MamaBear518
1st Time Mommy to Lilie<3
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So this post is about a month and a half late due to moving and not having internet for a few months, but at last here I am posting the annoucment of my beautiful baby girl, Lilie Anne!! She was born July 27, 2012 at 40+2 weeks at 11:56pm after 17 hours of labor.
My water broke at 6:43am the morning of the 27th, of course in our new bed that we just bought lol. I called my mom, step dad, dad and grandmother all within 5 minutes from each other. Told everyone what happened and that I was going to take a shower and pack my bag and then head to the hospital. I never thought I would only be 2 days past my due date so I didn't want to pack my bag early in case I jinxed myself lol. My boyfriend got so serious when I woke him up and told him this was it. We got to the hospital around 8am and I hadn't really had any contractions until we got 5 minutes from the hospital and then they were very light. My plan was to go completely natural with no meds if possible and I made that extremely clear. I didn't even want the IV but agree'd to it incase something happened to where they needed to give me meds in case of emergency. The nurses hooked me up to the monitors after telling me that Lilie was suffering from meniconium and the midwife decided to not check me as much because my water did break on its own and they didn't want to risk infection. So with the monitor hooked up I was able to hear Lilie's heartbeat and it scared me to death bc with every contraction I had it would dip way down and almost disappear and then shoot right back up after. So after they monitored me for a while I was able to get up and walk around so I went and hung out with my mom, dad, step dad and step mom in the waiting room. My mom thought I wasn't really in labor bc I was doing really well with keeping calm and breathing through the contractions that were coming about every 5 minutes. The first time the midwife checked me I was 2-3 centimeters dialated, 5 hours later, I was still 2-3 centimeters and the contractions were most definately picking up. I decided to get in the tub and try the hydrotherapy for about 2-3 hours with the contractions REALLY picking up. It worked for a while and was very relaxing, so there I was thinking I had dialated a lot more....not the case. After the 3 hours in the tub and about another 2 hours passed with no meds, I was only 4 centimeters. I started getting discouraged and very very tired and it didn't help that I could hear the lady in the next room screaming bloody murder with just her contractions. My contractions started picking up, coming about every 2 minutes to the point where I started hyperventalating and sobbing so I agree'd to an IV medicine like demerall to help take the edge off the contractions which worked decently for another hour and started wearing off so they gave me another dose and let me tell you, I felt like I was floating I was so loopy from it. After that started wearing off I could really feel the contractions and finally gave in to the epidural around 13 hours in. That was a fun event bc I have scolliosis and they had a hard time finding the right spot for the epidural. Once that was in they checked me again and I found out I was 8 centimeters. That really brought me down bc I had gone so far without the epidural and made it to 8 centimeters and had to give in. At this point the midwife hooked up an internal monitor to the top of Lilie's head to monitor her heart rate better bc it was still dropping with every contraction. At long last after 14 hours I felt the pressure of having to poop and it was time to start pushing. At this point everything just kind of went into like a dream. I remember them shutting off the epidural bc when I thought I was pushing, I really wasn't pushing the way I should to help her come down. So once they shut that off, the pain was just phenominal. I remember screaming with every contraction and every push and the nurse told me to stop and then the midwife said "dont tell her to stop! she pushes better when she screams!" so they let me scream. My mom said no matter where she went in the ward she could hear me and thought I was dying or being murdered lol. It finally got to the point where I just wanted her out and no matter how much I pushed she just wasn't moving down like she should have. I was in so much pain and so exhausted and so uncomfortable I asked if the could use forceps or something and the midwife laughed and said we haven't used those in 30 years, but we do have a vacuum and I immediately said just get her out!! They had put a board under my backside to help counter-pressure my pushes to help me move her down more each time I pushed and that was the most uncomfortable thing in the world. I tried laying on my side and pushing, that didn't work either. I just wanted to get off my back so they hooked up the rail and let me try squating and pushing...that lasted for 2 contractions and then my legs went to sleep so I had to go back to being on my back. Finally after I think 2 hours of pushing the Dr. and midwife both said they could see her head and her hair and I got so excited that she had hair! Finally at 2 1/2 hours in the Doctor hooked up the vacuum to the top of her head and they helped pull her out as I pushed and at 11:56pm after 17 hours, she was finally here!! Due to the meniconium Josh wasn't able to cut the cord bc they wanted to quickly get her suctioned out and to make sure she hadn't swallowed any. I wasn't able to do immediate skin to skin either which upset me, but I was just so happy to finally have her out and here. I was so tired and out of it, I just remember asking Josh if she looked like him or me, how much hair she had, if she was okay, what she looked like, why isn't she crying yet, everything. And then I heard it. The most amazing cry in the world, and it was so cute bc she had a little squeek to it that made her even more unique. When they told me she weighed 9lbs 2oz I said that explains a lot. Here we were, expecting maybe 7 or 8lbs, not 9!!! She was 22.5 inches long and in perfect health. Finally after stitching and cleaning me up (3 stitches from being torn, not too shabby) they brought her over. When they handed her to me, the entire world felt like it stopped spinning and there was nobody left on earth except me and her (sorry Josh). The minute she opened her eyes and looked at me my heart stopped. She had the most beautiful blue eyes and gorgeous long eyelashes. She was so perfect, I just remember sobbing and repeatedly telling her how much I loved her, and finally reality came back when Josh said he was going to go tell everyone she was here. It amazed me that an hour had already gone by since I had started holding her, and I had completely forgotten that other people existed and had been waiting a long 17 hours to meet their grand daughter. As soon as my mom came in the room she started sobbing and thanking me for bringing such a beautiful creation into this world. Pictures were taken of the 3 of us and we were able to move to the post partum room where they wheeled my little peanut in, handed her to me, and again the world disappeared. It was only after my mom asked if I was hungry that I realized I zoned out again. Nobody wanted to go home, but everyone was exhausted from waiting and panicing, and the excitement. So finally it was just Josh, Lilie and myself for the night and I realized that this was it. The beginning of a new chapter of my life. We closed the chapter of being pregnant and now we finally had her here. It was a long 10 months of waiting and anticipating, and she was here.
She's perfect, amazing, beautiful, everything I had dreamed of. I can't believe she's already almost 2 months old. She amazes us every single day with her little coos and her huge smiles. I couldn't be any more happy or in love than I am today with my Lilie. No matter what goes on in the world or in my life, nothing makes my life better than finally having her here
This is the best feeling and the best kind of love anyone could ask for. I am so blessed 
My water broke at 6:43am the morning of the 27th, of course in our new bed that we just bought lol. I called my mom, step dad, dad and grandmother all within 5 minutes from each other. Told everyone what happened and that I was going to take a shower and pack my bag and then head to the hospital. I never thought I would only be 2 days past my due date so I didn't want to pack my bag early in case I jinxed myself lol. My boyfriend got so serious when I woke him up and told him this was it. We got to the hospital around 8am and I hadn't really had any contractions until we got 5 minutes from the hospital and then they were very light. My plan was to go completely natural with no meds if possible and I made that extremely clear. I didn't even want the IV but agree'd to it incase something happened to where they needed to give me meds in case of emergency. The nurses hooked me up to the monitors after telling me that Lilie was suffering from meniconium and the midwife decided to not check me as much because my water did break on its own and they didn't want to risk infection. So with the monitor hooked up I was able to hear Lilie's heartbeat and it scared me to death bc with every contraction I had it would dip way down and almost disappear and then shoot right back up after. So after they monitored me for a while I was able to get up and walk around so I went and hung out with my mom, dad, step dad and step mom in the waiting room. My mom thought I wasn't really in labor bc I was doing really well with keeping calm and breathing through the contractions that were coming about every 5 minutes. The first time the midwife checked me I was 2-3 centimeters dialated, 5 hours later, I was still 2-3 centimeters and the contractions were most definately picking up. I decided to get in the tub and try the hydrotherapy for about 2-3 hours with the contractions REALLY picking up. It worked for a while and was very relaxing, so there I was thinking I had dialated a lot more....not the case. After the 3 hours in the tub and about another 2 hours passed with no meds, I was only 4 centimeters. I started getting discouraged and very very tired and it didn't help that I could hear the lady in the next room screaming bloody murder with just her contractions. My contractions started picking up, coming about every 2 minutes to the point where I started hyperventalating and sobbing so I agree'd to an IV medicine like demerall to help take the edge off the contractions which worked decently for another hour and started wearing off so they gave me another dose and let me tell you, I felt like I was floating I was so loopy from it. After that started wearing off I could really feel the contractions and finally gave in to the epidural around 13 hours in. That was a fun event bc I have scolliosis and they had a hard time finding the right spot for the epidural. Once that was in they checked me again and I found out I was 8 centimeters. That really brought me down bc I had gone so far without the epidural and made it to 8 centimeters and had to give in. At this point the midwife hooked up an internal monitor to the top of Lilie's head to monitor her heart rate better bc it was still dropping with every contraction. At long last after 14 hours I felt the pressure of having to poop and it was time to start pushing. At this point everything just kind of went into like a dream. I remember them shutting off the epidural bc when I thought I was pushing, I really wasn't pushing the way I should to help her come down. So once they shut that off, the pain was just phenominal. I remember screaming with every contraction and every push and the nurse told me to stop and then the midwife said "dont tell her to stop! she pushes better when she screams!" so they let me scream. My mom said no matter where she went in the ward she could hear me and thought I was dying or being murdered lol. It finally got to the point where I just wanted her out and no matter how much I pushed she just wasn't moving down like she should have. I was in so much pain and so exhausted and so uncomfortable I asked if the could use forceps or something and the midwife laughed and said we haven't used those in 30 years, but we do have a vacuum and I immediately said just get her out!! They had put a board under my backside to help counter-pressure my pushes to help me move her down more each time I pushed and that was the most uncomfortable thing in the world. I tried laying on my side and pushing, that didn't work either. I just wanted to get off my back so they hooked up the rail and let me try squating and pushing...that lasted for 2 contractions and then my legs went to sleep so I had to go back to being on my back. Finally after I think 2 hours of pushing the Dr. and midwife both said they could see her head and her hair and I got so excited that she had hair! Finally at 2 1/2 hours in the Doctor hooked up the vacuum to the top of her head and they helped pull her out as I pushed and at 11:56pm after 17 hours, she was finally here!! Due to the meniconium Josh wasn't able to cut the cord bc they wanted to quickly get her suctioned out and to make sure she hadn't swallowed any. I wasn't able to do immediate skin to skin either which upset me, but I was just so happy to finally have her out and here. I was so tired and out of it, I just remember asking Josh if she looked like him or me, how much hair she had, if she was okay, what she looked like, why isn't she crying yet, everything. And then I heard it. The most amazing cry in the world, and it was so cute bc she had a little squeek to it that made her even more unique. When they told me she weighed 9lbs 2oz I said that explains a lot. Here we were, expecting maybe 7 or 8lbs, not 9!!! She was 22.5 inches long and in perfect health. Finally after stitching and cleaning me up (3 stitches from being torn, not too shabby) they brought her over. When they handed her to me, the entire world felt like it stopped spinning and there was nobody left on earth except me and her (sorry Josh). The minute she opened her eyes and looked at me my heart stopped. She had the most beautiful blue eyes and gorgeous long eyelashes. She was so perfect, I just remember sobbing and repeatedly telling her how much I loved her, and finally reality came back when Josh said he was going to go tell everyone she was here. It amazed me that an hour had already gone by since I had started holding her, and I had completely forgotten that other people existed and had been waiting a long 17 hours to meet their grand daughter. As soon as my mom came in the room she started sobbing and thanking me for bringing such a beautiful creation into this world. Pictures were taken of the 3 of us and we were able to move to the post partum room where they wheeled my little peanut in, handed her to me, and again the world disappeared. It was only after my mom asked if I was hungry that I realized I zoned out again. Nobody wanted to go home, but everyone was exhausted from waiting and panicing, and the excitement. So finally it was just Josh, Lilie and myself for the night and I realized that this was it. The beginning of a new chapter of my life. We closed the chapter of being pregnant and now we finally had her here. It was a long 10 months of waiting and anticipating, and she was here.
She's perfect, amazing, beautiful, everything I had dreamed of. I can't believe she's already almost 2 months old. She amazes us every single day with her little coos and her huge smiles. I couldn't be any more happy or in love than I am today with my Lilie. No matter what goes on in the world or in my life, nothing makes my life better than finally having her here
This is the best feeling and the best kind of love anyone could ask for. I am so blessed 
