Author Archives: VirginiaKerr

First 4 Weeks of Motherhood

Hello from Mommyland! Riggs is four weeks old today. I don’t even know where to start. The delivery went amazingly well. I was in labor for eight hours and pushed for one. The hardest part was pushing with no feeling from the waist down. I had to play some pretty tricky mind games with myself…

News Flash: Virginia Kerr had her baby!

God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy! Riggins Thomas was born on Oct 14 at 6pm Riggs weighs.7 lbs 2 oz. and is 19.5 in long. I can’t even begin to explain what it was like for Jason and I to finally see his little face! We are soooo happy! — Virginia Kerr is a…

40 Weeks: In the Hospital Right Now!!!

Well hello from the delivery room! It’s 7:30 in the morning. They just started my Potocin drip about 30 minutes ago. I’m being induced on my due date. I’m having contractions but I can’t feel them. I’m amazingly calm right now. I have the nurse who was here when I came in for a stress…

39 Weeks: New Niece This Week, New Son Next

OH MY GOODNESS! My sister in law had her baby. Wow is she a trooper! Those doctors had her pushing for five hours yesterday! But her beautiful baby girl is here and healthy as can be. Remember this is the baby that doctors thought they would have to take at 26 weeks because she had…

38 Weeks: Contraction Confusion

I have been having contractions for a while now and I know they aren’t the real thing because they come and go and they ease when I lie down. Well, this morning I didn’t know what to think.  I went to bed with mild contractions last night. They’re a combination of intense menstrual like cramps…

37 Weeks: We’re in the Red Zone Now!

In the red zone. My Alabama running back has the ball and is making his way to the end zone…doctor says he could score that touchdown at anytime! When he told me that yesterday. I cried. That’s a shocker. Little dude is about to be a big reality! Thanks for the sweet comments about my…

36 Weeks: Let’s Talk About Sex

Wow! I have hit crazy. Not every day, not every moment but I can cry like nobody’s business so easily now. If you want to see me cry just play..Brad Paisley’s song “If He’s Anything Like Me,” make me watch an episode of  “Baby Story,” , ask me one more time, “Are you ready??????” or…

35 Weeks: Losing My Mind

I thought I knew sleep deprivation and acid reflux but apparently we weren’t formally introduced until this week. Now I know them all too well.  They have left my brain scrambled, by mouth filled with canker sores and my face looking a year older. I have spent the last two nights propped up on pillows,…

34 Weeks: Stress and Football

Scary moments on Monday. I had to go to the hospital because I was having major cramping and back pain during the morning show. They  hooked me up to monitor Skittles and me. He was okay but the doctor said my uterus was very active and irritable. He told me that getting up at 1:15…

33 Weeks: The Karate Kid

Those little nudges in my belly that I thought were so cute have grown into full blown karate chops! Skittles almost took me out twice today during the newscast. Thank goodness I wasn’t on camera when it happened because it had me doubled over in pain.  Can’t get mad at the kid though. Just 30…