So, I watched a little TV, read a little, and went to bed. Then at 1:30 I woke up not feeling the greatest, and realized I had clearly been in labor since 11:30! I texted our doula and walked around a little thinking that I didn't really want to wake anyone up. Jeremy called my parents around 2:30 to have them come over right away and our doula had already arrived and we were trying to spin Little Miss around so she could come out the right way. :) I coped and breathed and leaned on Jeremy all way until 5:30...a short three hours. That's when Jer and Jen decided we should head to the hospital. At the time I thought that was a little overkill, but I went. Well, we arrived at 5:45, took 15 minutes to check in and the nurse said I was dilated to 6cm.
Then I walked to the nearest room.
About 30 feet away.
And started pushing.
No joke, in the span of 2 minutes I dilated to a 10 and started pushing. I was actually confused about what was going on because with the other two I was dilated to 8cm weeks before and then my water broke and then I pushed for HOURS. I mean, 6, 7, 8 hours. Imagine my confusion when I was 0cm hours before, then at a 6, then minutes later - complete and pushing! Our doctor ran in 10 minutes later (after running from her house! What a stud!) and told me my water had broken at some point (what?!) and she could see our sweet girl's head. A few more pushes and she was out. I actually said "What is that?" at the very end and she had to tell me "That's your baby". :)
Miss Ireland Mae was born at 6:05 on August 31st weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces and an outstanding 21 inches long. :)
She was perfect.
Landie Mae. 20 minutes old.
It was absolute love at first sight for the two of these big kids.
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