Hi everyone,

i have a precious baby girl, emily, who is now six days old! Can you believe it?! I was 8 days early from my due date. She is so precious that I can't use words to describe how I feel every time I look at her. *sigh*

i had her wednesday morning at 11:30 on november 30. My contractions started at 2:00am and it felt like period cramping as you ladies had put it! They woke me up every half hour. Finally, at 5 I couldn't take it anymore and called my doctor. I wasn't even positive they were contractions, and the baby never dropped. On monday, I was dilated one cm, then when we got to the hospital, I was 3 cm. My husband and I walked for about 35 minutes, and I dilated to 8-9 cm!!!!!!!! I got the epidural at that point, and then started pushing after less than an hour. My water did not break naturally, so my Dr. Had to do it. I pushed for a total of an hour and a half. I was very lucky the labor was not that long. I did have to have an episiotomy done though. But it was all very worth it. She is just a miracle that my husband and I are sooo grateful for.

Have a wonderful day!!!
~ctrule