Kallen's Birth Story

I never imagined that I would be posting a blog post on one of my child's birth stories. I have been asked by a few mothers to share Kallen's story and I couldn't be more excited and willing to do it!

As I have previously stated, I loved being pregnant. My pregnancy was super easy and I did not take anything for granted. Therefore, when the time came where Kallen would make his appearance into the world I was not trying to rush him. He not only made it to his due date he was over by three days. Kallen's birth began on the end of day two. Nate and I just settled ourselves into bed at 10:20 PM and that is when I felt a major kick throughout my entire stomach. About two seconds later my water broke. I looked at Nate, told him and ran into the bathroom. We then called my mother who returned home that afternoon since I had not one contraction. While Nate loaded our bags, continued to get things ready and wait for my mom, I began having contractions. At about 11:10, we timed them, one minute durations every three minutes apart. We then knew we really needed to go. We checked in at the hospital at 11:58 PM. When we got into our room they checked me at being a four to five. Kallen's heart beat was low so they wanted me to remain on the bed for monitoring. They then checked me again about 30 minutes and I was at a six. My midwife said I was able to go relax in the bath at this time. I was in for about an hour and my contractions were very intense. Nate actually said he saw Kallen move down in my stomach. My midwife checked me again, I was now at a ten and ready to push. Thanks to my amazing husband, midwife and nurse, I pushed for just under an hour. I clearly remember Nate looking at me and telling me I was so close and just one more. I opened my eyes to see our son's face appearing from below. He was perfect! After Kallen's head and shoulders were successfully out, Nate finished pulling him out and placing him on my chest. I just remember crying tears of joys. I was very blessed to have a quick, successful and memorable labor. I give all the praise to God who has had this planned from day one.

Today Kallen turned one week old. I can not believe I gave birth a week ago and that my baby boy is already a week old. I am so thankful for the last nine months and just like I did with my other precious babies, I am treasuring every minute with Kallen.

Arrival of Our Third Beautiful Blessing

~ Kallen Samuel Klauser ~
Born March 19, 2012 at 3:42 AM
Weighing 8 lbs, 6 oz and 20.75 inches long

Baby and Mom are doing wonderful. Will post birth story and reason for choosing the name, Kallen later this week or next. As for now, some pictures to enjoy.

Due Date

Tomorrow marks my official due date and boy is it scary and exciting at the same time.

Scary because...
-giving birth is scary
-nothing is in my control (and if you know me, you know I hate that)
-the pain I plan on experiencing
-of all the unknowns

Exciting because...
-we will soon become a family of five
-we finally get to meet our second son
-everything is done, my mom is already up here, and Nate's job has calmed down dramatically
-the weather is perfect, no chance of a snow storm here :)

Well I have no idea if baby boy is going to arrive tonight, tomorrow, or even be late (which is really funny to me), but until then we are just continuing to pray for a smooth, quick and safe delivery. We also would appreciate prayer from you. We will keep you posted, but hopefully the next blog post will be us introducing our newest little man.

Any Day Now

So today marks 38 weeks and according to my midwife I could seriously go any minute. I am now dilated to a 3, just about 90% effaced and super thin. I know that maybe too much information, but it really does put it into perspective for me that I will be giving birth and we will soon be a family of five.

Side note, Nate has had a lot of stuff going on with work right now, so we are really in no hurry for baby boy's arrival, and if you could take sometime to pray that he would decide to stay in the womb a little longer we would really appreciate it. All we can do now is pray and as always trust on God's perfect timing and plan.

38 week belly shot

Priceless

Yesterday, Nate took some really beautiful black and white pictures of baby boy and I. We plan on taking more colorful, maternity like ones later this week or next as I am approaching week 37. The pictures he took really are intended to be just for our enjoyment; but I did want to share this one that I feel in love with (minus my ugly pregnancy outie)! Absolutely priceless in my opinion.

35 Weeks

Today marks 35 weeks, only five more weeks until baby boy is scheduled to make his appearance. I can't believe it and I am in no way shape or form hurrying these upcoming five weeks. There are a few reasons (in no particular order) why I feel this way. First, the thought of giving birth is a new and scary experience to me. I have been reading many books and talking with many people which has brought me encouragement, but still it is very new. Secondly, Caleb is just under 14 months and I am treasuring every minute with him right now being my baby boy. The thought of him having to become more independent so quickly is something I believe he will have an easier time adjusting to than me. Lastly, the reason I don't want this pregnancy to end is because I don't know if I will ever experience it again. I have spent the last four years believing and at total peace that God did not plan for us to have a biological child. However, I really have enjoyed experiencing every bit of it. I know every mother does not know whether or not they can conceive, but for me, I really have no way of knowing. Some part of this is beautiful and very special to Nate and I since it means we 100% have to rely on God again for what he has for our family. Another reason it's beautiful and special is because it has made me treasure every moment. Some things have been uncomfortable and not fun, but I never take any of it for granted. I treasure every kick, movement, doctor appointments, etc. I will never love this child any more or less than Elyse or Caleb, but like the other two, I am very thankful for baby boy.

The reason for this post is because many friends and family have been asking for a current belly shot and pregnancy updates. The one below is me at 34 weeks. I will try to post at least one more as we get closer, I just don't feel super comfortable posting these types of blogs since I couldn't do it with Elyse or Caleb. Thank you for your understanding.

Half Way Already

This week we are half way already, that's right, we are in our 20th week and going strong. I can not believe how fast the last 20 weeks have gone though. Recently, I have had many people ask for updates and belly pictures. Therefore, I thought it was appropriate now at 20 weeks to share. Hopefully this post will fulfill your requests.

I feel very blessed to say that this pregnancy has been very smooth and pretty easy. Besides a few days of feeling really tired and intense ligament stretching I have had no major side effects like cravings, vomiting or nausea.

Since we are 20 weeks, we do have our ultrasound this Friday that will hopefully show boy or girl as long as he or she cooperates. We will share this exciting news with you all sometime that day. We do ask that you please pray that the ultrasound goes well and baby is healthy.

Thank you for all those who have been praying for us regarding this pregnancy. We are excited and can't wait to meet our third blessing in March. Now onto the most asked thing, here are my (not so good) 12, 16 and 20 week belly shots.