Saturday, September 29, 2007

plunge taken

well, all i can say is i'm glad i never had a c-section. friday morning, i had a minor outpatient surgery: a tubal ligation. i have been voluntarily sterilized. it hurts, and i'm very ouchy, but i feel good about this. james and i prayed and discussed and decided that our family is complete. kawelo is the perfect caboose to our family train, and i didn't particularly want the worry of having a surprise addition to our family when i'm 45. i didn't realize it would hurt so badly, but i have no regrets. well, i do have one regret: asking for chocolate cake when i woke up. what am i going to do with all this cake? :) -bess

5 comments:

kam said...

this is an ongoing debate in our family too. are we done? are we not? five is really a great number - you can still rent a regular car when you go on vacations. you know, stuff like that. hope you get feeling better soon!

james and bess said...

thanks, kam! good luck with your decision - i thought you guys might try for a boy? :) -bess

kam said...

that's the big indecisive factor! do we try and think we'll get a boy? we've gotten this girl thing down pretty good though - if we do get a boy, it might throw us through a loop. on the other hand, i always thought i'd have a boy. tui's fine with what we've got. he's said that from day one when it was only kalai. and also on day two when it was kalai and sani. and now on day three when it's kalai, sani and akela. i guess i'm the only indecisive one.

james and bess said...

i hear you! james was totally fine with two, but i was the one looking at our family picture and saying we could fit one more in. :) i'm glad we did, but that third pregnancy was just so unpleasant that i KNEW i didn't want to do that ever again. :) i think if you did have a boy, he would be wonderfully spoiled with four mommies. :) -bess

kam said...

or the poor boy would never be allowed to make one decision on his own! lol