She has finally arrived! Beautiful Claire was born on April 21st, 2010 @ 6:41am. She was 7 lbs and 19 1/2 inches. I had had a doctors appointment on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Martin said my cervix was ready, but wanted to schedule an induction before I was past 41 weeks. The induction was set for Thursday at 6am. However, little miss Claire decided to come before that, which thrilled me because I didn't want to be induced! I started having contractions about 1:15am. By 4 they were about 5-10 minutes apart so I woke Andy up and called Mark to come over. We left the house around 4:30 and arrived on Labor and Delivery about 5am. When they got me all checked in they checked my cervix and I was about 5cm dilated. By 6am labor was in full swing and they called the doctor. Dr. Martin wasn't working so they called Dr. Friesen, whom I'd never met. At that point, however, I didn't care. I just wanted to get her out! By the time Dr. Friesen got there I was ready to push. One contraction later and she was out!!
My parents brought Isaiah up in the evening and he was very excited to meet his sister. He gave her quite a few kisses and held her on his lap for a while. He's very glad to have her at home now, as are Andy and I. I'm not used to a child who just eats and sleeps and can't wait to watch her grow and learn!
3 comments:
You do know that you are meant to birth a whole litter. Short labor, no drugs and one push... you're awesome. Love the name Claire and can't wait to meet her. Hope all is well in the U World.
I agree with Ashli....whole crap you make that sound easy!!Congrats and enjoy the baby girl and all the pink!!!
Great birth story! Enjoy your time with Claire . . .it goes by way to quick
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