39 weeks today, Castor Oil tonight.

[PitaKat]

Oh gosh, she is just too cute!

 

[arj]

Yay! she is gorgeous! What is her name?

 

[m3mommy]

Thanks girls!

Her name is Rhyan Michelle.

 

[zabka78]

Ok so it's been a week (sorry!) since I updated. It's been a very busy week with the little ones. Here's the story.

I arrived at the hospital with contractions coming anywhere from 1 min 30 secs to 4 minutes apart. They NEVER got regular. Nurse checked me and I was at 3cm. She called my doctor to come in. He arrived 30 minutes later and I was at 4cm. He decided I was progressing nicely and said that if all lab-work came back ok, he would come back to administer my epidural and break my water. He came back 3 hours later to do so, and I was at 5 cm. It took 3 hours for me to get from 5 to 6, but I had been laying on my back. So I decided to sit up. I immediately felt the difference. The pressure increased on my cervix. I went from 6 to 8 in 30 minutes, 8 to 9 in an hour, and 9 to 9 1/2 in 15 minutes. The nurse decided to have me start pushing while she pushed on what was left of my cervix to thin it out. 3 pushes later she made me stop. She called the desk and said "I need her doctor and 2 baby nurses STAT." They rushed in immediately and started dressing and prepping everything. He got to the foot of my bed just as another contraction started. I pushed for ten seconds, stopped, pushed again, then was hit with an "uh-oh" by my doctor. Her shoulder was stuck. He told my DH to pull my leg back and told me that I "better push hard." I pushed as hard as I could and she came flying out. She immediately started crying, and so did we. My doctor said "This is supposed to be a boy right?" Then, still holding her, he said "Geez, how big was your last baby?" My first was 7lbs 6oz, 18.5 in. This babe was 8 lbs, 12oz, 18.5 in (at 38+6!). Doctor said if we had gone next week, it would've been a very traumatic experience, as she almost didn't make it out at the size she was. I'm SO glad we didn't wait.

Her Apgar was 9&9, and she passed every test with flying colors. Perfectly healthy.

We came home 24 hours later with our beautiful baby girl. We are so blessed to have her. She is a great eater, great sleeper, and she has every one of us spoiled to pieces.

I'm glad there were people who enjoyed following our story. It was a great experience.

Here are a few pics from her birth through today:

https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r1.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r2.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r3.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r4.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r5.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r6.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r7.jpg https://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/alliemel/r8.jpg

Thank you for sharing your story , you have a Beautiful Family

 

[crazylady5]

awwww bootiful! Xxx

 

[Aneesa_09]

congrats