Our Biggest Accomplishment

Our baby girl is here... OOOOFFF where shall I start.
It all started Tuesday morning at 1:00am. OOOOOOOO OUCH! woke up to contractions and went to the bathroom... oh yes I'm in labor. I woke Nick up and we started timing them. I decided to call the doctor at 4:30am and she said "come on down" AHHHHHHHHH!!! we both took showers and headed down to the hospital and got there at around 6:00am. We got to the exam room and to our surprise contractions stopped. GGGGGRRRRRRRR! The doctor checked me and I was 3-4 cm dilated with faint contractions. ARE YOU KIDDING! The doctor told us to go back home take a nap and a walk and come back when the contractions came back strong and frequent again. :( . I was so frustrated! We got back home around 8:00am I told Nick to go to work and I'd call him when i thought I was ready. I took a nap and at 9:15am woke up with strong contractions again. I laid in bed for a few minutes, got up and started walking around the house. I called Nick around 11:00am and told him to come home. We left the house an hour or so later, I wanted to make sure contractions were consistent, got to the hospital around 1:00pm. YAY!!!! I was sure I'd be admitted. But sure enough guess what happened as soon as I laid down on the bed...YES contractions stopped AGAIN!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! NO WAY WAS I GOING BACK HOME! Doctor check me again and YES!!!! I was dilated to 4cm. They admitted me and I got right back to walking again. After a million laps around the L&D floor we decided to get some rest in our room. After laboring for 16 hours it was time to get the drugs. I couldn't imagine being okay if the contractions got any worse and I was worried that the anaesthesiologist was going to be too busy to get to me if I waited any longer. Good thing because after I was done my nurse told me a ton of women had just come in to get admitted :D. After feeling so much better Nick and I were able to get some rest. We both watched TV together and ended up falling asleep. I woke up just before midnight with strong contractions on the right side of my lower back and stomach. I woke Nick up to get the nurse, who was awesome by the way, and she gave me a couple options. I decided I wanted to start pushing with the contractions and it helped a lot. I continued for the next 2 1/2 hours with no problems. Actually I think I told the nurse i could do that all day until the contractions in my lower back and stomach got worse. YIKES! She was coming and she was coming now. No time for the anaesthesiologist to come give me more drugs I had to push her out. After a half an hour of very strong contractions and excellent coaching and encouragement form my nurse and Nick our daughter was born.

At 3:05am on August 19th we had our baby girl. It was the best experience we've ever had. Nick was the best supporter ever. He was awesome. I couldn't have done it without him, I really couldn't. Especially the last 30 mins. It wasn't easy it was probably the hardest thing I've ever done but the feeling of accomplishment I know we both felt that morning was more than we could ever hope for. I felt proud that I did it and I felt the overwhelming love and pride Nick had for me. XOXOXOXOXOXO. I think we fell in love all over again with each other that morning and found a new love for our biggest accomplishment, our daughter. It was the best experience we've ever shared together and I'm so grateful for it.

I get to spend all of my time with her and I'm enjoying it very much and Nick is completely in love with her. He wants to hold her all the time when he gets home which is completely fine with me. Not only does it give me a little brake from taking care of her all day but I totally enjoy seeing him with her. They are both the cutest thing I've ever seen together. I love my new family and we are enjoying our new bundle more than we ever thought we would. Check in for more updates. Until next time

PS Lilu loves her too. She's being a very good big sister :D