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This is page 7 of Aiden's scrapbook. The page describes some of the key elements of pregnancy and the journaling reads: We had yet another doctor's appointment September 27, 2004. I had lost another pound, now weighing 216. I didn't think too much of it because when I asked about it, Dr. Eckel didn't seemed concerned since I was already over weight and he didn't want me to gain too much weight anyhow. He did though inform us that since I was taking heparin shots now that he would be inducing me 2 weeks before my due date. This turned out to be exactly Kaitlyn's birthday, March 7th. We informed Dr. Eckel of this and he said that he would actually do the induction only 10 days before my due date. This was a huge relief, I just couldn't have my children sharing the same birth date, and it wouldn't be fair to them, especially since we had a little control over when the induction would occur.

Then just a few weeks later, while at work October 10, 2004, I felt my first flutters of movement. I was alone when it happened but I was all smiles. The sensation is like someone tickling you from the inside, sounds weird I know, but it was absolutely amazing. I just couldn't wait to feel more and I would. I had another doctor's appointment that very next day. I was 17 weeks pregnant and all was good. Now the real anxiety began, in just 2 more weeks we may be able to tell the sex of the baby, boy or girl?

One way that I kept the anxiety down was that on October 15, 2004 I, Jay, Kaitlyn and my mom, went to the Arizona State Fair. It was now evident that I was pregnant, so when I approached the gate the attendant asked me if I was pregnant, which I told her that I was, so she instructed me to go around. I was so happy; someone other than people who knew me could now also see that I was pregnant.

The tags along the side read: nausea, breast tenderness, many, many bathroom trips, strange cravings (red wine and Philly cheese steaks), weight gain, growing belly, stretch marks, back aches, heightened sense of smell (backyard BBQ"S and chlorine), lack of sleep, foreign movements from within, many hours of labor, unconditional love, and a Baby


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