At our 38.5 week appointment we talked with the Dr about the lack of Elizabeth's movement- we had spent the last week monitoring how much she was moving (or really how little she was moving) and the Dr decided that in the last week of pregnancy we might as well get Lizzie out! We started with the stripping of the membranes on Tuesday morning. The Dr told us we had about a 50% chance that it would kick labor off in 24-48 hours. In case that didn't work we were scheduled for an induction on Friday the 2nd.
Henry and I spent Tuesday with Nana and Papa- the weather was so beautiful and we needed to run a couple of last minute errands for the week. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to get out and get our errands done before the end of the week, and boy am I glad we were able to be out on Tuesday! My contractions started about 12- but they were very irregular and they didn't hurt much more than a braxton hicks contractions, by 4:00 they were a little more regular and painful, by 6:30 when Bryan got home from work I was sure that I was in full blown labor- but I didn't want to jump the gun.
I spent the next couple hours picking up the house, making dinner and playing with Henry while Bryan made hamburgers. By the time we put baby boy down for bed I was having contractions every 2-4 minutes, and Bryan decided it was time to call my parents to have them watch Henry. I was STILL not convinced that labor was actually real, so I took a shower and got pretty for the trip to the hospital.
We arrived at the hospital at 9:00 pm, got checked in and up to L&D by about 9:30. At first check I was almost 5cm- I guess I was in labor after all! I waited a couple hours and a couple more cms to get an epidural- I decided that it was worth it to just be in less pain! After the epidural I was dialated to a 7 and 100% effaced. And then we WAITED. And waited a little more. We spent the entire night without much advancement, it was frustrating and exciting all at the same time. About 4:30 am they decided they would start pitocin, which did nothing! At 6:15 they broke my water, and about 6:53 I started pushing- two contractions and very minimal pushing and she was born at 6:57. It was so easy compared to my labor and delivery with Henry (where I pushed for 3.5 hours!)
She was a teeny tiny thing, weighing in at 7lbs and 20.5 inches (her brother was 8.1 and 21 inches).
So far she has been a much calmer baby than Henry was, her cry is quiet, she sleeps like a champ and eats even better. She has a little bit of jaundice but she is doing well. We are getting settled in to our new routine and Henry is starting to adjust to having the baby here. More updates to come soon!
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