Mikayla James Redding, born November 26th at about 1 p.m. 7 lbs, 14 ozs, 20 inches long.
I'm so excited that Mikayla is finally here. It seems like I was pregnant forever, but she was well worth the wait. The delivery went well and fast. I was scheduled for an elective induction and they started the drugs at about 8 a.m. when I was 4 cm. Well, Christopher was born so fast for a first baby - about 6 hours - that I thought that Mikayla would be here in an hour or two. Well, at about each half hour the nurse would come and check me and there was no progress. At about 9 a.m. the doctor broke my water and I got my epidural. I thought surely I would start pushing by 10 a.m. Well, 10 a.m. rolled around and I was still 4 cm. Mike and I looked at each other and were wondering what we were going to do all day. We hadn't brought movies or anything because with Christopher it just happened so fast we had no time for that.
Well at around 11:00 a.m. I started to feel some pressure. So we called the nurse and she told me I was 6 cm and asked if I wanted some more epidural medicine and I said no. Well, at about 11:30 a.m. I could start to feel my toes tingle and I was able to really move my legs. I told Mike I thought my epidural was fading and that the pressure was getting a lot stronger like I needed to push. I didn't want to bug the nurse again so I just waited. Well, after about 15 minutes I decided to call her. And told her I thought the epidural was wearing off and if I could get more, she said we will see that I might be too far along. Sure enough by about noon her head was there. I had to wait about 20 minutes for the doctor to get there and I pushed for about 40 minutes and Mikayla was here right around 1 p.m.
I'm very thankful for such an uneventful delivery and a beautiful little girl - she already has her Dad wrapped around her finger.
No comments:
Post a Comment