I had a fantastic pregnancy, I was one of those people who enjoyed being pregnant (up until the last month). I found out I was pregnant in the first week in December. I asked Bobby if he thought I was late, he said yeah now that you mention it. I bought a preg test at Clarke's, took it right before Bobby's work Christmas party and sure enough. I had been pretty tired and I was a bit grossed out by a few foods, especially meatballs. We kept it a secret from everyone except Andy (he was staying with us) until Christmas. We gave the Block's and my dad a card with a picture of Bobby and I and I wrote "When you look at this picture, what do you see? Do you see two because there is actually three." They loved it. After that we figured out some fun ways to tell everyone else, especially baking pumpkin bread for the Pennies.
Ella Rae Block was born on July 31st 2008. She weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces. She was very healthy and of course absolutely perfect. I was induced on the morning of the 31st and after about 6 hours I was already dilated to a 9..... but I ended up having a C-section do to the fact that she was sunny side up, wedged in my pelvis, and her heart beat was starting to go crazy-I didn't need any other reasons, that was plenty. The epidural was a blessing, the contractions were insane. We stayed three days in the hospital and it was all amazing. The nurses were fantastic! And the food was unreal-steak and shrimp one night! When we got home I had the worst headache I have ever had in my life-it turned out that when they gave me the epidural, they also gave me a spinal block and some of my spinal fluid leaked out causing something called a spinal headache. If I laid flat on my back I was okay-so that is what I did for four days waiting for the hole to heal itself. Well it never healed itself so I had to get a "blood patch" done. They had to re give me the epidural and patch the hole with my blood. It was immediate relief! Sorry if that was to much info-but it sure made for an interesting start to motherhood. After that I was cursed with some sciatic nerve problem that kept me from walking for about a week-I was really starting to feel like a hypochondriac. Finally I was feeling better and the c-section never was even an issue-very little pain. All that and we now have an amazing little person! She had a head of strawberry blond hair and big blue eyes. She has her dads feet for sure. We had a ton of visitors and it was great to see everyone and introduce Ella.
