i have been meaning to post about esme's birth for the past 2 weeks and just haven't seemed to get around to it. so here it is... i will try to keep to the reader's digest version.
a month ago i was positive i was going to have baby esme well before her due date. i was so sure! i had been dialated to a 4 and 90% effaced for several weeks, but no baby. i was scheduled to be induced on wednesday, march 16, a week after my due date. i was hoping and praying i wouldn't reach that point. i really did not want to be induced. there was just something about letting my body go into labor that i wanted to experience. by tuesday, i had given up hope of going into labor and accepted the fact that i would be induced early wednesday morning. but, long story short i had one last visit to the doctor where he stripped my membranes for the 3rd time but this time he meant business. the pain was intense but well worth it. within the hour i was in labor.
when my contractions started they were 3-4 minutes apart. within 30 minutes they were 2 1/2 minutes apart. we raced to the hospital and were taken to the delivery room. soon came the epidural... thank goodness. i'm not ashamed or embarrassed to admit it. bring on the drugs! the epidural was fantastic. i even questioned whether or not i was really in labor. i told brandon that maybe i was just a really big baby and it was false labor.
when my contractions started they were 3-4 minutes apart. within 30 minutes they were 2 1/2 minutes apart. we raced to the hospital and were taken to the delivery room. soon came the epidural... thank goodness. i'm not ashamed or embarrassed to admit it. bring on the drugs! the epidural was fantastic. i even questioned whether or not i was really in labor. i told brandon that maybe i was just a really big baby and it was false labor.
6 comments:
She is BEAUTIFUL! And you look FANTASTIC! Did you even have a baby? Sheesh! I have been meaning to call you for the last two weeks but only remember at the oddest of hours (of which you are probably awake anyway...hehehe). Good going mama. It will get easier (give it another 4 weeks).
LOVE the last picture of Brandon and Esme...
Keep up the hard work and know that you will miss the cuddle time that feeding after feeding after feeding gives you with your little girl
Those are really cute pictures! I want bdon to make me those letter picture things, they're really cute!
She is seriously a beautiful baby! And yeah, having a newborn is really, really hard (which is why Adam is having such a hard time convincing me that we need more kids!). Just know that the first month is by far the hardest, and then things will get easier.
She's beautiful and I'm so glad your labor and delivery went well. I had the hardest time adjusting after I had Brian. I seriously went a little crazy. The recovery from pregnancy and labor, lack of sleep, hormonal changes, a total change in lifestyle, along with the up and down feelings of pure joy one minute and worried or frustrated feelings the next moment can pack a pretty good punch. I hope it settles down faster for you than it did me!
You look awesome Katie! Congratulations!
I love how the two of you have turned into this really cute mom and dad!! You're adorable. And so is Esme!!
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