Ansley Alexandra

It has been quite a while since I have posted, and a lot has happened! Miss Ansley Alexandra was finally born on August 10, 2009 at 2:18 am. I was originally set to be induced on Sunday at 6 pm, well Ansley had another idea! I started labor on Sunday morning as we were getting ready for church. I stepped in the shower and thought my water broke, and my contractions started. They were steady at 4 to 5 min apart for about an hour so we decided to go to the hospital. They checked me and I was 2 cm dilated, and it turns out that my water never broke. So, they had me walk around the hospital for an hour and see if I would progress. After an hour of steady contractions, there was no progression so they sent me home. They told me to come back at 6 am and they would start me on pitocin. Well, that was not in Ansley's plan! After laboring at home for another 8 hours, my water finally broke! After that boy were the contractions INTENSE!! Poor Freddy, he was driving me to the hospital(so excited) and he was going to call his parents, well I yelled at him to hang up and drive! ha. I was so worried that I was not going to be able to get my epidural!! Needless to say, I was not like myself during these contractions! They were 2 minutes apart and lasting 1.5 minutes, so I didn't have any time to catch my breath!

We finally get to the hospital, and I was admitted right away. They checked me and I was only 3 cm, so I was so relieved that I could get the epidural. The only bad part was that I had to wait for almost an hour, and my mom and my husband were catching all of my rage (I late apologized of course)! After the epidural, it was bliss!! I finally could relax, and boy did I progress quickly!!I dilated 7 cm in 4 hours!! I started pushing at 1 am and my precious baby girl was born at 2:18 am. I could never imagine the amount of love I could feel for this precious girl! Our hearts are filled to the brim with happiness and love. Our family is so blessed!!