As of tomorrow, Mike and I will have been parents for only 7 weeks, but it already seems like we can't remember life B.A. - Before Andrew. Andrew Michael Foster came into our lives on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011... after a VERY long wait... but it could not have been more worth it.
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| Lorimar State Park |
After over a year of trying to start a family, I found out I was expecting the day before Thanksgiving 2010. We had a lot to be thankful for indeed!
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| Best feeling ever! |
I was one of the lucky pregnant women who had little nausea, gained a basketball for a belly, and generally had few complaints (although Mike may disagree about the amount of complaining I did).
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| Incubating my baby. Andrew's first trip to Morris Arboretum - he was 1 day late in this picture! |
Unfortunately, an "easy" pregnancy is apparently no indication of how a delivery will go. I labored for 27 hours before I was wheeled to the O.R. and Andrew was finally brought into the world.
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| Waiting patiently... post epidural, pre-pushing. |
Andrew has been amazing from Day 1. The doctors said he was a superstar throughout all my contractions, he latched on perfectly in the recovery room, and he weighed in at a surprising 8 lbs 11 oz (the docs all said that maybe he would be 7 lbs - HA!). He is now in the 90th percentile in all areas, weighing 11 lbs 11 oz at his 1 month check up. We were at a party last week with 4 other infants - Andrew was the youngest and the biggest!
