I woke up this morning with some intense contractions. I laid in bed until 4 am trying to breathe through them. I then decided to get a few things done if I was going to be awake. I finished the few things I hadn't cleaned the day before, folded laundry, and mopped the hard wood floor in the entry way. With this, the entire house had been cleaned in the last 24-hour period.
I headed back to bed close to 5 am and slept off and on until waking up when Ethan and Sydney came into our room around 7:15 am. Doug took them for a jog and I attempted to do some prenatal yoga. After about 15 minutes, I decided that being in labor doing yoga wasn't very comfortable and I turned off my DVD. I made my bowl of oatmeal, showered, straightened my hair, and tried not to get my hopes up that we might have a baby today.
10:30 am
Doug's sister, Michelle, came and picked up Ethan and Sydney for a bike ride and they were in the bath. By the time they were ready to go, I decided it might be a good idea to go to the hospital just to get checked so I didn't have the same "freak out" delivery last time where the first time I was checked, I was ready to push. :-)
11:30 am
Checked in at the hospital. I was only a 3.5 and I had been a 3 just two days earlier at my doctor's appointment. They monitored me (laying down on my back) for an hour and there was no change.
12:30 pm
On my way home with contractions closer to 20 minutes apart after being on my back for an hour.
1:30 pm
Ate a big lunch (was starving) with guacamole as the final food. Proved not to be a good idea. Layed down for a nap to try to sleep through some contractions.
3:15 pm
Woke up with contractions even more intense and closer together.
4:00 pm
Decided to take a walk to see Ethan and Sydney at the splash pad about 1/2 mile from our house. They were having a blast. On the walk home, my contractions moved to under 5 minutes apart and grew in intensity.
5:00 pm
Left for the hospital. When we arrived, my contractions had slowed yet again after sitting in the car and I didn't want to be sent home again. We walked around the hospital (there was even a little trail!) for 45 minutes and paused as I had contractions. When we decided to finally go into the hospital, I remembered that I wanted Doug to snap a photo of my belly so I'd have a real final belly shot.
6:00 pm
Admitted to the hospital again. Dilated to a 4.5 and I was stunned. I thought they might send me home again. They said they'd watch me for an hour and asked if I was okay with the Dr breaking my water. I said "yes". I was exhausted and was puzzled how all day I could only be at a 4.5!
7:00 pm
I was told I was admitted to the hospital and the Dr broke my water shortly after 7:00 pm. At this point, time lost all meaning. My contractions rapidly went to 1-2 minutes with 30 seconds in between or so. They kept this pace for about 40 minutes. I thought I was going to lose my control a few times. I was relatively calm and collected, but barely. I channeled every bit of my hypno-birthing reading and worked hard to stay focused.
7:50 pm
The doctor was in another delivery across the hall that was urgent. I knew it was time and I moved from the yoga ball (where I'd been parked for that full 40 minutes) to the bed. I pushed for several minutes and her head was crowning when the doctor came in.
8:06 pm
A beautiful little girl joined our family.
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