You were born at 2:12pm on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010. You weighed 7 lbs, 3.4 oz. You were 20.5 inches long. When you were delivered, daddy caught you and placed you on mommy’s chest so that you could eat immediately. It was so surreal to see you come out so quickly. You look different than your sister, I’m excited to see you grow and develop.
This is your birth story:
At 2:30am, mommy woke up to a wet spot in the bed and realized her water had broken. We didn’t exactly know what to do because with your sister, that didn’t happen. Mommy called the doctor and asked what we should do. Because she was Group Strep B positive, they told us to come in to the hospital. So we called Gogo and told her it was time to come over and stay with Hannah. When she got there, we had our bags packed and were ready to go to the hospital.
We drove to the hospital at 4am. It was dark, and there were no cars on the road at all. It made for a quick trip to the hospital. We went inside the hospital to get checked in and were finally settled in our room at about 4:30am. Things went pretty smoothly from there. At about 8am, we asked for the epidural. When your mommy had Hannah, she didn’t have an epidural, but she labored through the day and had been preparing to go to the hospital, so she had prepared herself to go the natural route. After that experience she made the decision that she would likely have an epidural with you so she could enjoy the process more. After the epidural, things seemed to go slowly, but it was just because mommy couldn’t feel the contractions, so she was in and out of naps until Gogo, Papa, Mimi and Pappy arrived. When they arrived, they brought a biscuit and coffee for Daddy (for whatever reason, mommy wasn’t allowed to eat). We visited with the family for awhile, then the nurse came in and checked mommy’s progress. Since you were ok and mommy was ok, they let mommy “labor down” which means they let her body do most of the work to prepare for pushing.
At around 11:30am, the nurse planned to have the midwife come in and break what was left of mommy’s water, but apparently she was in some type of meeting or something, so at about 1:30pm, our nurse went ahead and checked mommy’s progress and decided to go ahead and start pushing and notify the midwife that we were doing so. At 2:12pm, you were born. Daddy caught you and put you on mommy’s chest, and within a few minutes you were feeding. We let the cord pulse until it stopped, then daddy cut the cord. The nurses let mommy feed you and sit with you for a half-hour until they had to administer the vitamin K and some stuff for your eyes. You didn’t like it when they were taking your vitals, washing you and giving you the vitamins. I don’t think I would either.
After they were finished with all that stuff, they gave you back to mommy and they took us to our room. You slept most of the night. A little later in the evening, everybody came back to visit, and you met your big sister Hannah for the first time. She was very excited about you.
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