She's Here!

Amy Lee Anderson made her arrival on April 3, 2009 at 3:06pm. 8lbs 12oz and 22 1/4 in long! She's a pretty big girl! Our day started at the Dr's office at 9am where I was excited to learn that I was dilated to a 2! So I made an appt for 3pm that afternoon to see where we were at and looked forward to probably having her this weekend. So rather than sit around all day at home thinking every little ping could be labor, I decided to take Max Thrift store shopping. So there I was at the thrift store at 10am and my water broke! I waddled out to the sidewalk before it was really a mess :-( I managed to get Max in the car,and call Brian (who was working from home) and drive home before heading to the hospital. By the time I was home contraction were less that 5 minutes, and by the time we checked in they were less than 2 minutes! So I tried to go natural... after about 2 hours I had some Stadol to take the edge off, by 2:15pm I didn't think I could keep going and I was only a 4, so I screamed for the anesthesiologist, and there was no break between contractions. They got everything set up for the epidural, poked, prodded and taped it with still no relief when I needed to push! So they called for my Dr and told me to hang on...yeah right try not pushing! Thinking the epidural was at least going to kick in for the fun part, I kept yelling at the nurses that I could feel everything. Dr. came down two pushed later (still no epidural :-) Amy Lee entered the world! So I guess I get bragging rights that it was technically natural! She is a happy girl with very chunky thighs and long toes! Everything is going well, and Max is so excited to be a big brother. We are happy to be home and settling into our new routine!