A Few Gory Details

I realized I never really shared details of our family's big day, so for those who are curious..

My water broke as we were heading to bed Thursday night, it was 8:15 and I was sure I peed the bed. Tim assured me we should head to the hospital and the midwife on call at our Dr's office confirmed Tim's idea. So, naturally I took a shower before we left.

It was raining and Tim was moving fast with wide eyeballs. We got there at 9:00 and they confirmed my water had broke and admitted me by about 11:00, I was still not in labor, but was 3-4 cm, so our nurse, Rhonda (who should be sainted), gave me a "whiff" of Pitocin. That did the trick, and by 2:00 I was 7-8 cm and wanting that epidural......BAD. After that I was pretty happy and by 4:45 I was complete, but had a bulging bag that we would need our midwife, Carol, to come rupture. She arrived about 5:15 and as soon as she hit the doorway, the bag popped and I got down to the business of pushing.
After more than an hour of pushing I asked for a mirror to see what I was doing and once I saw that, Violet was born within minutes.

I'd say Tim's face says it best....we couldn't believe she was a girl.

And for those into math, and looking for a reason to hate me, I was only in true labor for about 6 hours.

But let's not forget I threw up for about 6 months....