Josephine's Birth Story
It had been days since I had any “practice” contractions. I was feeling more eager for the baby to come, although still nervous about the pain I knew I would experience. On Thursday, October 7th, I took Margaret to a nature reserve so that we could visit the nature center and go on a walk. At first I wasn’t sure I should do the whole loop, but I decided to do it even though it’s almost 2 miles. I had her in the stroller. I was proud of myself for doing it! They had a brand new playground as well and Margaret enjoyed that. That night, I got up to go to the bathroom around 12:30 AM and noticed some cramping. I thought, “well, we’ll see if this goes anywhere.” I kept feeling them off and on, probably almost 10 minutes apart. I remember a couple were more intense (even as I was laying down) and I thought, “hmm….” Eventually I must have fallen asleep because it didn’t feel like I had been up all night when I got up the next morning. I was still awake in the early hours of the morning,...