Bébé Maybe

When my parents were over the other day, I was asking if I acted like Magnolia does as a newborn. But... shocker... that was a really long time ago and they don't really remember. So here's my attempt to document a little bit of what our first month with Magnolia has been like. We can't believe she's one month old! In general, I would say she is more chill than I expected. That might be because I tend to expect the worst, but for months I was researching what it's like to have a newborn and it seemed pretty common to expect a lot of crying and the baby not wanting to be put down. Well, in her first month, Magnolia has hardly cried and 95% of the time doesn't mind being put down anywhere, anytime. She squawks sometimes when we're changing her, and starts to make noises when she's hungry... but I think she's only actually cried maybe 3 times? And every time it stopped as soon as she was more comfortable. One of the biggest perks for me is that since Da...

After my first hospital visit at the beginning of December, my doctor thought it was best/safest to induce at 37 weeks.  I had some high blood pressure readings and with my history (taking so long/so much to get to that point), my doctor thought it was best to get baby here as soon as it was safe for her. I wholeheartedly agreed! I'm fairly surprised I made it to 37 weeks without going into labor naturally- especially after needing to get my cerclage out early due to bleeding/contractions at 32 and 34 weeks. But ultimately I'm happy I made it to 37, and that Magnolia had those extra few weeks to grow and develop. The date and time were set- December 29th. We spent the day relaxing, packing, and doing some last-minute preparations before checking into the hospital at 7pm. My first dose of induction medication (cytotec) was at 8:30pm. I started feeling contractions at 9:30, and by 11:00pm they started to get painful and were at least every 2 minutes. At some point they started pi...