Why yes, the 17th of may sounds like a great birthday

So we are finally here. It seemed like it would never happen after two years of trying, a few failed iui, and the long shot of ivf. Then after being pregnant and being told as early as april 14th, the delivery date seemed to always be "next week". Althought we knew it would happen at some point, i think everyone in our lives, including us, wondered, is this boy every going to come out and meet the world?

We can all stop wondering, as today, May 17th, we will be getting a C-Section and get to meet our little baby boy.

This morning we started the day like any other, with getting ready for work, getting dressed all nicely, well at least me, as john can wear whatever. And we have a super minor non-stress test that was more of a precaution then anything else. Last week the Dr thought they might have seen something, which caused a number of tests and found in the end that there was nothing to worry about. That however including scheduling a few non-stress tests that the dr said might as well go though with even though we look good on all the other tests.

The stress test seemed fine, expect for the boy moving around so much that the nurses couldnt consistantly get his hearbeat. For those that dont know what a non stress test is, its when they hook up a number of monitors to your pregnant belly to monitor the babys heartbeat and kicks. Our boy will defaintly be a soccer player, as he kicks like the dickens, but everything was looking fine for the test, except that it was hard to get he heartbeat at times.

I guess the boy is ready to come out as well, as he knew what he needed to do (avoid the heartbeat monitor) to get the doctor to say "well, your far enough along, that i think it would be a good idea to have this boy, to be on the safe side." Those words were to my ears like a smooth sweet chocolate to my lips.

Finally, we have a plan, a date, and a knowledge that by tomorrow, we will be parents of a baby boy. We will update again we are sure, but right now its just a waiting game as there are 2 c-sections still in front of us, and at one time there was 4 ahead of us. So i guess the 17th of May is a good day to welcome a boy into this world.