sooo

well my 2nd journey is over, and even though I am sooo happy, I am a little sad. It all flew by in a blink of an eye.
Right now I have no thoughts on doing a 3rd journey. I am not saying I will never do it again, even though it is a possibility that I may never do another surrogacy, but that I'm not counting it out forever as a possibility, IF I did another it would be in the far future..
Anyway, I still need to post some more pictures, and tell my "birth story", which is not that exciting, but I still want to share, check back for that.
My weight is going down, not as fast as last time, but steadily. I am kinda excited to start getting the real weight off here soon, I am still achy, and not going to start doing too much too soon, especially something that isnt reasonable and something I can't keep up with.
I have heard that F has left with "The Little Lone Ranger", and are heading to Chicago to spend a month with family there, then off to his home overseas. I hope to see them again someday. I am expecting to see pictures via the internet, and updates online as well. I will share them as I get them.
♥ Amanda

The End

The End.

The BIG day!!

I am in the hospital still as I am posting this, I just wanted to give a quick update here, since I can't log into any social networking site as they are blocked by the hospital internet. I am going to post my birth story later with more details, as this lap top isnt very comfortable to type on, esp in this bed.
"The Little Lone Ranger" was born near the very end of Aug 2009 @ 39weeks 10:25am weighing 8lbs 4oz and 19 1/2 inches long... after ONE push!! :) I am one proud surro momma

Time is ticking down to the induction.... 39wk belly pic

I am 39 weeks and going in for my induction. Hope all goes well, and I hope to get out soooon, cause I already miss my girls and I havent even been away from them from an hour yet!!
took some pics earlier today. I never wear makeup so "enjoy" lol. from all angles cause we won't be seeing this again. at least for a looooong time it at all. Get ready to be born "Little Lone Ranger"!!

38 weeks 3 days

nothing new. alot of frustration, not with the pregnancy, but with WHEN the delivery will take place.. Having babies for yourself is hard. Timing it and having babies for others is even harder!!
ok, I couldn't pick just one or 2 pics this time.. I picked 3. I love them so much!! from today 38wks 3 days.. haha and excuse the tripos on the camera, I didn't realize it would look so funny :P

False alarm - 38 weeks 1 day

I woke up at 7 am, having contractions. I started to time them and of course they came 3-5 min apart for a full hour, which I timed via Contraction Master . I got my stuff together, dropped the girls off to head to the hospital to make sure. I get there, still having contractions, nothing too bad, the check me and I am 1-2 cm dilated. They hook me up to the monitors and I have to now sit for an hour. I watched TV tossed and turned in the uncomfortable bed, the hour went past pretty quick with the TV on, and the nurse came back and checked me, still the same 1-2 cm dilated, but contracting. She called OB and he said to send me home and only to come back if they got more intense. If it wouldn't have been a Saturday I bet money they would have kept me.
what is funny to me about this, I have had 3 births, 2 of which were natural started labors, and only 1 was an induction, and both of the natural labors, and my 4th delivery I get sent home with a false alarm!!

37 week apt

I had my 37 week apt (I am 37 weeks 3 days today)
I had another ultrasound checking the baby's position, he is still head down. The Dr also checked my cervix for dilation, he said I was about a fingertip dilated, and had a soft cervix, so when labor starts (or the induction) the cervix is ready to go!

sorry for the grainy pic. I did this one on my own, and from my Nikon S550, which I HATE!!! It takes HORRID indoor pictures. I have a better camera, one with less mega pixels but takes way better pics, (olympus) which most of my pics are taken with, except I bent the usb port about 3 weeks ago, and have to either fix that, or buy a card reader port for my comp to use that camera again. I can't stand the pictures this Nikon takes!!
I do have an ultrasound pic to post. I will have to get that up later.