Caroline Comes Home

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of days.

Caroline Opal Bowman

Caroline Opal greeted the world Friday, March 20th at 9:17 pm weighing in at 7 pounds and 5 ounces. We arrived at the hospital around 5:30 pm, were admited about 7 and she was here a little over 2 hours later! She has made a reputation as the baby who had the super fast delivery. After they broke my water, she was here about 45 minutes later. Without an epidural, it was definitely one of the most painful experiences of my life, but the recovery has been amazing. We wish we were headed home tonight, but since she arrived late in the evening, we'll be headed home tomorrow morning. Jack seems to be okay with her since she brought him a gift of helicopters and airplanes. We'll see what it's like once we get home. Pictures to follow soon!

38 weeks

I am now 38 weeks pregnant and ready for a baby! At this point, I am 4cm dilated and 70% effaced. I think I was a bit jinxed when the doctor said I wouldn't make it through the weekend. With that in mind, Jack went to spend the weekend with Grammy and Grandpa in Knoxville so that he would be well taken care of if we had to jet to the hospital. Since everything was all in line and it would have been very convenient, no baby yet! We've definitely missed Jack, but know he's had a blast visiting. We'll get to see him later today.


So now we just keep waiting to see when this baby is going to decide to come. Back to work again tomorrow! I keep hearing, "why are you here??" I can't just sit at home and wait for the baby to get here. We've been trying all kinds of the natural induction methods, but nothing yet. I'm really hoping not to be induced as I want to have a drug-free delivery if possible. So any suggestions on how to get things moving would be great!

Progress!

I am currently a little over 36 weeks along now and making a good bit of progress towards baby being here. After my doctor's appt today, I am almost 3 centimeters dilated and 70% effaced (not in labor though). That's exciting, but I really need to work one more week so that I don't have to go back this school year. So it sounds like we could have some exciting days to come here soon!