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Zane Lennon Graham
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Zane was born exactly 4 days after our 1 year anniversary. For those of you keeping track, that is TWELVE months, so no, I was not pregnant when we got married. I made sure to wear a skin tight wedding dress just to prove that point. When you get married at 19 you have to put up with a certain amount of gossip, and getting pregnant so quickly does not help your case. Ian and I were SO not ready to be parents. Getting married so young is already a gigantic tornado of change, throwing a baby in there turns it into a freaking tsunami! I was absolutely terrified of raising a baby, I had not even been around that many babies growing up. So, I did what I still do in any situation that scares me, I researched the heck out of it! I read DOZENS of pregnancy books. I learned about birth plans and episiotomies, breast feeding, jaundice, any information that could possibly be related to pregnancy and newborns I devoured.
I had a pretty easy pregnancy with Zane. I did end up on bed rest for a couple months after falling down the stairs at work (thank you workmans comp!) but otherwise, it was uneventful. Even my labor was pretty simple. Zane was 6 days late, and at my regular weekly check-up my Midwife told me I was already dilated 4 centimeters. She said if my water did not break by 4 that afternoon to come into the hospital and they would break it manually to get my labor started! I imagined some kind of water balloon/tack situation. At 4 pm on the dot, Ian and I checked into the Birthing Center and waited patiently while they hooked me up to some machines to track my contractions (which I was not feeling at all). As I was sitting there waiting for the nurse to come back in, I felt this explosion in my belly, followed by immediate gushing of fluid. Horrified, I told Ian and my Mom that something was definitely wrong! Turns out, my water had finally broke, and at the perfect time. Zane always has been very considerate!
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