Aubrey Kate

Aubrey Kate is here! She joined us last night at 10:06 pm. She is 7 pounds even and 19 inches long. I will post pictures when I can. Here's the long story for those who are interested.

I started having little wimpy contractions yesterday around 2pm. By 3-ish they were sort of hurting a little. By 3:30 they started hurting more and were about every 2-5 min. I was not in the mood for another fake out so I decided I wasn't going to the hospital until I couldn't handle it anymore. I was supposed to go to work at 5:30 and at 5:00 I wasn't sure what to do because they were getting stronger and still 2-5 min apart. I work at a medical spa for a doctor and he said if I wanted to he could check me. I thought that's awkward but it would save me a trip to the hospital if I wasn't dilating anymore. At 5pm he said I was a "good four". By this point I couldn't talk or think through the contractions and he seemed pretty sure they wouldn't send me home. So I saw a couple clients and then left for the hospital. We got here around 7pm and I was really hurting. The nurse said I was still at a 4. I was pretty frustrated and started worrying that they'd send me home. They watched me for an hour and that was probobly the most painful hour of my life. At 8pm I was at a 4.5. Because of that and the fact that Aubrey's heart rate was dropping a lot when I would contract they admitted me and I got my epidural right away.

Ok, I don't really remember from before, but getting my epidural HURT! I'm not sure if he couldn't get it in the right spot or what but that was not a comfy thing going in. Anyway, he got it in and I started feeling better immediately. Because of the heart rate issue I had to wear an oxygen mask the whole time I was in labor. Kind of annoying but what do you do. At 9pm I was at a 4.5-5. I was starting to thing this was going to be a LONG night. At 9:15, my water broke (on it's own for the first time!). About every 5 min I was another cm dilated until a little before 10pm I was ready! I pushed a few times and she was born at 10:06pm on September 18th, 2008!

I am really proud of myself because with my other two kids I didn't want to feel any pain so I gave myself so much of that epidural it was crazy. I just kept pushing the button. This time I wanted to feel more of it so I didn't ever give myself another dose. I was actually a little nervous it would hurt but I wasn't feeling contractions much so the nurse said I would be fine. It was amazing. I felt her come out of my body. I felt myself stretch and I felt each part of her come out. It was crazy. Yet it didn't hurt one bit. I didn't need an episiotomy but I did tear a little bit where my old episiotomy was. Within a half hour I was walking. I couldn't walk for hours with my other two. I just can't believe how fast and great it was. I kept saying that afterwards. I kept saying I can't believe it's already over. We were only in the hospital for 3 hours and I was done! It was amazing.

She is so beautiful! She is a great little nurser. She's got the cutest litte scrunched up face. I will post pictures soon. I just can't beleive how happy I am and how much I already love her!