Well, it was my last night pregnant last Monday and she did surprise us! At 5:15am on Tuesday, May 26th I started having contractions. They started about 5 minutes apart and starting coming on quickly! After exactly one hour we called the doctor and she told us to come on in. My mom and dad drove us to the hospital which was nice because I was having a lot of back pain and I needed Mark with me. They got us in a birthing room right away. The next several hours are a little bit of a blur. I was having back labor and the only thing that helped to some extent was having Mark push on my back. I did get in the jacuzzi briefly which was helpful too. At 9am I got my epidural which was a life saver. Hypnobirthing went right out the window! I progressed very quickly and by noon or so I was fully dilated and ready to push. I pushed for three hours and that was hard work! I kept asking, "how many more pushes??!!" At 3:51pm she was delivered. They told me reach down and grab my baby. I put her right onto my chest and Mark cut the cord. I tried breastfeeding within the first half hour of her life!
I'll write more about the hospital experience next time but everyone was WONDERFUL! I had such amazing care.
She is four days old today. I am overwhelmed by how sweet and beautiful she is. Mark is doing a wonderful job and has changed almost every diaper. He got pooped all over last night too!
Also, I'm going to make a picasa web album soon so people can view all of the pics!
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