At 38 weeks pregnant, I had been given the go-ahead by my OB to travel to Lexington, Kentucky for the graduation of my sister. She was graduating with her doctorate in Physical Therapy and that was NOT something I wanted to miss. Before I left the OB office, they gave me a copy of my chart. I remember my doctor said, “If I give it to you, you won’t need it. If I don’t, you’ll need it.” That was fine and dandy with me – I didn’t want to need it.
After about a six-hour drive, we arrived in Lexington at about 10pm. The drive had been okay, but my back was bothering me – I thought because of sitting in the back seat. We were all pooped, so we pretty much went straight to bed after getting to the hotel…after Annie calmed down from the “this hotel is awesome and I’m pretty stinking excited syndrome.” [Read more…]