Baby Eliza

Baby Eliza is here! 

May 3, 2013

11:58 am

7lbs 7.7oz

18.5 in

Here in Philadelphia, the Dr.'s do things a little different... they don't induce until after your due date... awful... I know... So my mom came out here in hopes that I would just go into labor on my own a little before my due date. Four days after she got here, my sister, Lydia, who was due to have her baby on May 20th, called and said she was at the hospital with preeclampsia and she was going to have to be induced right away.  The next day I had my last Dr. appointment and I begged my Dr to schedule an induction. I told her my sob story of how my sister was in the hospital and my mom needed to go help her, and how I was having serious panic attacks because we live 45 minutes away from the hospital and I don't want to go into labor at home and end up having the baby in the car because we are stuck in traffic and blah blah blah, and my Dr. said she would go check the schedule. She came back and said I could be induced on Friday at 6 am. I was so so so happy, I gave her a hug and told her I loved her! It was the best news I could have ever heard. Before this Dr apt I was trying everything and anything to induce labor on my own, I even got some voodoo spray that I sprayed on my belly in hopes it would do something, it clearly didn't work.

So Friday morning came and Nate and I got to the hospital around 6 am. They got us into a room and took some blood and we got all situated. They came and broke my water at 6:45 to get things going. Around 8:15 they started my on pitocin and I started to feel contractions around 8:45. Around 10 am I got an epidural and by 10:30 I was feeling great! By this point I was at about a 7 and I had Nate call my mom to tell her to go a head and come to the hospital. At about 11:45 I told Nate to go tell the nurse that I thought I was starting to feel some pressure to push, the nurse came in and checked me and said "Oh! You can cough and this baby will come out!" My mom still hadn't made it to the hospital and everything was all set for me to push this baby out. I was set, the nurses were there, my Dr just walked in the door, then another nurse pops her head in and says your mom is here! My mom walks in the room and I asked if everything was set, and the Dr said, go a head and push. So I started to push, and before I could even finish the push, she was out! I couldn't believe how easy it was. But that was it. She was here, healthy and beautiful!

Now for the photo montage of the event...

The night before, my belly in all its glory!

My cute husband entertaining me while we wait.

 

Bam... She's here!

 Kennedy and Mason absolutely love her! Kennedy loves to hold her and kiss her. Mason points at her and says "baby" and I can tell all he wants to do is love on her by rocking her... with all his hulk might,  in whatever rocking chair she's in.