Day One

Our first 24 hours were pretty good. Gabby does have her nights and days confused for sure as she had us up from 1:45am til 4:30am screaming. We fed for most of that time just to soothe her, but we could only do so much. I was totally exhausted and we both needed to get some sleep, so we sent her off to the nursery so we could all get some rest. Today she has slept all day. We are looking forward to going home tomorrow. Let's hope we get rest tonight, otherwise she will be headed back to the nursery!

She is here!

Gabriella Elizabeth arrived at 11:45am this morning. I didn't really have an opportunity to update because things progressed so quickly. At 9:00am the doctor came in and broke my water, I was 3 cm dilated, 9:30am I had my epidural and by 10:00am I was 8 cm dilated. At 10:25am I was a full 10 cm and we decided to wait to push for a little while. At 11:00am I began pushing and 45 minutes later she was here! She weighs 6lbs. 14oz. and is 19.75 inches long. Not that we are partial or anything, but we think she is BEAUTIFUL. She has a head full of blonde hair too, which is super cute! We appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and can't believe what a wonderful day it has been.

All hooked up

Well, we have been at the hospital for 2 hours now and things are going well. I was having regular mild contractions when we got here and now they are more frequent and more uncomfortable. We expect to see the doctor during this hour so he can break my water and get things progressing even more. I will probably be opting for an epidural in the next few hours...the debate is whether to do it before the 2 c-sections that are scheduled or wait until after...

The most unfortunate thing about this morning is that it is a miserable day outside. It is cloudy, rainy and cool. A good day to be indoors, but wishing it was bright and sunny!

Monday is the Day

We had a great visit to the doctor yesterday; everything is going well. Brian asked the doctor if there was anything we can do to speed up the process of getting the baby here. The doctor replied, well we can do it tomorrow or Monday if you would like. You could imagine the look on our faces when discussing the thought of tomorrow, which would have been today! Deer in headlights for sure! We decided that tomorrow was too quick and opted for Monday if Gabriella doesn't come on her own. Sunday night the hospital will call us to let us know what time to be there the following morning. It will probably be some ungodly hour like 5:00am so they can get me hooked up to drugs and get things rolling. The doctor will come in between 7:00-8:00am to check me and he anticipates that if all goes well we will have a baby by around 4:00 that afternoon.

From the getgo I was anti-induction. After hearing some horror stories and knowing the fact that 40% of inductions end up in c-sections you really think twice. But, after talking with the doctor and trusting his judgment, he said he would make me go overdue if he felt my body and the baby weren't ready. Since I am already dilating and thinned, I have "favorable conditions" for a positive induction. Wish us luck on Monday!