Post by grenouille on Nov 1, 2005 16:59:24 GMT -5
Two weeks before my due date of 15 October, the elevator in my building broke down, and I live on the 4th floor! Lucky for me, my baby girl decided enough was enough and surprised us by coming early. Woo hoo!
I woke up at 4 a.m. on the 9th of October after a strong "pop" feeling, which turned out to be my water breaking. At first dh and I weren't sure, but in a couple of minutes, let's just say there was no doubt! We were checked into the hospital at 5, but I wasn't having any contractions and was barely dilated, so we just chilled for a couple of hours. Around 7 my contractions started slowly and lightly and they moved me into the delivery room and sent dh down to my room to sleep a bit. By 8:00 I was almost in tears and when they gave me the epidural at 8:30 I was dilated to 5! Dh rejoined me then and we talked and laughed with each other and the midwife. At 11:00 my doctor arrived from church and I was ready to push. She said, "This baby is going to be born before noon" and sure enough, Maisey Alexis came at 11:40. She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long with lots of dark hair. She had her cord around her neck, tummy, and ankle (not tightly, phew!) which made her twist like a corkscrew on the way out. She is beautiful and wonderful and I can't believe she is three weeks old already! ;D
I woke up at 4 a.m. on the 9th of October after a strong "pop" feeling, which turned out to be my water breaking. At first dh and I weren't sure, but in a couple of minutes, let's just say there was no doubt! We were checked into the hospital at 5, but I wasn't having any contractions and was barely dilated, so we just chilled for a couple of hours. Around 7 my contractions started slowly and lightly and they moved me into the delivery room and sent dh down to my room to sleep a bit. By 8:00 I was almost in tears and when they gave me the epidural at 8:30 I was dilated to 5! Dh rejoined me then and we talked and laughed with each other and the midwife. At 11:00 my doctor arrived from church and I was ready to push. She said, "This baby is going to be born before noon" and sure enough, Maisey Alexis came at 11:40. She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long with lots of dark hair. She had her cord around her neck, tummy, and ankle (not tightly, phew!) which made her twist like a corkscrew on the way out. She is beautiful and wonderful and I can't believe she is three weeks old already! ;D
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