When we finally made it to my hospital room, which is where we would spend the next five nights, I pumped one more time and fell into a deep sleep, despite the leg compressions every thirty seconds and the uncomfortable ache of the C-Section every time I moved. When the nurse woke us up at 7am, she took all of my vitals and retrieved breakfast for me (Ladies- enjoy this part of your stay! It can almost be like a hotel!) After I ate, I asked my nurse when I could get the co

The immediate aftermath of the delivery was relatively quiet for us, thankfully. After I was stitched back up, I was wheeled back into the room where we had spent the day but so much had changed. I didn’t have any immediate complications and was checked in on every fifteen minutes by the nursing staff. They were very kind to us. I was asked if I could wiggle my toes over and over, which I couldn’t do for a couple of hours until the spinal wore off. I was asked to sit tig

We found out we were pregnant on August 9, 2016. We were about to head to a Zac Brown concert at Fenway Park and I walked out of the bathroom and said to my husband, “That was easy!” with the positive pregnancy test in my hand. I had literally been off birth control for two months and that was that, thanks to Ovulation Kits at Amazon- For me, this was the last easy part of a baby! I was very grateful that we did not struggle at all with infertility. I was 29 years old and