Tuesday, February 14th, was day we had been waiting for. We headed over to Shady Grove Hospital at 7 am to be induced.
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| Very ready to have this baby! |
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| Filling out paperwork |
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| My stomach started doing flip flops when I saw our delivery room. |
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| Getting all hooked up |
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| Looking sassy in a hospital robe is a challenge. |
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| When I got all hooked up, we discovered that I was already in labor! I as dilated to a 5 and things were progressing on their own. I wasn't in any pain, so I thought I was having BH contractions. |
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The doctor decided to let me go on my own for a while to see if we could get away with not needing to be induced.
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| JD pretending to read while we waited for things to kick into gear. I don't think he could concentrate very well. |
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| Trying to sleep. |
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| What's everyone whining about? This labor thing is a piece a of cake! |
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| Bet you've never seen a lady in labor pole dancing! |
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| Everyone who complains about labor are a bunch of wusses. |
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| Little online shopping. Checkin' on stocks. Writing my memoir. |
Obviously, I did need something to kick this thing into gear. After a low dose of medication and more waiting, the doctor decided to strip my membranes. Now THAT got things started. Contractions came hard and heavy and things progressed pretty quickly. Soon, I was ready to push. Apparently I've got the Recht Turbo Pushing gene. I popped that baby out in 15 minutes. I guess I became the story of the day, because everyone was shocked at how fast I had her.
And the best part of the whole thing- she breathed on her own. The fear of my family history was not realized. She was perfect.
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| She was born so fast that they had to suction her. Usually the process of pushing helps to remove the gunk from a baby's lungs, but she came too quickly for that. She also didn't get a funny looking head. All very nice for her, but it shredded me. I'll be feelin' it for weeks. |
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| I was going crazy in my bed trying to see her across the room getting cleaned up and worked on. All I could see from around all of the staff was pink little toes and fingers. |
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| After what seemed like forever, JD brought her over to me. |
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| Utter amazement |
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| She's so beautiful |
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| Spreading the good news |
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| Hello, Grandma! |
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| With cousin Carter |
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| Aunt Lori |
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| Eek! She's just too cute! |
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| JD surprised me with a special Valentine's gift |
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| He got me a beautiful Pandora charm bracelet with a charm of Faith's birth stone. |
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| Daddy learning to change a diaper |
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| The staff at Shady Grove were amazing. Our nurse took the time to teach JD good diapering technique. |
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| It's all in the wrist. |
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| Now THIS is the way it should be done. Put Daddy to work while Mommy checks the internets. |
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| Learning to swaddle |
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| Happy baby |
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| She has a thing with her tongue- it's always sticking out! |
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| Cuddle shots! |
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| Love her swirly hair! |
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| Mama, her baby, and her beautiful bracelet. |
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| Unfortunately, Faith's blood sugar was too low when she was born, so we had to feed her formula. And the battle of nipple confusion begins.... |
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| But boy, is she a sweetie! |
