The Whole Story

I had a second of A. nap-time and thought I would post a couple of pictures. She is doing wonderfully. She's so adorable and loads of fun. S. and I both find ourselves just sitting and staring at her.

Just to fill you in on how she got here..... We started timing the contractions at about 12pm on Tuesday. We stayed at home for a while and didn't go into the hospital until about 4:30 or 5 that afternoon. When the midwife came in to check me she said that I was the same as my last appointment and told me to go and walk for a while or go home and rest! What?! So we left and were home long enough for me to get in the tub for about 20 minutes and then I started to get sick. (My husband had just put in a dip and tried to "help" me breathe through a contraction. Needless to say...c*openh*agen makes me v.o.m.i.t! ha) Once that happened my mom said that I needed to get out and we had to go back to the hospital. She had also had a couple of dreams while she was here that she was going to have to deliver the baby! We went back in and I was 4cm and 100%, so they decided to admit me. I went the whole night with just my mom, sister, and husband to help me through the contractions. At about 7am on Wed they came in to check me and said that I hadn't done anything in the last couple of hours and I was still at 8cm. The midwife decided to go ahead and give me pitocin; I opted for the epidural at that point. Around 11am or so they came in and said that I was complete they just wanted the baby's head to come down a little further before having me push. Around noon I told the nurse that I was feeling a lot of pressure in my left hip, even with the epidural. She checked me and said that they should get me ready to start pushing. At around 12:10 the nurse put her gloves on expecting to get me pushing and get the midwife as soon as she could see the baby's head. They put my legs up and before I even started pushing her head was already down. It took less than 15 minutes from the time I started pushing until the time she came out. That was nice! I was afraid I was going to push forever and end up going back for a c-section. Thankfully, that wasn't the case! We are so blessed to have our little girl.