I was scheduled to be induced for personal reasons so I had to be at the hospital at 6:00 that morning. My doctor came in around 7:00 and checked me (I was 3 cm) and she went ahead and broke my water.
Let me stop here to say that I had the best nurse in the world... She was very attentive and kind. She advised me at about 6:45 that if I needed to go to the restroom that I should probably head on because when Dr. Goolsby came in she would probably break my water and after that I would not be allowed to get up to go... So I took her advice and I am so glad I did...
They started my pitocin at 7:00 as well and I started feeling what I thought was her under my ribs but was informed by my nurse that what I was feeling was actually contractions... My doctor told me that whenever I was ready for the epidural that I could have it because I had to be at 4 cm to have it and by time I felt the contractions good I would be at 4 cm. At about 10:30 I was at 6 cm and I was ready for my epidural. The doctor came in pretty quickly after I requested my epidural and boy did it hurt when he stuck me...
After the epidural started working we just sat around and rested... waiting on our sweet girl. And then I started feeling contractions on my right side... my epidural wasn't working on that side so they had my roll on to my right side and it numbed again, thankfully... It did that one more time before I delivered... (thankfully it didn't happen any more.)
At 2:46 I began pushing. Zach was so into the pushing, he watched and kept telling me that he could see her head and that she had tons of hair!!! 52 minutes of pushing and at 3:38 Amelia Eleanor was born!
She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 21 inches long.
After delivery we spent a little over an hour with her just the three of us... loving on her was more amazing that I dreamed!
This is my amazing nurse Amy...
My wonderful doctor, Dr. Goolsby.
We had a HUGE room and I am glad we did because we had a TON of visitors... and my favorite by far was my niece, she was so excited to meet Amelia!
We were discharged on Friday and Amelia wore the dress that I wore home from the hospital... it was so special to see her in it.
That's all for now... I will post again soon with her first few weeks at home including me being readmitted to the hospital when Amelia was 4 weeks old...
