Chloe's Here!

Oh my goodness! What a week it has been! I think Seth email most of you the news but if not, she's here! Our story is quite funny (obviously not at the time) and even if you don't want to hear it I'm going to tell you anyway!

So, Wednesday morning I woke up having some contractions but didn't think much of it (didn't want to get my hopes up). They were off and on all day but never any pattern. I had talked to mom and my sister off and on and both thought I was going through wishful thinking and was full of it when I told them I was having some contractions that I could "feel". About 4:30 that afternoon they were still getting stronger and consistently about 15 minutes apart. Still not wanting to get my hopes up I made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, picked up the house and just played with my boys. About 7:30 I called the on-call doctor and told her they were 8-6 minutes apart and lasting about 45 seconds. She told me to wait until they were 5 mintues apart, lasting a minute or more and this going on for an hour. Now for those of you who don't know, I was induced with Logan and had NO clue what labor felt like. With Logan I slept through it, woke up, push 3 times and he was here. CAKE! So anyway, back to my story. Seth was getting nervous so I slowly got my stuff together and decided to go. We had to wake up Logan, take him to the Carlsons and then go. I only cried when we dropped Logan off. Anyway, on the way to the hospital I started having back labor and thought to myself "oh, I was at a 5 with Logan when I had back labor and got an epidural, maybe they'll keep me." We got to the labor and delivery triage at about 9:30 and they slowly were putting me in the computer when at this point they were 2 minutes apart and I was dying. She finally checked me and had this look. I thought they were sending me home and I was a total whimp. Then the nurse said, um, you are having a baby within the hour! My first question was, "can I have my epidural?" She said we could try but if I sat up I'd probably deliver and there is no guarantee that it would even have time to kick in. So, I said lets just get this over with. They moved me to labor and delivery, gave me an IV, made me sign papers and told me not to push all within about 10 minutes. They called in the stand by doctor and she walked in just as my doctor did. My water broke, doctor put on gloves and within 5-10 minutes she was here.

Sounds dramatic I know and believe me, it was!!! However, I can honestly say that having a baby all natural is doable but not enjoyable and I HIGHLY recommend an epidural!!! We have learned our lesson which is, I go faster than we thought and when my contatctions are 15 minutes apart, I need to go! But, she is here and a healthy baby with a hearty appetite. She has some hair and I am so excited! She was 6 pounds, 5 ounces and 19 inches long. She's so little but so cute. Logan loves here and comes up close to her and whispers hi baby! Seth is a very proud daddy and I am relieved not to be pregnant!!! We are slowly adjusting and am so grateful to have my mom here to help out! some of you may have seen some of these pictures and I'm sure you'll be getting more as the days go by! Thanks fo all of your love and support! Can't wait to see/hear from everyone!