My Littlest One

My pregnancy with this little one was not the easiest.  I know that most pregnancy's aren't easy, but this one was a little different than the norm.  I was diagnosed with kidney stones when I was about six months pregnant and was in the hospital for about four days just for pain management because their's nothing else they can do.  Let me tell you, they are much worse than birthing a child!  I was in pain for about a month, and it was intense for half that.  When the pain was finally going away I found myself in the hospital again, but this time for pre-term labor.  The kidney stones had jarred something inside of me to start my contractions.  For the last 2 1/2 months of my pregnancy I was on awful medication and confined to my home and couch.  I'm lucky that I have a helpful husband and a wonderful mother-in-law who was able to come visit us for a month, keep our house clean, and cook us yummy meals!  All the trial was well worth it after little Carter arrived, perfect as ever... after I was induced might I add!  He's just lucky he's such a good baby.  :)