Elijah Christopher Graham
Elijah Christopher Graham Born 1/8/2020 2:47 pm 7 lb 2 oz. 20 inches On Tuesday night, January 7th, I began having some pretty convincing contractions. Nothing was consistent so I stubbornly stayed home. I'd been in prodromal (false) labor since New Years Eve, so it was nothing new. At 9pm I had a sharp pain on my left side of my back. It felt like a pulled muscle. I continued to ignore it until I couldn't bare it anymore. So we went to the hospital. Me, Thomas, and my mom. Earlier that day we walked around Sam's and Walmart to help induce labor. I'd also woken up at 3am and couldn't go back to sleep. I deep cleaned the house that morning as well. It was a very busy and active day. I'd packed and unpacked and repacked my hospital bag a dozen times with my umpteen false alarms. As I was packing it again I just laughed to myself that I would just be unpacking again soon. Just before we left, I panicked. I did not want to go in with a...