The Story

Thanks to William for the last post while we were still stuck in the hospital. Here's the story of how she made her way into the world. Contractions started early Friday evening. We went to the hospital per the on call doctors instructions Saturday morning, was only dilated to a 1 so we walked around the maternity center for an hour and half trying to move things along. When that didn't do anything we went home. By Saturday night the contractions were pretty strong but had spaced out to about 8 minutes apart. They started coming about 2-3 minutes apart in the early morning hours so we headed back to the hospital Sunday morning about 4:30. I was dilated to a 3, so they admitted us and the process began! I got an epidural when I was dilated to a 7 about an hour and a half later, but they hit my spine so I could not move a thing below my chest! It was apparently pretty funny. Anyway, we had to wait for the numbness to wear off enough so I could feel to push and then she came at 7:48 am! So the actual hospital experience was short, so we are grateful for that. She was a lot smaller than we were expecting, only 6 lbs 2 oz and 19 inches long. She is such a good little baby and so sweet, we feel very blessed that she has become a part of our little family!