Jemma's birth story started super similar to Jade's. I had my 39 week checkup on Thursday and found out I was only dilated half a cm. My doctor said I should enjoy my Labor Day weekend as it would be unlikely that I would be having a baby then. I was pretty bummed out, so I resorted to what I believed to have brought on my labor with Jade, and I bounced on a yoga ball later that evening.
Late Friday afternoon, I started feeling like things might be happening, but figured it was probably just in my head. Turns out, it wasn't in my head and it was actually my first sings of labor. By 10:00 p.m. my contractions were coming regularly about 7 minutes apart. By 1:00 a.m. they started coming about every 3-4 minutes and were increasing in strength. After my long labor experience last time, I was afraid this was a false alarm and was hesitant to call the doctor. After some convincing from my mom, around 1:30 a.m. I decided to call her, and she told me to head to the hospital. However, I still had to wait for Nate to get home from work and my mom to get to our house to stay with Jade! Finally, just after 3:00 a.m. we were in route to the hospital.
We arrived at the hospital and made it up to the labor and delivery floor pretty quickly. Luckily it was a slow night so I has able to have several nurses working quickly to get me all set up as I was already 6-7 cm dilated and my contractions were coming every 1-2 minutes. The next two hours may have been the longest, most painful hours of my life. There were several things that needed to get into my system before I could get an epidural. Finally, I was able to relax and get some rest prior to Jemma's arrival. Around 8:00 a.m. I was at 9-9.5 cm and a short hour later, Jemma was born after three contractions of pushes!
Birth Stats:
Date: 8/30/14
Time: 9:03 a.m.
Weight: 7 pounds 14 ounces
Length: 20.5 inches
Love at first sight!
Holding Daddy's finger!
Cute girl version of the standard hospital hat!
Praise God for a fast delivery and a healthy baby!
Late Friday afternoon, I started feeling like things might be happening, but figured it was probably just in my head. Turns out, it wasn't in my head and it was actually my first sings of labor. By 10:00 p.m. my contractions were coming regularly about 7 minutes apart. By 1:00 a.m. they started coming about every 3-4 minutes and were increasing in strength. After my long labor experience last time, I was afraid this was a false alarm and was hesitant to call the doctor. After some convincing from my mom, around 1:30 a.m. I decided to call her, and she told me to head to the hospital. However, I still had to wait for Nate to get home from work and my mom to get to our house to stay with Jade! Finally, just after 3:00 a.m. we were in route to the hospital.
We arrived at the hospital and made it up to the labor and delivery floor pretty quickly. Luckily it was a slow night so I has able to have several nurses working quickly to get me all set up as I was already 6-7 cm dilated and my contractions were coming every 1-2 minutes. The next two hours may have been the longest, most painful hours of my life. There were several things that needed to get into my system before I could get an epidural. Finally, I was able to relax and get some rest prior to Jemma's arrival. Around 8:00 a.m. I was at 9-9.5 cm and a short hour later, Jemma was born after three contractions of pushes!
Birth Stats:
Date: 8/30/14
Time: 9:03 a.m.
Weight: 7 pounds 14 ounces
Length: 20.5 inches
Mommy and Jemma!
Love!
Sweet girl!
Praise God for a fast delivery and a healthy baby!
Glad Jemma is here safe and sound. :) Can't wait to meet her.
ReplyDeleteSounds like everything went so well! I also love the girl version of the standard hat. :)
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