pregnancy « Finding Yourself Despite Yourself

Holy Schiznit, Ya’ll! This ain’t gonna be pretty

Something you all may not know: I have 5 kids (not like I talk about them ALL.THE.TIME. or anything, ahem). And of those 5, 3 have shown up BOOM (07) BOOM (08) BOOM (09), resulting in BAM:

AVERT YOUR EYES!

Current stats:

weight: 217lbs
bust: 44.5 inches
waist: 41.5 inches
hips: 48 inches
thigh: 28 inches

Current plan of attack:

Hold me, I’m [...]

Trying to piece it together: the arrival of Saffi Ann

I kept opening this page and staring blankly at the screen. The words just would not come. I could prattle on endlessly about the kids, about how Saffi has just fallen right into our family rhythm without us skipping a beat but I have been tearfully struggling to piece together her birth story.

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Announcing our early arrival

Saffi Ann arrived 6 weeks early on 10/16/09 at 7:04pm after more then 25 hours of labor, 19 of which was augmented with pitocin. She weighed in at 5 lbs 7oz and is 20 inches long.

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