The Princess Has Arrived!!!!
After months and months of waiting, my little Princess has arrived! She is teeny tiny at 6lbs 13 oz and 19.25" long. She was born on August 15th at 12:40 AM after a speedy and fabulous delivery. So here's the story of her arrival.... I spent the day babysitting a 3 year old and hanging out with Debbie and her children. By late afternoon I had started some contractions. I figured they were nothing since I had been having equal contractions for weeks and just ignored them for a while. Since we had so many kids over we decided to go ahead and have some pizza for dinner. While we were eating the contractions continued to be fairly regular and I told Angel I think we may be having a baby that night. His response was "but I have a meeting in the morning!" I still wasn't completely sure I was really in labor and convinced Debbie to walk to Roy Rogers with me for a chocolate milkshake. That's whne I became a little more convinced it really was beginning labor. As we walked the contractions gained a little intensity and became pretty fast. I didn't fill Debbie in until we were on our way back home. I began tellling her each time I had a contraction and she realized they were really really close together. By the time we made it home the contractions were getting intense but once I stopped walking they weren't as rapid. Angel took Ethan for me and I took a shower (it was a hot and sticky walk) Debbie hung out until Oscar got here to make sure someone was here for Ethan when we went to the hospital. I wasn't convinced the contractions were strong & fast enough to go to the hospital just yet so I cleaned some things around the house and processed my Avon order. I was personally amazed how calm I was this time. I wasn't scared (ok not at this point) and didn't panic at all! (I am known to have panic attacks) I was dying of thirst and drank several glasses of water before realizing I was probably filling my bladder too much and stopped myself. After a while I figured we should get going since my midwife had told me the labor would be fast.