Born on July 10, 2010 at 3:20 p.m.
6 lbs, 12 oz - 19.5 inches
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It all happened so fast!
I actually managed to sleep through the night and did not experience the false labor contractions I had been having for the past few days. I got up at around 6 and everything was calm... even the contractions I had been having off and on were gone. I was doing nothing out of the ordinary when the contractions slowly started coming back. It was around 8:30 in the morning. They were mild and coming every 15 minutes or so but I wasn't really paying attention to them since I had gone through this before. Then they started coming every 12 minutes, then 10. When I noticed this, I called my mother and asked her to come over. I told JR that I was going to take a shower and that I thought I was in active labor. Suddenly, the contractions went from mild to painful but manageable...it was around 10:45 a.m. I called the doctor on call who said I was definitely supposed to go to the hospital. By this time, the pain was getting pretty intense. On the way to the hospital my contractions were already every 8 minutes and every bump on the road made me feel like Mia was going to come out in the car. We live about 45 minutes from the hospital so, needless to say, it was pretty crazy. Between contractions I was laughing with joy and excitement because I was getting my wish: no need for induction this time. JR helped by laughing (I think he was nervous...) and saying "see, this is what you wanted... you once said you wanted to have Mia the natural way without pain medication and you might get that wish too" which freaked me out because the pain was getting stronger and stronger. This didn't stop him from trying to get a video of me in pain while we were driving to the hospital. Why do men do that??? Luckily I was too happy to punch him in the face.
So we got the hospital and I was admitted at noon. They left me at triage for about 45 minutes. By then, my contractions were 3-5 minutes apart and I was 6 cm dilated. At 1:40 p.m. the anesthesiologist gave me a spinal block instead of an epidural because things were moving too fast and the epidural takes 20 minutes to apply plus 20 minutes to start taking effect. The spinal block takes effect in 2 minutes but only lasts 2 hours. At 2:33 p.m. the doctor broke my water and exactly a half hour after that I was in more pain than before getting the anesthesia. I called the nurse who called the anesthesiologist and she gave me what I call a "booster" shot in the spinal IV to help with the pain but it had not effect. Then she increased the medication on my spinal block but still, no difference. When the doctor checked me she said I had to start pushing because it was time. I was so afraid of the pain I was in but at 3:12 p.m. I started pushing and Mia came out 8 minutes after that. Amazingly, the pain was gone as soon as I saw her. I actually saw her come out of me. She looked so small but simply PERFECT. She was crying loudly which was a relief (given what had happened to Lila when she was born) and I got to hold her for a long time before they took her to be weighed and measured. At 3:44 p.m. I got to breastfeed her for the very first time. She knew exactly what to do and I was overwhelmed by the love I was feeling for this little baby that had just come out of me. I felt so blessed to be able to hold her and admire her as soon as she was born. There was no chaos in the delivery room. It was just the 3 of us and we were bonding instantly. This was all very new to me and JR. Mia nursed for almost one hour and we realized just how great it is to wait for God's plan to take place in our lives. Maybe, if I had been induced yesterday, I wouldn't have had the same experience. God's will truly is good and perfect and we're forever thankful that He allowed us to go through this wonderful experience.
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