Miss Lucy Danger arrived 13 days early on 11/6/11 and wasted no time in her arrival. My water broke around 6:00pm. I figured I had time to take a shower, freshen up, labor at home, etc. I figured this was my 1st labor/delivery I have a TON of time right... WRONG!
My contractions started immediately after my water broke. They seemed pretty close together and I thought for sure I was 'feeling' it wrong. I called my mom, Midwife, and doula. I made Ryan a sandwich and was walking around the house making sure all our stuff was together. I got in the shower, you have to shave your legs before you head to the hospital, duh! By the time I got out (we have about 10-15 minutes of hot water in our very small tank) my contractions were about 5 mins apart. I had to hold onto the table during them and sway back and forth but I was able to talk thru them. At this point my doula had stopped over to check on me and to see how things were going. Based on how fast the contractions were progressing she thought we should head to the hospital. Good Call!
We got in the car, called the midwives and let them know we were on our way. We have about a 45 minute drive to Nashville and my contractions are now so intense I can't speak and I can no longer sit. I swear we hit every traffic light coming off the highway. When we arrived at the hospital we had to come through the ER which meant a security check. I am barely able to stand, can't sit and am holding onto Ryan. The guard could have cared less. I started to cry!
Fast forward to delivery, we got to the hospital a few minutes after 9pm. Once on the proper floor I immediately asked for an epidural and Ryan kindly reminded me of our birth plan and asked me to try the Nitrous first. We had to beg the anesthesiologist to allow me to have it since I was not in the bed. It's self administered and you have to be in bed to get it incase you get dizzy. Thanks to Ryan and Christina (my doula) they helped the kind anesthesiologist see the light and they hooked me up. I was to far along for anything else other than pain meds via IV and we didn't want that. I used the nitrous to help me relax after the contractions. This was a life saver. After about 30 mins of pushing our daughter was born @ 11:37pm.
Weighing in at 6.6 lbs
Length 19 1/2 inches long
A lot has happened between now and this above picture. There is a video below of her now, along with a picture taken today. I will go back into the photo archives and post some other pics such as her first bath and other cute pictures we have but I wanted to get this out now - you all have waited long enough and have been so patient. Thank you and enjoy.
We named the musical giraffe she is watching, Randy. Thank you Jill and Gretchen - she loves watching and listening to Randy. (yes that is her tooting you hear as I pan down her body. she is a tooting machine)
Sleeping on Mommy and Daddy's bed:
