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Preparing for a Joyful Delivery Day
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Written by: Alan on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 | 
When a woman is expecting, she is generally in a constant swing between happiness and excitement and a bit of nerves. While she knows she can depend on her natural nurturing instinct and the help of family, friends and her partner to help with delivery and motherhood, it’s also wise for her to prepare her health and home to help make the transition into motherhood an easy one.
One of the first things to do after finding out you’re pregnant is to set up a prenatal check-up. Pregnant women should be sure to start taking prenatal vitamins as soon as possible and eat a healthy, well balanced diet. One other thing to consider during the first trimester is whether or not to have screening tests done. Blood tests and ultrasounds can screen for a variety of chromosomal disorders. Some moms feel better having this information ahead of time, but because these tests are not 100 percent accurate, some moms feel that they will worry too much and opt not to have them done.
In the second trimester, family and friends may begin to plan your baby shower. Registering for gifts online or at a baby store can help ensure that you get the things you need for baby. A baby superstore will give a list of new baby “must haves”; this is a good guideline, but new moms shouldn’t feel the need to mark everything on the list. Ask any mom friends for what they felt was good to have and what was unnecessary. This will help a new mom-to-be determine what she really needs for baby.
After the baby shower is the best time for the mom-to-be to go shopping. This way she can pick up any items she was hoping for but didn’t get. If mom-to-be didn’t get a car seat, picking one up at this time is a good idea. A travel system comes with both car seat and stroller, but a convertible car seat will function into toddlerhood, so researching the various types of car seats can help mom decide which type to go with.
It’s never too early to start asking your doctor questions and preparing a birth plan for delivery day. Take a childbirth class to become educated about pain management options and feeding methods. Ask about optional procedures like circumcision and cord blood banking. Cord blood banking is when the baby’s umbilical cord blood is collected and saved for your family, to be potentially used in a medical treatment in the future.
As the due date approaches, Mom should definitely pack a hospital bag with lots of comfy clothes, including nursing bras and tanks, cozy socks, and undergarments that will pull up and over the post-partum belly. Mom won’t need to pack much for baby other than a going home outfit because the hospital will provide diapers, shirts, hats and blankets. At the end of the day, remaining stress-free is the best thing Mom can do as she prepares for the life to come!
This article was written by Alan Cassidy, an active writer within the blogging community covering maternity and childbirth, and always advocating for infant and children’s health. Connect with him on Twitter @ACassidy22
Hey Jude
Yesterday my life changed once again. I had a scheduled c-section for the 23rd of January to deliver my second son and third child. Since I’ve had two c-sections in the past, everyone said I should be a pro at it. Well, every pregnancy is different (and I will blog about all three of mine later).
First off, Dustin and I were late to the hospital. I’m very punctual and Dustin, well, he’s definitely not. We were just about at the hospital and it was five minutes past our appointment time. I guess I was just overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions since I was about to have major surgery again, become a mother again, and we were late as always. I bawled my eyes out.
This delivery was very different from my last two. There was a different doctor doing the surgery. I had the spinal done THREE times because they didn’t get it right. I bawled my eyes out again because I read about the risks of having multiple c-sections and I’ve been convinced that I was going to die. But I never felt a thing. The procedure took a total of 20 minutes and even the pressure of them pushing on my belly didn’t hurt. Everything went smoothly and before I knew it, the baby was out and my tubes were tied and I was all sewn up ready to go to the recovery room.
The rest of the story isn’t as exciting as my last two deliveries. It was scheduled, I wasn’t dying or high risk, and the baby was perfect.
Jude Isaiah Mullis was born on January 23rd, 2012 at 1:03pm EST. He was 6lbs and 12oz and 19 3/4 inches long.
He is my last child ever and he’s absolutely perfect. 
It’s another BOY!
It is confirmed that this baby is another boy! Lyra is a little upset because she was really hoping for a baby sister, but I told her it just means she’ll be the only princess.
Birth of a Prince: The Delivery
The clock kept ticking and it was getting closer to 2:30pm, the time that my doctor said we should be going back. I heard a nurse come in the door.
“The doctor had an emergency c-section to do, so you’ve been bumped back. You’ll be next!”
Well, okay. I had not eaten anything whatsoever since midnight and I was starving. All I could think about was food! But Dustin and I kept on waiting and tried to get Jet Li to distract us.
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Nurses and doctors and family were in and out of my “waiting” room and the time just kept dragging on. Every time I would think it would be time for us to go back and have my baby, something else came up.
“Oh, there were two more emergency c-sections. You’re bumped back again.”
At this point I was getting aggravated. I hadn’t seen my regular doctor in hours and I wanted to complain about this waiting even though it wasn’t her fault. I mean, I was HUNGRY. I promise that’s all I could think about.
My doctor ended up coming to my room around 5:45pm.
“When are we getting taken back? We’ve been waiting forever and I’m starving! I just want a freaking cheeseburger!”
“I’m tired of waiting, too. I’m going to see what’s going on and you’ll be next, I’ll make sure of it.”
I trust my doctor with all the bones in my body.
Alas, I was taken back 15-minutes later. Dustin couldn’t come with me until he put on those uniform things, I don’t know what they are. 
While I was back there, I was shaking like this has never happened before. They leaned me forward and gave me the spinal and it hurt wicked bad! I normally can take a lot of pain, but this was excruciating!
They laid me down on the table and started prepping me for the c-section. I don’t care what anyone says, I could still move my legs even though they were completely numb. haha!
Anyway, they were about to cut me open, but Dustin wasn’t in the room yet.
“Where’s Dustin?! I need him in here, don’t you dare cut me!”
I was crying when he finally was brought in by one of the nurses. He came over to me and sat down and the surgery began.
I could feel the pressure of the doctor pushing the baby out and I couldn’t breathe. Some guy nurse just kept telling me,
“Just take deep breaths, you’ll be fine.”
Excuse me? How can I take deep breaths if I can’t breathe at all? So Dustin started patting my head and trying to get me to breathe, but then all of a sudden he freaked out and was said, “Oh my God, is she okay? Look at her!”
Apparently from my eyeballs down to my neck was completely black and blue from lack of oxygen. Stupid guy nurse.
“He’s almost out, Kerri! I see his head! Oh, oh! There he is! He’s here!”
That was Dustin, haha.
After all of that, I was just thankful that my baby was alright and that I could breathe again! Dustin got to cut the umbilical cord and then he held the baby and walked over to me. I was still crying so bad and I didn’t know why. But Dustin looked excited and happy, so I was happy. I turned my head so Dustin wouldn’t see me bawl, haha.
After I was cleaned up, they placed my baby on my chest and rolled me to recovery. All I could say to him was,
“You look just like your daddy. It’s not fair!” 
9 Things I Love About Pregnancy
- The positive pregnancy test.
- No period for nine whole months!
- Hearing the heartbeat for the first time.
- Seeing your baby on the ultrasound for the first time.
- Fetal movements.
- Most people are extra nice to you.
- Finding out the gender.
- It’s okay to gain weight!
- The baby shower!
What do/did you love about your pregnancy?
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