So even as I blog this we still have not had time to talk about a name. She is still baby girl!
Last week on Thursday I came in for a routine exam. the doctor checked her position and found that she was breech!! I am very much so against c-sections and decided to let the doctor turn her from the outside. The procedure is called a external cephalic version...if you want to see it done you tube it! It was sucessful and they were able to turn the baby to a head down position. I was stoked becuase I no longer had to have a c-section. BUT there was a chance that she could turn back so I was nervous too.
On monday we had another appointment to make sure she ws still head down and that we could do a "normal birth." My doctor asked if I wanted to be inducted and I was like Heck yeah!! I wasn't going to wait for her to turn back around!
That brings us to today. We arrived here at 5 am! we meet with the nurse and I was hooked up to pitocin at 6. I was already dialated to a 5 so my nurse did not turn up the pitocin very high so she would not have to delivery, LOL. Her shift was over at 7. Over the next 3 hours they had a hard time getting me to contract consistently and strongly. Finally at 9 the contractions where hard enough for me to feel. By 10 I was in bed and at 11 then doctor walked in just in time to deliver the baby. I was able to deliver her in one contraction! A total of 3 minutes. Her face is a little bruised from being born so quickly though!
She has been sweet so far but she is a schmidt so we will see how long that lasts....
More pics to come!
5 comments:
congratulations!!!
she's a doll. i can't wait to hear her name. . . ;)
Congrats! I'm glad she made it here safely!
Hooray she is here!! I was wondering if something like that would happen because they had to turn her. I'm glad it went well. You were only two days behind Amber!! Funny. Best wishes and I await the name announcement. Love you guys!!! ~erika~
oh man...you and quick labors! you probably didn't have an epidural again either, huh? you're ridiculous!
Congratulations! Joe and I were just discussing when you were due, I thought it was further out, so now I'll have to show him the new addition! You didn't mention how big your big girl is... Stats! We need stats! How are the older siblings adjusting?
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