4 months ago today...

We were sitting in Labor and Delivery at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley waiting, and waiting and waiting.  In the morning all we knew was that we would be there until Kennedy arrived, whether that was in a week or 4.  It all came down to what my test results continued to come back as.

4 months ago today, on November 14, 2009, I was told to expect the arrival of my daughter within a few days.  My labs had come back elevated, to the point where they had to induce me.  It was at this point I lost it and started crying.  It was at this point I worried about what this would mean for Kennedy.  It was at this point that I also realized it was the most pregnant I would ever be.  I wouldn't get to endure the last 8 weeks of the 3rd trimester.  I wouldn't get so huge that I was uncomfortable and begging for her to come at any time. 

It was at this point that I realized I wasn't going to get to go home with my daughter, as I always dreamed it would be.

It was at this point that our lives were now going to change for forever.

It was at this point that I looked at Austin, told him to take one last picture of my pregnant belly.

November 14, 2009 at 11:32 a.m.

 

Two days later our little girl would be born into this world.