In case you're interested in birth stories...here's mine.
The due date was June 7th. I knew I wasn't supposed to expect her to come on the due date, but I still got my hopes up! The day came and I went in for a doctor's appointment...dilated to a 3 and 90% effaced...but no contractions and no baby that day. Yep, I went home and cried. I wanted her here so badly!
The next day (June 8) was Lance's birthday! We thought it would be crazy and awesome if Jade came on that day! In the morning I was having really bad cramps down in my abdomen. After awhile I realized they came regularly, so contractions? Unfortunately, they were about 15-20 minutes apart...so I couldn't go to the hospital yet. They really hurt, and I was worried I was going to ruin Lance's birthday because I didn't feel up to doing very much! We went to Cottonwood Heights and Lance did some platform diving. In the evening we went to Lance's parents' house for dinner. We were trying to decide whether or not we should go to the Ryan Shupe Concert that evening as we had planned (pretty much every year Lance goes to the Ryan Shupe concert for his birthday). We decided not to go (really good decision). My contractions were now about 9-10 minutes apart...the doctor on call had said don't come in until they were 3-5 minutes apart...boo!
We waited and finally around midnight they were suddenly 5 minutes apart, then 4, then 3! We rushed to the hospital...I was dilated to a 7! (darn it, I probably could have gone in sooner!!)
Once I got the epidural, life was grand! I slept through the night and in the morning I was ready to push! My nurse had me do some pushes while we waited for my doctor to arrive, but had me stop because the baby was coming fast! Once the doctor got there, the baby came right out!
It was so exciting to finally have my baby in my arms!! I thought she looked so darling. The nurses did all the tests and bath in the same room I delivered in, so Lance and I got to watch. She was so funny when they gave her a bath. She didn't like it at first, but once they started washing her hair, she calmed right down!
It has been so much fun having her around! I am in desperate need of some sleep, and learning to be a mom has definitely been challenging in some ways...but it is all totally worth it! Lance and I absolutely love our little girl! (sometimes it is hard to believe she is actually ours!!)
Lance doing a dive
Lance driving my dad's camaro for his bday
a LOVELY picture of me right before we went to the hospital
Baby Jade
Lance is a daddy!
Grandpa Nielsen
Grandma Nielsen
Grandma Robinson
Grandpa Robinson
I was hoping you would post this! Jade is beautiful. You guys did good work :) She is so lucky to have such a wonderful family! I'm glad labor and delivery went well. I'm amazed you made it all the way to a 7 before you went in! I was literally in tears at 3 (though my contractions just started at 3 minutes a part, so that might have been why). Glad you're doing well!
ReplyDeletehaha I definitely was in tears those last few hours but I was so scared the hospital was going to make me go back home that I kept waiting!
ReplyDeleteThat's a way cute picture of you right before the hospital! Haha I love it! Glad you made it to the hospital and got some sleep!! I'm also glad that everything went as well as it did.
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