So this blog should’ve been started like a year in a half ago when we found out we were pregnant. Then I could’ve covered everything that happened up to that point and beyond! I guess I’ll give a little background information.
When I was about 14 years old I was told that I would never be able to have children. I was absolutely devastated! I have always loved children and the thought of never having my own crushed me. When I was 17 I met the love of my life! He has always been very supportive of all my choices! Christmas of 2007 he asked me to marry him and of course I said YES! We tried to set a date and it seemed like every time we did something happened! After almost 3 years of being engaged I finally said without a doubt in March of 2010 we were going to Las Vegas to get married! Well like every other time something came up! In September 2009 we found out that I was pregnant. The pregnancy went very smooth up until April 19th 2010. It was 8am and I still hadn’t been to bed yet. I just wasn’t tired. I decided to get up and go the bathroom. Then it happened, my water broke. I woke Justin up and he thought I was peeing on the floor! TMI? I informed him that I wasn’t. At that point we both got a little scared, because our peanut wasn’t due until May 27th! I called the doctor and he said to come into the office so they could confirm that it was my water that broke and that I hadn’t just peed on the floor. I guess they think a woman doesn’t know what the difference is! So an hour later we were in the car and in another 45 minutes we were at the doctors, where they confirmed that it was my water. The midwife scared us even more when she said that we would most likely be going to Albany Medical Center because the baby was so small. We went to the closest hospital and they did in fact send us down to Albany. So I was taken by ambulance and Justin and his mother drove down in her car. Of course they got lost; it took them almost 2 hours to get down there. By that time I was in so much pain. The doctor came in and I told him I needed something, anything. But I really didn’t want an epi. So they gave me something thru my IV. It did the trick for a little while, but then that pain came back times 10! I was trying to get sleep in between the contractions but it was impossible! So I finally gave in and got the epi. It was so much better. I got a little sleep. At 9:45pm a doctor came in to check me and said I wouldn’t be having this baby before midnight. About 20 minutes later with a different doctor they were preparing me to start pushing! At 10:56pm on April 19th 2010 after almost 15 (short) hours of labor, our princess Skylar Raine was born. She was so perfect! Thank GOD she was a she! Poor daddy thought she was a he! We only saw her a minute and they took her to the NICU. We had to wait over an hour to see her. But I tell you what that hour was so worth it. She was beautiful in every way, and she looked just like her daddy. She weighed 4lbs 10oz. and was 17¾in. long. After 1 long week in the NICU she was ready to come home and we were so ready to have her at home!
Now as I sit here looking back it’s been 11 months, and I have no idea how time went by so fast! In 1 month my baby will be 1 year old and it completely blows my mind! And still almost 5 years after we met and 4 since we got engaged we’re still not married! But what’s a piece of paper anyways?!
Here is my Princess seconds after birth!
And Here is my Princess now!
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