7:30 came around and Jeff wanted me to start timing my "contractions". At this point I still thought there was no way I was in labor and that what I was experiencing was contractions. I tried to time them on a handy little app on my phone and when we looked at it after an hour, Jeff said they are about a min long and around 4 min apart, he then forced me to call my doctor. I really wanted to wait till morning because I felt silly bothering my doctor after hours and I DID NOT want to drive all the way to the hospital and then have them send me home! We headed down to the hospital and arrived around 9:30. ( It took me a while to leave the house... I had to shower, make the bed, pick up around the house and say good bye to Stewie) They immediately admitted me and I was 3 to 4 cm and 75% effaced. Even after hearing that I continued to ask " so was it good that I came in?"
It was so surreal, everything happened so quickly and not at all how I thought it was going to go. It was not like the episode of Friends where Rachael delivers or any other movie EVER that had a person going through labor. Within 1 hour of arriving, I was receiving an epidural (THANK GOD) and completely comfortable. Around 11:30 I was 6 cm and my doctor told me to sleep for a couple hours and relax... YEAH RIGHT! There was NO WAY I was going to be able to sleep, I was too excited and anxious! 2am came around and she told me it was time to push! At this point, Jeff was sleeping (surprise surprise) and I looked his way and said "did you hear that?" I asked the doctor if I could wait, because it was happening SO much faster than I could have ever imagined. I thought I would be someone who was in labor for 30+ hours... NOPE! She told me we could start around 2:30am. The next 30 min was the fastest 30 min of my life! All I remember is shaking like crazy and calling my sister telling her and my parents that they better hurry up! 2:30 came, I began pushing and 30 min later our precious Adelyn arrived!
I couldn't even begin to tell anyone the feeling I felt when they handed her to me! It was my baby, and she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! I loved her so much more than I could ever imagine!
Now one thing that I would like everyone who has had a child and did not inform me of was that the delivery is not the hard part of having a baby, it is the recovery, breastfeeding, emotions, ect... that follow not only hours after but days, and I am sure months to follow! Now Adelyn is 3 weeks and I finally feel pretty close to normal, besides the fact that I now have a tiny human being in charge of my life, and I absolutely love it!
Everyday is a new day, she teaches me things every moment! I am now very skillful with only one hand and any fear I ever had of holding an infant is GONE. Some days are easy and she follows a schedule like a champ, those mornings I enjoy the Today Show showered with my coffee and finish breakfast! Some days (today) I have half a face of makeup on, coffee cup sitting under the Keurig for 2 hours, no food, and she has chosen to eat ALL morning long! Either way, I make it through it and I love every second of it!
I want to thank everyone especially our families for all of the love and support! We could not have done this without them! This is only the beginning and I can't wait to see what little Ms. Adelyn has in store for us...
