Addy and Daddy, her favorite place to be!
Just minutes old.
Soooooo....God gave us our little miracle on July 5. We have been so busy I haven't had a chance to post anything. I'm sure you all understand :)
I went into labor on the 3rd. Brian and I were at the St Paul Rodeo eating funnel cake (he thinks the funnel cake is what put me over the edge) and I started to cramp. Sure enough, we got home around midnight and I started contracting around 2:00am. We arived at the hospital at 10:30am. Addy finally decided to leave her favorite warm home to show us her beautiful face at 1:03 the next morning. What an experience!
She weighed in at 9lbs 8oz, 22 inches long and a 14 inch head. I thought she would be on the bigger side....I had NO CLUE she would come out as a one month old. She lost some weight and was down to 8lbs 14oz. By her 2.5 week appointment she was back up to 10lbs 10oz. Our pediatrician, bless his heart, said "Wow....your milk really came in, didn't it?!" He said they are happy if babies make it up to their birth weight by the two week appt. Our baby girl was an over acheiver.
Birth went very well, a little long but worth it. I had her almost naturally. I dilated to 8cm before I decided to get an epidural. I wanted to know what it felt like, a little sadistic....I know. So I felt it and that was plenty, bring on the drugs. I was able to sleep a little but I stopped dilating. God knew what had to happen and my epidural stopped working. I started to feel the contractions and dilate again...bummer. I had then redue my epidural and not long after she arived. Brian was by my side the entire time. I could not have given birth to our child without him. He did all the counting to ten while I pushed, he got me everything I needed. He even rubbed my feet. What a wonderful experience to bring life into this world together. Now we have a little family and I wouldn't change a single thing. We are so blessed!
