips, shoulders, stomach and sleep! We celebrated Thanksgiving at my mom's house with my sister, her 2 kids, and our friends Chris, Meg & Avery. Amanda and her boys, Cole & Wes, came up Tuesday night and Wednesday was Wes's 1st Birthday! Canon and I grabbed some cupcakes for the sweet boy to celebrate with that evening. And wouldn't you know, I even brought over the big camera! (though, it is still sitting on the table, so a picture of a good picture will have to do for now) I was really excited for Canon to get to hang out with his cousins, so that was the focus of our days, other than eating of course!  MoMo gifted the boys with matching PJ's - one