Slices of Life

 With Evan's birthday so close and him turning 16 it seemed like a great time to recount his birth story.  Since I've already shared both his brother's stories ( Ian's here ) ( Alec's here) it was only fair that I share Evan's too. He was a pretty good baby sleeping through all the noise of his brothers playing All three boys and no two pregnancies or deliveries were even remotely the same! Thankfully I wasn't feeling sick while pregnant with Evan like I did with Alec. This time around I had to switch doctors/ offices for this last pregnancy so it really felt quite different.  Ian and Alec were delivered by a doctor who had been my primary care since I was in college but just before I got pregnant with Evan she stopped delivering babies altogether since she was in a private practice and malpractice insurance rates were just too high.  I met a few new doctors, settled on one, and then 1/2 way through my pregnancy he had a minor stroke and had to retire so I ...

 Since I shared Ian's birth story with the NJAM How I Became a Mom post I figured it was only fair to share each of my boys' birth stories on the blog.  Alec's could not be more different from Ian's if I tried!  From day one everything about my pregnancy was different too.  I had "morning sickness" (though why is it called that even when it lasts all day?!) for the entire 9 months. In fact I had a check up on the day I ended up going into labor and I remember my doctor saying she was glad I had at least another week before my due date because she was hoping I would put on just a few more pounds before having the baby.  I never even gained 20 pounds. I went to a baby shower just a few months prior for one of my best friends and no one in her family thought I was even pregnant!   My whole family was convinced Alec HAD to be a girl since the pregnancies were so vastly different-- they nearly had me convinced too!  But just in case we still went wit...

This month our Not Just a Mom group is looking to share stories about we became a mom--- this could be a birth story, an adoption story, a story about meeting your step-kids for the first time or a moment that just made you feel like a mom for the first time.  Buckle up! I know this is going to be a long post. I kept a journal for all 3 of my boys about my pregnancy and thoughts/ feelings/ preparations during it and kept that going their first year of life so I have lots of details to share.  I'll add in plenty of cute baby photos though!  Born 8 lbs 13.6 ounces Obviously, in my case,  I became a mom when my oldest entered this world.  For as easy and breezy as my pregnancy with Ian was my labor and delivery was anything but.   I was admitted into the hospital on a Thursday morning at 7:10 am for an induction.  But before they could even start Pitocin (for actual labor) they had to thin out my cervix.  They started the very long induction pr...