Labor went well. Warning for anyone who doesn't want to read about my labor...STOP NOW :)! I wanted to have Riley without any drugs and that's what I did, but I don't know if I'll ever do that again...if I have a choice :)! I woke up late Tues at 11:45 and had 3 painful contractions. I had been to the doctor for my 39 week appt earlier that day and the nurse practitioner said that I was dilated to a 4 and 90% effaced, so if I started having any contractions I should come in. So we drove to the hospital and got there around 1:00. The doctor checked me and I was dilated to a 5 or 6 and 100% effaced so they admitted me. I walked around for a while and got in the jacuzzi, which I would highly recommend. I started to go into transition while I was in the jacuzzi and it got pretty unbearable, so I got out. When I got back to the room I was in a lot of pain and my water broke. I started feeling the urge to push, so the doctor came in and said I could start pushing. I pushed for about 20 min and then little Riley made her way into the world at 3:59. I'm thankful that my labor was short, but the intesity is something I never could have imagined.
So far Riley has had her first bath, her first trip to church, her first shopping trip to the grocery store and mall,her first holiday (Memorial Day, her first nights stay in a hotel to visit Daddy and coming up in a week she will have her first trip on a plane.
I can't express the love I have for this little girl, I could sit and hold her all day long. She is my angel :)!
Yay! how precious is she!? Congrats you two :) :)
ReplyDeleteerin! no drugs! really??!? you are a stronger woman than i. way to go! she is just precious. i can't say that enough. i forget how small they are. she makes kate look huge now. hope she's still small when we finally get to meet her!
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