Doing good...
4 days old already. She is a really calm baby (so far). Would never have guessed that in the hospital. She was born screaming and left the hospital screaming. Any tests, baths or diaper changes were met with displeasure. Now she will wake up and just look around until her stomach decides it's time to eat.
Birth story:
My labor went really well and I think it was my favorite one of all. I woke at 3:00am with contractions and they continued about every 10 minutes. Graedon woke up at 3:30am and after Brian got back from tucking him in, I told him I thought this was it. Of course neither of us could get any sleep after that. We decided to put clean sheets on the bed and get things packed up. I was hoping for a fast labor like we had with Graedon. Ha!
The contractions finally made it to 5 minutes apart but were short and easy to deal with. We called our doctor at 5:30 am and told her that I was in labor but it would be hours before we went to the hospital. Then Brian woke Lauren up to watch Graedon so we could walk up and down the block. It was a sunny morning and we were the only ones out. We did see our doctor drive by on her way to the hospital ;)
So after a few hours of walking and contractions not picking up, I was thinking maybe this wasn't it. I called my friend Melodie (who was going to be watching our kids) and described what I was feeling. When I did have contractions, I couldn't talk and they demanded all my attention. But they were still about 5 minutes apart. The whole time I was on the phone with her, I didn't have one. After I hung up we had decided to wait another half hour and then make our way up to the hospital. That is when I had two monster contractions and said that we were leaving NOW!
We arrived and I jumped in the jacuzzi and stayed put for 1.5 hours. I went from 3/4 cm to 5/6 cm but I was so tired that I didn't think I could deal with labor anymore. I made a decision to have an epidural. I originally didn't want one but I figured that I had been in labor for 10 hours and needed a break. What a great difference the epidural made! I still felt my legs and contractions but it took the sting away. Unbelievably my contractions picked up to every 2 minutes and were getting harder. Finally, progress!
I went from 8cm to 10cm in 15 minutes and pushed her out in another 15 minutes. I only had the epidural for 2 hours before I was done. No pitocin (that is what I was dreading). It was a very gentle birth and I actually could enjoy seeing Molly instead of half passed out after.
We went home around 11:00 am the next day. Our amazing friends cleaned our house, made us lunch and left lots of food for us to eat. It was a very relaxing coming home.
Birth story:
My labor went really well and I think it was my favorite one of all. I woke at 3:00am with contractions and they continued about every 10 minutes. Graedon woke up at 3:30am and after Brian got back from tucking him in, I told him I thought this was it. Of course neither of us could get any sleep after that. We decided to put clean sheets on the bed and get things packed up. I was hoping for a fast labor like we had with Graedon. Ha!
The contractions finally made it to 5 minutes apart but were short and easy to deal with. We called our doctor at 5:30 am and told her that I was in labor but it would be hours before we went to the hospital. Then Brian woke Lauren up to watch Graedon so we could walk up and down the block. It was a sunny morning and we were the only ones out. We did see our doctor drive by on her way to the hospital ;)
So after a few hours of walking and contractions not picking up, I was thinking maybe this wasn't it. I called my friend Melodie (who was going to be watching our kids) and described what I was feeling. When I did have contractions, I couldn't talk and they demanded all my attention. But they were still about 5 minutes apart. The whole time I was on the phone with her, I didn't have one. After I hung up we had decided to wait another half hour and then make our way up to the hospital. That is when I had two monster contractions and said that we were leaving NOW!
We arrived and I jumped in the jacuzzi and stayed put for 1.5 hours. I went from 3/4 cm to 5/6 cm but I was so tired that I didn't think I could deal with labor anymore. I made a decision to have an epidural. I originally didn't want one but I figured that I had been in labor for 10 hours and needed a break. What a great difference the epidural made! I still felt my legs and contractions but it took the sting away. Unbelievably my contractions picked up to every 2 minutes and were getting harder. Finally, progress!
I went from 8cm to 10cm in 15 minutes and pushed her out in another 15 minutes. I only had the epidural for 2 hours before I was done. No pitocin (that is what I was dreading). It was a very gentle birth and I actually could enjoy seeing Molly instead of half passed out after.
We went home around 11:00 am the next day. Our amazing friends cleaned our house, made us lunch and left lots of food for us to eat. It was a very relaxing coming home.
posted by amy at 1:37 PM
6 Comments:
what a beauty you have there! So sweet : the 'big' little sister sleeming quiet comfy with her new babysister!
She is beautiful Amy...and again love her name:)!
Your baby is so beautiful wishing lot of joy.
Elda
I am so glad that things went smoothly for you! What a blessing! That is a sweet picture....
oh, a brand new precious life...what a little blessing! Never anything less than a miracle. She is beautiful!
She is super gorgeous Amy! What a head of hair to boot!
I loved reading your birth story, thanks for sharing!
Amelia
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