It's a Girl !!!!!
Friday, April 20, 2007

Hi everyone! Sorry about the delayed update. We've just been too swept up in the whole birth process to think about blogging. I'll give a more detailed report later, but here's the short of it.

My labor was progressing beautifully Wednesday afternoon. So fast, that by about 10 pm, I was already dilated to about 9, with just a small cervical lip on the right. The baby's head was still high and my bag of waters was bulging, but very tough and intact. My doc came over to the birth center at about 11:30 pm to break my waters and make sure that the cord didn't get in the way of the head. Long story short, I kept vomiting every bit of water and juice I drank. I never had the urge to push, even when I was competely dilated. I pushed for a long time at the birth center and I got so exhausted and dehydrated that my midwife thought it would be a good idea for me to get IV fluids @ the hospital across the street. That 1 block car ride was the longest car ride of my life! I pushed for several more hours at the hospital. My wonderful doctor and birth team would not let me give up, even though I kept saying, "I can't do this anymore" over and over again. Any other doc would've made me get a c-section with that many hours of dehydrated/exhausted pushing. But the baby's heartrate remained strong and she assured me that I was making progress.

I pushed our little girl into the world (drug free) at 3:13AM on April 19th, 2007. She was 8 lbs 5.5 oz and 21 inches long. She is so gorgeous! I love her so much!

Email me if you want to know her name. I'll try to reply quickly. I haven't decided what her blogging alias will be yet.

Both DH and I are ecstatic and amazed at this little miracle....beyond what words could ever express.

Labels: labor/birth

posted by Unkempt Mommy @ 5:01 AM,

16 Comments:

At Fri Apr 20, 06:44:00 AM CDT, Wendy @ WMF said...: Thank you so much for the update! She's absolutely beautiful.
I'm very proud of you having the drug free birth you wanted. That's hard work, girl.
At Fri Apr 20, 07:31:00 AM CDT, Danielle said...: Ohhhhh, she is so gorgeous! I am sooooo happy for you! Vaginal birth, Praise God!!!! I want to know her name! Ohhhh....I should have sent you a pink tie dyed kimono for her!
At Fri Apr 20, 07:53:00 AM CDT, Miranda said...: yay! shes beautiful!
At Fri Apr 20, 09:11:00 AM CDT, Sorlil said...: Oh my goodness she's beautiful, congratulations and well done!
At Fri Apr 20, 09:13:00 AM CDT, Sorlil said...: wow those pics are gorgeous, she looks so comfy and content.
At Fri Apr 20, 12:13:00 PM CDT, Annika said...: Oh my god, she is BEAUTIFUL.
At Fri Apr 20, 01:07:00 PM CDT, The Bents said...: What a perfect looking baby!! Congratulations!!!!
At Fri Apr 20, 01:47:00 PM CDT, Lee said...: oh she's lovely! What a sweet contented little babe. Good job mama! You did it!!!!
I have to say it again - she's just beautiful!
Leanne
At Fri Apr 20, 03:37:00 PM CDT, Robin said...: CONGRATULATIONS!!! She is so sweet and beautiful. Great job on the drug free birth! Awesome! Hope you are feeling good and able to enjoy every precious moment.
At Fri Apr 20, 08:42:00 PM CDT, twolinesonastick said...: Absolutely beautiful! Look at all that hair :) Especially compared to my little baldy. Congrats on your labor "accomplishment." I couldn't have done it- you are much stronger than I am- 20 minutes after they broke my water I was begging for an epidural. Then upped the dosage when I had to push. Hmmm I need to blog my birth story at some point I guess.
At Sat Apr 21, 08:28:00 AM CDT, Crystal said...: Congratulations! I'm so happy for you and so proud of you for hanging in there when things got tough. I've been enjoying reading about your pregnancy and wish you all the best as you begin this wonderful new journey!

-Crystal
At Sat Apr 21, 07:24:00 PM CDT, heidi said...: wow, SO happy for you. way to go on pushing her out drug free!!! she is absolutely adorable. no hurry in getting more details to us; you just relax and bask in you new-mommy glow :)

blessings to all 3 of you
At Sun Apr 22, 03:06:00 PM CDT, Shawna Lee said...: Way to go, mama! What a perfect little dumpling. Isn't God amazing? I'm so glad He answered your prayers with a natural birth and a perfect baby. She is just a doll...look at that hair and her perfect little features. Congratulations. Enjoy your mama-moon.
At Sun Apr 22, 09:27:00 PM CDT, Rebekah said...: I know I haven't commented in forever and I'm sorry. Your new babygirl is breathtaking!!

Congratulations, mama!! You are one tough cookie, amazing birth story---You did it!!!! :0)
At Wed Apr 25, 07:11:00 AM CDT, Jae said...: Oh Congratulations!!! She's beautiful! Welcome To The World Wee Lady Bug!!
At Mon Apr 30, 05:59:00 PM CDT, Lynanne said...: I've been a bit behind in my reading - my son was born a few days after your daughter. I applaud you on making it through such a rough labor without any intervention!!! I was able to do so my first two times but wimped out this time.

Your daughter is beautiful - congrats to you all!!!!!