Introducing...

Meli Anne

(May-lee)

Our baby girl has arrived!!!!



"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for." - Author Unknown

On Monday afternoon, I received a call from my OB letting me know that I needed to check in at the hospital that night at 8 to start the two step induction process. This threw me for a loop, since I did not expect to find out when my induction date would be until the following Wednesday at my regular appointment. I left work as soon as I could so I could take care of a few last minute things. Then Will and I dropped Colin off at his Aunt and Uncle’s house and we were on our way.  On a side note: this was little C's (now I guess Big C) first time staying over night somewhere and he seemed to be handling this fact way better than mommy and daddy were…well better than mommy was.

I think once I was told I would be having baby girl my contractions started on their own!When we got to the hospital (showing nerves like first timers!) I was monitored for a couple of hours and given my IV. Since I was there for a potential placenta issue I had to stay on it all night.  Not the most comfortable but a whole lot better than what was to come. Later that night I was given the cervidil. Cervidil does not induce labor but helps to soften the cervix so it is prepared to respond to the contractions. I would receive pitocin the following morning to finish the induction process. The sweet nurse gave me a sleeping aide which helped me sleep through contractions all night.

Before they gave me pitocin the next morning, I noticed that the contractions started to get worse very quickly. So, they got the necessary fluid in me so I could get my epidural. Before that my OB came in and broke my water – which seemed to put things in super fast mode. My epidural was done (the guy was very nice) but the contractions kept getting worse and all that felt like it was maybe going to get numb was my toes. This happened with Colin and they are not sure why epidurals numb everything except my stomach. Not cool. With Colin they redid the epidural right away and it worked. This time they just kept giving me more medication. I will not lie those contractions were a b****!!  They were a little less tense since I did not need the pitocin after all. I had that with Colin and am so glad I did not need it again. It makes the contractions longer and more intense. They were looking into doing another epidural (Will’s poor hand was testament that it was not working) but my OB checked me I had gone from 2 cm dilated to 8 cm in about an hour. I also felt the need to push and was feeling a lot of pressure besides pain.

I felt bad for the nurses. They were supposed to get me started and go work on another patient but they were never able to leave my room since I went so fast. They went into turbo mode to prepare everything for baby girl’s arrival. I love my doctor! It is amazing to watch her go from her so relaxed self to serious work mode. She quickly got me in the position to push and then after two contractions (less than 5 minutes) baby girl was out.

She had the cord wrapped around her neck very tightly. The doctor actually had to cut it rather than the normal process of unraveling it. After being worked over a little, I could hear Meli crying. I will admit I cried a bit after seeing her. Everything happened so fast and was a little hectic...a lot of emotions. Plus, Meli had given us her fair share of scares throughout this pregnancy. Afterwards the doctor expressed how glad she was that she was out. She kept saying how baby girl made her nervous.



With a hat one of the nurses made



Daddy and daughter



Headed home



Meli Anne



 Meli was born May 10th at 9:14 a.m. She was 7lbs 12 oz and 21 inches. 


"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new". Rajneesh