One year ago...

One year ago tonight I went to bed 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant. For months I had planned on working up until my due date (Jan. 16th)...but for some reason I went to bed that night with a feeling of dread. I'm strep B positive...for those who don't know what this means, I have to have an antibiotic administered via IV 4 hours prior to delivery. For most moms-to-be, 4 hours prior to delivery sounds like plenty of time...but not to rub this in anyone's face...I deliver much faster than that. With Ruth Ann, I was induced, so they started my antibiotic the night before at 11pm, then I was induced at 7:30am and I was at 10cm (ie...ready to get the show on the road) by 10am. Because of how quickly my first delivery went I had a little fear deep inside that delivery #2 would go even more quickly and I wouldn't have time for my antibiotic to be administered...and of course I had researched all the terrible things that could happen.

On December 31, 2010, I went to bed and slept very little because little did anyone know that at 5:13pm the next day we would be meeting the newest McCarty...