being pregnant

First of all, here is something to all the women that got pregnant unplanned:
A child is always the best thing that can happen to you in life (next to finding true love), and I can tell you WHY -
Some women may not feel blessed at 5, 6, 7, 8 weeks along, maybe because they wanted to wait or they did not even want children in their life...but I guarantee you, the further you advance in your pregnancy the more you will understand how wonderful it is. And when you finally have your baby, you will never want to let him/her go. There is no too young, old, poor...or whatever for a baby. A career, money, a busy life style, parties, does not compare in the slightest bit to the happiness a child will bring into your life.

Anyhow, we were poor. Being pregnant my chances of getting a job were 0. I applied for medicaid and food stamps. My boyfriend made very little money at the time and the government aid really helped us. Especially since I needed special medical care. With my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Pituitary Tumor and previous LEEP surgery I was considered a 3x high risk pregnancy. It sounded quite scary, Hashimoto's and the Pituitary Tumor can cause miscarriages and developmental problems, and because of the LEEP surgery my cervix could have opened too soon, especially as the baby grows bigger, which can mean bed rest, stitches to your cervix (cerclage) or even a miscarriage or premature birth.
Doctors were interested in my case, the odds of me getting pregnant with all these health issue thingies were supposedly already small, and on top of that the risk of complications very high.

When I found out...

I just couldn't believe that I was really pregnant. During my first ultrasound the doctor said: "And here we have the baby, and this is the heartbeat"...I was only 8 weeks along then, but he already had a tiny little heart.
I had a rough start with 24/7 morning sickness, "all day sickness" for me. I just felt shitty and nauseated every day. But by week 13 it was suddenly gone and my pregnancy got easier every week. My belly was very small at first and everyone kept asking me where my bump was.

My belly started getting bigger around 30 weeks. Throughout the whole pregnancy I loved my bump and dressing it up (I wore my signature belt above the bump instead of around my waist ;). Being pregnant in a hot San Diego Summer was no joke though. I often felt like a whale out of water, especially since we did not have AC. But aside from that my pregnancy was a breeze, I was very active due to us not having a car lol. We walked everywhere, 45 mins were nothing, I was able to do that until the end with a gigantic belly ^^.
Women often say they like the second trimester best, but weirdly for me the third trimester's late weeks were best. Around thirty weeks I would sometimes have days were I was low on energy or my belly hurt, but at 41weeks I felt better than ever, haha.
The only downside was the huge belly, that sometimes made it a bit hard to get out of bed 7 times a night to pee, and yeah...you guessed it, my baby was really pushing on my bladder and it never felt truly empty (If you have never been pregnant, you will be amazed at the many things you never knew about pregnancy)

Doctors were amazed at how well I was doing, I was amazed too, but in a way I had trusted my body throughout the whole pregnancy. I just could not imagine that anything would go wrong, and I was even joking that my baby will take his time and be born late (Like I was at 41+5).
Boy was I right :(...

I wanted an all natural vaginal birth, and at 41 weeks I still was not in labor. I had been having contractions since week 36, but even though they were really frequent, they always stopped after a few hours. At some point I was so annoyed with it I just started ignoring them. I had them everywhere...downtown San Diego, at the mall, at the beach, but no baby.
My doctor tried to stimulate natural contractions but it never turned into labor. I then requested to had an NST done (where they make sure the baby is okay by measuring amniotic fluid and heart beat).

According to the doctors calculations I was 41+6 weeks, according to mine and my last menstrual period, I was further and that is why I wanted to make sure all is okay.