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Me at about five months pregnant on our "Baby Moon"
in Fort Myers, Florida |
In November of 2009, I asked myself the question, "Am I Pregnant?". I wasn't really sure. It might have just been me, but I felt like I was given some weird signs. I felt like every commercial and TV show I watched was about pregnant women. I even saw a lot of pregnant women everywhere I went. So, on a Friday evening, I went to the Dollar Store and Kroger and got a couple pregnancy tests. Tony really wanted me to wait a little bit more before I took the test, but I was too excited to wait. I knew in my gut, that I was pregnant. So, I went up to our bathroom and took the test I got from the Dollar Store and I watched to see what it read. It wasn't even ten seconds and read positive. I WAS PREGNANT!!!! I ran down stairs and told Tony what it said. At first, I think he was shocked and then he smiled. He told me that I should take another one in the morning and see what it says. I did and of course it was still positive. I made an appointment to see our Dr. and their test said positive too. The next day, I found a Gynecologist, her name was Dr. Kulkarni. She was super nice and got me all set up for my appointments. When I heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time, I was so excited. It was music to my ears. I loved being pregnant. I really didn't get sick that much on my first trimester and my second and third trimester went great. I loved watching our baby move around in my stomach. When we went to find out the gender of our baby, I was positive it was going to be a boy. We found out that our baby was a girl. I was happy with whatever the gender. We decided we would tell everybody the news by having a Gender Reveal Party. (My sister-in-law's idea). It was so hard trying not to tell everyone our secret. It was a lot of fun though.Towards the end of my pregnancy, I remember my feet and ankles swelling up really bad. It was the weirdest feeling ever. I felt like my skin was going to separate from the top of my feet. It didn't help that this happened on the end of June through the middle of July. I remember being so tired of being pregnant towards the end. I would walk a lot and I even played volleyball when I was nine months pregnant. When the day arrived to go to the hospital, I remember waking up and taking a shower and then after getting out, my stomach was hurting. It felt like I was having really bad cramps. I told my mother-in-law, who we live with and she asked me how far apart the cramps were from coming and going. I said probably about 5-6 minutes. I decided to call my Dr. She said go to the hospital right now. So my mom, ,mother-in-law and I went to Hurley around 10:30am. Tony was meeting us there from work. It was time to have our baby girl. I was excited and nervous at the same time. The nurses got me all set up to go in a room, where they put in an IV and monitored our baby's heartbeat. My job was to focus on breathing to get through the contractions. It felt like my whole family was up in my room. Maureen Hartson was even there to take pictures. I didn't even really pay attention to them. I would find something to stare at and just breathing. When my contractions got stronger, I would keep on getting sick. I felt horrible. Finally after a few hours, I gave in and got an epidural. That made a relax a little. Then I had to push. After pushing for an hour or longer, my Dr. checked me and said that the baby was stuck on a bone. The nurse I had(which was a NAZI) said she couldn't feel it and that my Dr. must have longer fingers than her. Dr. Kulkarni asked me if I wanted to try and push a little bit more or have a C-Section. Either way, our baby was stuck. I told her I would have a C-Section. I got all set up for the surgery and a nurse gave me some pain medicine and some heater things for my arms. I remember shaking so bad and I couldn't stop. Then I heard our baby crying when Kulkarni pulled our baby girl out. Our baby was then giving to Tony to be cleaned and weighed, while I got closed back up. When Tony brought her back in the room so I could see her, I started crying. I was so happy and exhausted. Kayley Renae Klinck was finally in my arms.Tony and I are very proud parents to a beautiful girl.
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| Proud Parents |
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| One Proud Daddy |
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| Dr. Kulkarni and Kayley |
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