I woke up 15 minutes before my 5:00AM alarm. I closed my eyes and thought about all the things I needed to do today. I stewed in my thoughts for so long that surely those 15 minutes had passed and my alarm would go off at any moment. I checked my phone. Only three minutes had passed.
I decided to get up anyway. I rushed to the bathroom and emptied my stomach. No zofran today! I did my hair. I threw up again, this time loud enough that I woke up Tyler. I double checked all the bags and then made toast for Drew. I threw up again and then woke him up.
He is normally grouchy if he wakes up too early but today he was all smiles. 
We dropped off Drew and Abbie at my mom's and headed to the hospital. We checked in and settled. I was dilated to a 5. We finally got my IV going and started the pitocen. I got an epidural. And then we waited. 
Three hours passed. I dilated to a 7 and stay there for a while. I started to get nervous that something was wrong as they gave me more pitocen and had me lie on my side. My nurse came to check me once again. Her face became stern. As she pulled her hand away I noticed a good amount of blood on her glove.
"Sometimes," she said softly, "the cervix swells and causes things to close back up. You're back to a five."
I caught my breath. Did this mean I would need a c-section? I hadn't prepared myself for that. I felt my anxiety sink in and I began to panic.
"April Fools!" She shouted. She laughed at my expression.
"Sorry, I had to do it! You're dilated to a ten! I now pronounce Benjamin ready to come! I'll get your doctor."
The next thing I know I hear Tyler saying, "Ree! He has hair! And such chubby cheeks! He looks like Drew!"
And my doctor saying, "He is so big! I can't believe he is so big!"
And the nurses saying, "Wow, look at the snow storm outside!"
Sure enough it looked just like Christmas Eve outside on this Spring day.
7 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches. Because I was so sick we were told not to expect him to be more than 7 pounds. That is why my doctor was so shocked he came out so big. He was even bigger than Andrew was. What a blessing!
How lucky am I?? 
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