The labor and delivery were so awesome! We went to the doctor on Wed. at 3 and he stripped my membranes for the second time. He had already stripped someone elses membranes that day and they had already had their baby so he was hoping to make us the second family to have their baby that day! Dr. Thompson is so awesome! It didn't hurt near as bad as it did the first time. I instantly started having contraction. They got stronger and closer together as the afternoon went on. By 11:30 they were 3-5 minutes apart lasting a minute to two minutes. And the pain was indescribable. I was dilated to a 2 at my appointment and when we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 3. They checked me again after only 45 minutes and I was already to a 4. So things were moving quickly. They got me to my room and within 10 minutes I was getting my epidural. I was amazed at how easy and painless it was to get the epidural. It worked great. There was one little spot on the left side of my stomach that I was feeling the contractions still but it was bearable. After a couple hours they started me on pitosin just to keep my contraction rhythmic because the epidural was making them slow down. I reacted so fast with that that after a hour they turned it off. I went from a 4 to a 7 within that time. It was about 4:30 when they turned it off. We were trying to sleep a little bit through all this but we were so excited that we could not keep our eyes closed!! After about an hour I started to feel alot more pressure. They checked me and I was at an 8. From here things went so fast that it's all kinda blurry but I will do my best! We called Brady's parents and had them come over to the hospital, good thing. My mom had left SLC at 1:30 to come down here and had stopped and grabbed my sister in law to drive down with her. Thank heavens for that. I don't think she would have made it down alive if she hadn't done that. By 5:30 or so they checked me again and I was at a 9. They call Dr. Thompson to have him come brake my water. With in 15 minutes the doctor showed up and broke my water. My epidural had started to wear off on the top half of my stomach along with that left side so I was thankful that we were about to start pushing. It made me start to feel a little nauseous and poor Brady was feeling a little queasy himself. They had me do a couple practice pushes and then at 6:15 I started really pushing with every contraction. With in 18 minutes my little girl was out and placed on my stomach! Because things happened so fast my mom barely missed it by about 15 minutes but I'm so grateful for the sacrifice she made to drive down in the middle of the night to see her new granddaughter! I'm so grateful to have my beautiful baby girl here and to have her be healthy. The whole experience was pretty amazing to me! I am so thankful that it all went so smoothly! We are blessed for sure.
We spent the next 24 hrs in the hospital and then headed home. The next day they tested her Bilirubin levels and they had jumped up to the high levels and so we have to put her in the bili light suitcase. She was in that for her first and second night home and then we were able to take her out. That was torture for us! Brady and I both bawled a few times during those days. Things are a lot easy now that she can have clothes on and sleep in her bed and not have to constantly (24 hours a day) be watched. We fall more and more in love with her cute little face everyday and we feel so blessed to be able to be her parents.
Also now that 99% of my posts on this blog will be about my baby girl, I am going to make my blog private. Please send me your emails if you would like to be able to continue to look at our blog! :)
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