Where should I start?

Well I guess I should start this blog with my journey to Motherhood. I know that not everyone is interested in being a parent or having children (the two are not the same...I know plenty of people that have children and aren't really parenting). But I have always known that I wanted to be a mother. Jeff and I had decided to start trying in 2001. We were thinking it would take a few months. I never imagined that it would take years. What a roller coaster of emotions. I would get my hopes up every month...and nothing. Numerous pills, minor surgeries, specialists, tests, procedures, blood work and shots later finally I was pregnant the summer of 2007. There were times I never thought it would happen.  I went through so much sadness and felt so alone. Jeff was wonderful though the whole process but I'm not sure I could completely share everything I was going through.

My pregnancy could not have been more enjoyable. I didn't get really sick; a little nauseous but not sick.  Any of the normal "symptoms" weren't a big deal...after all I had just spent the last several years trying to get pregnant I wasn't going to complain about anything. Jeff and I decided not to find out if we were having a boy or girl. There are so few true surprised in life and it really didn't matter to us. The first time I felt a kick we were at a Dave Matthews Band concert. Right around Thanksgiving is when I could see the alien like movements across my belly.  I relished every minute of it all the way up to the due date, February 24th. That day came and went...I was ready to meet the little miracle. Finally on the 26th my doctor had me go to the hospital for an induction. After hours of labor I ended up having a C-section. At 6:30 pm on February 27th 2008 our beautiful son, Carson Gregory Camp, entered our lives. 

To be continued...