September 18, 2007 - The whole crew headed to the
pediatrician this morning and Camryn saw her new favorite doctor! :)
She weighed 30 pounds 2 ounces and was 36.5 inches long!! (Look for the
updated Length and Weight charts soon) Dr. Steele also mentioned that her
2 year molars were coming in. Hopefully that won't bother her too much!
Camryn has been caught up on her immunizations since 15 months, so we weren't
expecting her to need any type of shot today. This made Caitlin very happy
since she is so paranoid about the dr's office anyway. The office already
had flu shots in, so we asked Camryn if she wanted it today. She excitedly
said yes, she wanted a shot and a band-aid! lol Needless to say,
Brad and I were surprised and all for it, but Caitlin... Not so much! She
wanted to go out of the room! Camryn hardly complained at all though, she
just said, "ow" when the needle went in her arm and gave a big smile when she
got her band-aid. Caitlin opted NOT to get her flu shot today, but we are
all hoping that she will do just as well in November when she does get it!!
Posted by: Jessica
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September 15, 2007 - Happy 2nd Birthday Camryn!! Brad
will agree that Camryn has seemed like she was 2 for a while now, bit at 2:40
this morning she turned 2! Luckily no one was up to celebrate at that
time... We had a birthday cookout today with friends and family, which
turned out great! The weather was sunny and perfect! We think it was
the happiest day of Camryn's life because all of her friends were there and the
focus was on HER (not Caitlin)! ;) The kids all had a blast
decorating their own cupcakes, playing mini-mini-golf in the yard, chasing
bubbles and playing on the swingset!
Camryn's language continues to be her strong point. She easily strings
together whole sentences and is speaking more clearly so that other people,
besides us, can understand her. She knows her colors, basic shapes and is
learning how to count objects. She can sing her ABC's but doesn't
recognize any letters by sight except for "O." Sandboxes and dirt and
rocks with rough edges, flowers and singing and pretending she's Nolan...
Counting and talking and saying hippopotamus almost as well as Nolan at 2
years!! These are a few of her favorite thiiings. Oh and she's also
starting to do 24 piece puzzles. :)
Posted by: Jessica &
Brad
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July 2, 2007 - Camryn is no longer the baby!! Her little
sister Cassidy was born today, making Camryn the middle child. She came to
see Cassie at the hospital today, and was very interested. She wanted to
hold her, but wasn't too sure exactly what to think. I'm sure she will be
a very good big sister, even if she is a little rough with her...
Posted by:
Brad
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June 3, 2007 - Camryn wore panties to bed last night, and
was dry in the morning. She has been wearing a pullup to bed until now,
but was dry most mornings anyway. We cut out pullups during naps about a
month ago and have only had one accident since. Hopefully the nighttime
dryness continues... This concludes Camryn's potty training news!
Posted by:
Brad
May 26, 2007 - Camryn took her first plane ride today, a
long 4 hour flight from Raleigh to Salt Lake City, followed by the second leg to
Denver. She did very well, and took an hour long nap when she got tired.
She didn't have a ticket, so rode in Mommy and Daddy's lap. She passed the
time listening to music, watching a DVD on the laptop, and coloring.
Posted by:
Brad
March 15, 2007 - Camryn turned 18 months old today!
It's hard to believe, I know! A rite of passage when turning 18 months is
to go to the pediatrician. ;) I took Camryn today and to both of our
suprises, Camryn didn't need any immunizations! She is caught up until she
turns 2 in September. Camryn is continuing along her same growth curve.
She was 34.75 inches long (>97%) and weighed 26 pounds 3 ounces (75%). For
those of you keeping track, Caitlin was only 34 inches and 26 pounds 8 ounces...
at 2 YEARS! lol Anyway, the appointment went well and the Dr.
thought that Camryn was doing great! He was also quite impressed that
Camryn was already potty trained. ;) Brad has updated the Length and
Weight charts so check the main webpage for the link!
Posted by: Jessica
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January 22, 2007 - We didn't start right away when we made it back
to Apex, but once we had a couple days to dedicate to watching her we took the
plunge and put Camryn in panties for good. Amazingly she took to it right away!
We had no accidents the first 3 days. I guess teaching her to go while she was
still in pull-ups paid off. We are now at one week since starting, and she has
had a few accidents here and there, but we are calling her potty trained. She is
still in pull-ups (Dora's) during naps and bedtimes, but she has even been dry
at some of those. Yay Camryn!!
Posted by:
Brad
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January 2, 2007 - This is about the
age we moved Caitlin in to a big girl bed, to prepare for Camryn's arrival, so
we decided to do something a little unusual with Camryn. We moved her into the
bed with Caitlin. Caitlin's day bed has a trundle that raises up to make a king,
so they each have their own half. Night 1 went better than expected, with both
of them going to sleep in less than half an hour.
Posted by:
Brad
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December 25, 2006 - Well we were halfway kidding about potty
training when we found out about baby #3, but we have been trying to get Camryn
interested since then. We bought her some pullups, took her into the
bathroom with Caitlin, and got her comfortable sitting on the potty. She
has gone a couple times over the past couple months, but nothing consistent.
However yesterday in Ashland something must have clicked, because we took her to
the potty and she went. We kept taking her all evening, and she kept going
every couple hours. She went again in the morning, and several times in
Lexington and Greenville. We even told her to hold it once in the car when
she was thinking about going and she waited. She still isn't telling us
when she needs to go, and still has lots of accidents, but we are ready to start
using panties once we make it back to NC. More updates to come...
Posted by:
Brad
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December 21, 2006 - Camryn's other 3 molars have poked through,
so she is up to 12 total teeth. Unfortunately she has started using her
teeth for evil and biting people, so we'll have to see if we can curb that bad
habit.
Posted by:
Brad
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December 18, 2006 - Camryn had her 15 month appointment today,
and she was gigantic!! 23 lbs 15oz, and 33 inches tall. She is now in the
>97th percentile for height! She is taller and heavier than Caitlin was at
18 months, not that we are comparing the two of them... that's on another part
of the webpage :) That also means she is only a year behind Caitlin in
clothes, so she is wearing the clothes Caitlin wore last winter, from 22-26
months of age.
Posted by:
Brad
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November 25, 2006 - Camryn will be giving up the baby title
soon, and will be promoted/demoted to the middle child. Our new baby is
due July 5th! Time to start potty training... ;)
Posted by:
Brad
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November 23, 2006 - Camryn got her first molar (bottom left)
today just in time for turkey. Can you chew with just 1 molar? :)
None of the others look like they even close though.
Posted by:
Brad
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September 18, 2006 - Camryn had her 12 month checkup today, and
she is starting to pull away from Caitlin in height as well as weight. She
weighed in at 21 lbs 7oz, and was 31 inches tall. That is the 95th
percentile for height, and 50th for weight. She got a clean bill of
health, and an array of shots :)
Posted by:
Brad
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September 15, 2006 - Our little Ryn is 1 year old today!!
She is saying several words now, like "uh oh", "ball", and "book". She has
been walking for several months now, so she can run and turn in circles with
ease. She understands a lot of what we say to her, and likes following
Caitlin around imitating the things she does (which is good and bad).
Posted by:
Brad
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August 14, 2006 - The rest of Camryn's incisors are in now,
bringing her up to 8 teeth. This should improve her bite and help her eat
those chicken nuggets she likes so much.
Posted by:
Brad
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July 5, 2006 - I don't want to jinx her, but Camryn is now a
walker!!! When we were in Lexington last month she took 2 steps several times
and 3 steps once. Up until this Monday she hadn't been doing a whole lot. But,
on Monday she took 5 steps, then yesterday she took 7 steps. Also,
until yesterday she had to be coaxed to walk. Starting last night though, she
would just decide to walk towards something if she wanted it. Today she walked
11 steps with a flutter at the end, so almost 12! ;) She looks so cute toddling
along, but weird too because she seems too little to walk. Anyway, hopefully
she'll keep it up and be running on the beach with Caitlin by the end of the
summer!!
Posted by: Jessica
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June 19, 2006 - Camryn had her 9 month well-baby check-up
today! She was 19 pounds 2 ounces (55%), 28.5 inches tall (90%) and her
head was still small (30%). :) Camryn's mental and physical development is
right on track. As usual Camryn was "perfect" except she had the
beginnings of an ear infection from a fever and runny nose over the weekend.
In non doctor related news, Camryn has started waving and clapping. I'm
not sure of the date that she began waving, but it has been a week or less.
She just started clapping today though. Maybe you can check it out on a
video soon...
Posted by: Jessica
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June 17, 2006 - Camryn's top right lateral incisor is in!
She is now up to 5 teeth, but it won't last long... Her next lateral
incisor is very close to breaking through the skin too.
Posted by: Jessica
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June 8, 2006 - Along with taking her first steps last night,
Camryn said another recognizable word. "Uh - oh". Of course it was the
cutest thing anyone had heard, but it didn't seem like she knew what she was
saying. Today we went to see cows and horses at Deuce's Nana's farm.
After seeing all of the animals we went back to the house for dinner.
Deuce was sitting in my lap and he dropped a peach. Almost immediately
Camryn said "Uh-oh". ;) I thought it was just a coincidence, but
once we got back to Lexington she said it a few more times in the correct
context. We would drop something on purpose just to see if she knew what
she was saying and she did!!
Posted by: Jessica
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June 7, 2006 - Camryn has been balancing herself standing up
for at least a week now. Sometimes she will let go of the couch or
whatever is holding her up, and just stand there. The longest times have
been 10-15 seconds. With a lot of coaxing we got her to take her first
steps!! They were very wobbly, and she didn't really have good
control of what she was doing, but she knew if she moved her feet she wouldn't
fall over. It started with just one step to catch her balance, and moved
on to two. Before the night was over, she hit 3 steps, but then when we
went to get Grandpa Wright so he could see, she was too tired to take even 1
more step for him... :) I don't think he believed us! Hopefully she
will move on from her first steps to full fledged toddling in the next few
weeks!
Posted by:
Brad
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June 5, 2006 - As usual, teeth come in pairs, so Camryn got
back to an even number of teeth with #4 today. It looks like her top
lateral incisors will be in soon too!
Posted by:
Brad
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June 3, 2006 - Well it took her a lot longer than it did
Caitlin, but Ryn finally cut another tooth, her top right central incisor.
Now she can actually bite, which will help her with the solids she loves so
much.
Posted by:
Brad
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April 25, 2006 - At playgroup today I laid Camryn on the
floor, I looked away for a few seconds and when I turned around she was sitting
up! That definitely wasn't the way I left her, which means she put herself
into a sitting position. ;) Several times throughout the day I would leave
her one way and look back seconds later and she would be sitting. I guess
she didn't want me to see her do it. Finally before she went to bed, Brad
and I got to see her in action. ;) So cute!
Posted by: Jessica
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April 17, 2006 - Camryn has a new "word!" In addition
to her dadadada, she now says mamamama! I am finally getting recognized
around here! ;)
Posted by: Jessica
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April 8, 2006 - Camryn is crawling very well now, and has
moved on to pulling up. Today she pulled up on the bottom stair , got
up on her knees, and then all the way up on her feet. Then she fell over,
but it still counts. ;) We also found out midweek that we were wrong
about her first TWO teeth, only one had come through by then. The second is
through now though.
Posted by:
Brad
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April 1, 2006 - We were at the beach today (Camryn's first
time) and when we were cleaning up afterwards Jessica thought Camryn had some
sand in her mouth. However when we tried to wipe it off we found out it
wasn't sand, it was her first and second teeth!!! We'll try to get
pictures when they are more noticeable.
Posted by:
Brad
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March 28, 2006 - Camryn apparently likes to learn in
spurts. This morning she turned her creeping into crawling and went all
the way across the room. We have been trying to catch it on video. This
afternoon she also reached another milestone by feeding herself. For the past
month we have been putting Cheerios on her tray at meal time to entertain her
and give her practice picking them up, but she didn't have the coordination to
get them into her mouth. We would just have to give her one every once in
a while. Well, today she changed all that and got one into her mouth! She ended
up getting 3/6 of the Cheerios I gave her. Pretty good for the first successful
day!
Posted by:
Brad
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March 20, 2006 - Camryn turned 6 months old 5 days ago, so
she was rewarded with a visit to the doctor today. ;) Of course Camryn is
still perfect, as if that was in question... She was 27 inches tall and
weighed 17 pounds 8 ounces. She had 2 immunizations today, but she did
very well, just cried for a second. Camryn was sitting up very straight so
the doctor also commented that she had excellent trunk control for her age. :)
Posted by: Jessica
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March 18, 2006 - Today was a big day for Camryn, capping
off the big week in Lexington. She had been trying to inch forward for weeks
now, but today she got up on her knees and lunged forward about 3 inches. She
repeated this a couple other times during the day, so she is a creeper. Later
that day, she also turned her gurgling into da's, and said dadadada, so I guess
if we have another monkey it will be a boy... if you believe in that sort of
thing... Worked with Caitlin...
Posted by:
Brad
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March 14, 2006 - We are back in Lexington, and Camryn is
putting on a show. Since the first time she sat up, she has been very lazy about
it. She seemed much more interested in laying on the floor and playing
with toys, where she was free to roll around the room. Well today something
clicked, and she decided she was going to sit up straight and not use her hands
to prop herself up any more, and she held on to toys and played like she had
been doing it all along. I guess that is just her style.
Posted by:
Brad
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January 17, 2006 - We have a 4 monther! Camryn went
to the pediatrician today and did great! She was very happy the whole
time... until she got 4 immunizations. :( Camryn weighed 14 pounds 14 oz
(75th percentile) and was 25.75 inches tall (90th percentile)! Looks like
we have another tall monkey on our hands! We're going to have to move her
to the convertible car seat soon, since hers is only "good" up to 26 inches.
Posted by: Jessica
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January 10, 2006 - Camryn is almost 4 months old, so we
decided to introduce her to some solid foods. We also thought it might help with
her acid reflux, which has has been bothering her, although not as much since
the doctor put her on Zantac... She has been drooling over our food for a while,
so although she found it kind of strange and made faces, she liked it and ate
very well for her first time. Keep an eye in the pictures for all Camryn's new
foods. We plan on giving her oatmeal soon, and then following that up with a new
fruit or veggie every week.
Posted by:
Brad
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January 1, 2006 - Camryn decided to
start off the new year with a bang! She can now sit up alone if
positioned. :) Her record so far is about one minute at a time! Our
baby is getting so big!!
Posted by: Jessica
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December 17, 2005 - More news from the rolling department!
;) Camryn finally figured out how to roll from her back to her stomach!
She has done it twice so far and I wasn't looking either time, so I haven't seen
her in motion. :-/ We're going to try to get a video of it ASAP!
Posted by: Jessica
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December 13, 2005 - Camryn loves to roll! She has now
mastered rolling from her tummy onto her back. When she is having tummy
time she sits up real high on her arms, then sways back and forth until she
rolls all of the way over. It's very cute and we have it on video!
Be on the lookout for it soon. :)
Posted by: Jessica
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November 21, 2005 - Guess who rolled over today? Yes,
it was little Camryn. :) We were at playgroup and Camryn rolled from her
belly onto her back! I don't know if it was an accident or if she meant to
do it though. ;) I will definitely have her try again after her nap!
Posted by: Jessica
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November 19, 2005 - Camryn is now just over 2 months old,
so today we took her to the pediatrician for her well-baby checkup. We saw
Caitlin's favorite, Dr. Hunt. :) She commented on how similar Camryn
looked to Caitlin and noted that Camryn looked great!! She weighed 12
pounds 6 ounces (90th percentile) and was 22.75 inches long (75th percentile).
She was still in the 25th percentile for head circumference as well.
Camryn is very alert, makes eye contact with others, and has good neck muscle
control for her age. So, she is right on track! In other news,
Camryn finally got a real bath! Most of the extra tissue in her belly
button dried up so we put her and Caitlin in the bath together. Cute
pictures coming soon!
Posted by: Jessica
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November 11, 2005 - Brad can now feed Camryn. :) He
got her to take pumped milk from a bottle today while I was at the doctor with
Caitlin. Camryn doesn't like pacifiers, so we were both surprised that she
took the bottle as well as she did. This means that I can be away from
Camryn for a few hours and she won't starve. :) Not that I want to
be away from her for a LONG time, but it will be much more convenient.
Posted by: Jessica
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October 30, 2005 - Camryn's umbilical stump FINALLY fell
off today! Well, for the most part anyway. The main stump part is
gone, but there is still some granulation tissue in her navel. Who knows
how long that will take to dry out... That monkey stump stayed on for 6
weeks and 3 days! Too long in my opinion. :) Unfortunately we still
can't give her a real bath, so everyone will just have to wait longer to see her
"First Bath" pictures. :(
Posted by: Jessica
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October 21, 2005 - Camryn erupted in smiles today. Up
to this point, she'd had a few tiny smiles that might have been gas, but today
she was definitely smiling at us! Several times today she has grinned ear
to ear, especially when she is around her big sister. :)
Posted by:
Brad
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October 19, 2005 - We have a one month old! Well, one
month and 4 days but who's counting? ;) I guess my point is that she had
her one month well-baby appointment. She saw Dr. Britt today and he of
course told us that she was perfect, which wasn't really news to us... ;)
Camryn is trying her best to outdo Caitlin. She weighed more and was
taller than Caitlin was at this point. Her weight was 10 pounds 4 ounces
and she was 21.75 inches tall. She was in the 80th percentile and 75th
percentile respectively. Her head circumference is still small at only
36.2 cm (25th percentile). Camryn received just one immunization today and
she did great! I think she was more upset by being cold and naked than she
was from actually getting the shot. We had a few concerns that we talked to the
doctor about. Camryn has been spitting up in excess after feedings, has
been congested, and occasionally seems to "fight" and push away from me while
eating. The doctor wrote her a script for Zantac, thinking that she might
have a mild case of acid reflux. This is due to an immature digestive
system and is fairly common in newborns. So, we'll have to see if the
medicine helps her. I hope it does!
Posted by: Jessica
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October 4, 2005 - Unfortunately Camryn seemed to have
a little cold this past weekend. Several other kids in playgroup,
including Caitlin, had gotten colds lately so we wanted to make sure Camryn's
stuffy nose and sneezing wasn't anything serious. We took her to the
doctor today and Dr. Hedgepeth said it was nothing to worry about, probably just
one of many viruses going around due to the change in weather. She was
weighed while we were there and was up to 9 pounds 2 ounces.
Posted by:
Brad
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September 19, 2005 - Camryn went to the pediatrician today
for her first post-hospital check-up. When she left the hospital she
weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces (minus 6 ounces since birth), but today she weighed in
at 7 pounds 9 ounces! Dr. Hewett was quite impressed with her weight gain
as newborns are on average gain .5-1 ounce each day. It's obvious that
mama's milk has come in! ;)
Posted by: Jessica
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September 16, 2005 - Welcome home Camryn! After a long
morning we were finally able to bring Camryn home! We woke up early, well
some of us never really slept, in preparation to "check-out" at 11 am.
However, no one in the hospital seemed to be in any rush to let us go.
They took their sweet time, but we finally left around 2 pm, just in time for
more visitors at home! Several moms and toddlers from Caitlin's playgroup
came by to meet Camryn. Also, we made a point to have Camryn quiet when we
entered the house in hopes that OJ and Kato would have a better first impression
of her than they did of Caitlin, who was screaming her head off. :)
Posted by: Jessica
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September 15, 2005 - Happy Birthday Camryn Alexis Wright!
Camryn was born today at 2:40 am after 5.5 hours of labor. She weighed 7
pounds 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. After arriving at the hospital
yesterday, I was given antibiotics in my IV since I tested positive for Group B
Strep. The doctor checked my cervix and it had dilated to 3cm. After
4 hours, I received a second dose of antibiotics, I had also dilated to almost 4
cm. This was also where the "induction" came in. The doctor broke my
water at 9:10 pm and we were left to wait for the contractions to begin...
Carolyn Mitchell arrived shortly after to join in the fun! Over the next
few hours we walked the halls, laughed about nothing and had a great time. ;)
When my contractions started picking up I headed to the shower to help alleviate
the pain. Once back in the bed, the doctor came back in to check my
progress. At 2:10 am I was just 7 cm dilated. I had a feeling that I
was in for a LOOONG night. The doctor also convinced me to accept pitocin
to help regulate my contractions. As the nurse was adding the pitocin to
my IV, I felt very nauseous and my contractions became very strong. At
2:30 am I told everyone that I needed to "push." The nurse checked my
cervix and sure enough I had dilated from 7 to 10 cm in 20 minutes! After
10 minutes and 3 pushes, Camryn was born!
Posted by: Jessica
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September 14, 2005 - I went to the OB
today for my 40 week appointment. Before seeing a doctor I had a fetal
non-stress test. During this "test" a machine monitored Camryn's heart
rate and how my contractions affected it. At one point Camryn's heart rate
dropped fairly low, so the OB decided to send me to WakeMed for further
monitoring. Between the time I left the OB office and got to the hospital,
the doctors had decided that they wanted to induce my labor. When I got to
the hospital the nurse told me that I wasn't leaving until Camryn was born!
Posted by: Jessica
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