:::Just call me mommy:::

Just thought I would put up a short blog announcing the arrival of our baby boy....Ryder Jaron Scott. :) He arrived on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 7:36 pm via C-section, weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces, and was 20.8 inches long. It was a scary start into this world, but he is healthy and absolutely beautiful. We came home Thursday evening....

Becoming a mommy has been the most amazing experience. I love him so so much already and can't imagine living a day of my life without him. I never want to leave him. His cry is the cutest cry I've ever heard, and everything about him is perfect. Eric and I are so in love. :)

Birth Story and Pics to come eventually.. :)

READY?

Tomorrow.....I become a mommy.

I have given up on going into labor naturally. I really wanted to experience going into labor naturally at home, and all that goes along with it....but, unless some miracle causes that to happen today or tonight......We are headed to the hospital in the morning.....and we have to be there at 6am. So, I am seeing little sleep for me tonight. Especially since I didn't get up until noon today, and daylight savings time started last night and we got an extra hour anyway!!!

Bags are packed (well, Ryder's bag, and my bag....), Eric's cleaning the Yukon inside/out today, getting the car seat in there, and everything seems to be "ready" to go for when we come back home. My parents have gotten all the details and they call and check on me every other day at least. I know Eric wishes he had family closer to be here with him during this exciting time in his life. I have so much family here.....and nothing at all against his family!!! I know it can't be helped!!! And I know they wish the same thing :)......but, I know after Ryder arrives tomorrow, he wishes he had family to show him off to. I can't wait to see how excited and proud he is of his son.

This is such a surreal feeling. Knowing that I am going to have a baby tomorrow. Knowing my life will never be the same. I am so scared! But also, very excited, and blessed.

I am worried about how tomorrow will go....how bad it will hurt....how Eric will do through it all....how good of a mother I will be.....how good of a baby Ryder will be....that he will start growing up the day he is born.....just worried.

I am excited that I get to hold MY baby boy in my arms tomorrow....that I will get to kiss him and feed him and love him....that Eric gets to be a daddy to a baby boy, and he gets to experience the birth of his child and the love that comes with it.....that my dad gets to become a grandpa tomorrow....just excited.

So many emotions today, and no real way to express them. I already told Eric there would be lots of crying tomorrow. He laughed and said "yea, I know" lol

Wish us luck!

:::Gulp..........

Had my doctor's appt. today......my hubby came along :) My blood pressure what slightly elevated (124/82 I believe)....just the bottom number is kinda high. So, then Dr. Bernardin said she wanted to check my urine for a protein/creatnine ratio (which involved a trip to the lab)....and when she checked me.....I wasn't any further progressed. So, still a "good 3cm" is what she said. Then she brought up the big "I" word.....INDUCTION.... she said with my blood pressure creeping up and since my cervix seems ready, she thinks its best to go ahead and induce me at 39 weeks.....this hit me kinda hard! She said it was up to me, and asked me if I was okay with it....but she said if I didn't want to be induced she would start doing non-stress tests on the baby twice a week to make sure he was doing okay with my higher blood pressure. I asked some questions....and I shared with her my fear of being induced and not progressing during labor, and then ending up with a c-section anyway. I know MORE than one person that exactly that has happened to this year!!! She said that wouldn't likely happen to me because my cervix was already ready to go...and they use this scale to determine the likelihood of someone delivering vaginally, and I score very high on that scale.....

Anywho.....I am scheduled for induction MONDAY.....unless, of course, I go into labor first......which, of course I would rather have happen, so, of course, I am asking anybody reading this to pray for that!!!!

Naturally going into labor seems so much better to me! But, I understand why she wants to induce me...and I am pretty ready......

And she said that nothing I do will make me go into labor....not any of these wives tales people are telling me to do!!! She DID say having sex could help because the prostaglandins from him is the same stuff they give women to soften the cervix for inductions. That's all I'll say about that. :) She wants me to pretty much just sit at home and lay around now....so my blood pressure doesn't elevate. This isn't fun. Waiting. Wondering. Being bored. Watching endless TV. Not fun.