Meet Abigail Grace!She arrived on Thursday night
February 25, 2010
11:28pm
7lbs 14 1/2 ozs!!
A sweet angel, sent from above.What an incredible blessing!
I woke up Thursday morning feeling crampy and I knew something was up. By noon, I knew she would probably arrive sometime that night. I started timing contractions around 4:30 in the afternoon and they were about 5 minutes apart. They weren't lasting very long though and weren't extremely painful yet...so we waited. I called the doctor's office at 7:55pm. Contractions were getting a little more intense but still bearable and still 5 minutes apart. I didn't want to go to the hospital only to be sent home because it was too early so we waited...
within 30 minutes, the contractions started coming 4 minutes apart and were becoming very painful. I called the midwife back and told her we were on the way. We left the house at 9:00pm, arrived at the hospital around 9:30 and by then, these contraction were coming one right after the other. Hardly any time between them. We got settled into our room and by then the midwife was delivering another baby down the hall. The labor was moving along so fast that by the time the other baby was born and the midwife got to our room, it was too late for an epidural, Abbey was on her way. This sweet girl was ready to make an appearance. I am proud to say that this was a completely natural childbirth. Not an epidural in sight, nor anything else for pain. I was thrilled and anxious, excited and terrified all at the same time. As each day passes though, and I think about all that happened, I realize that I would never trade that experience for anything.
It was amazing and I thank God for the blessing of being able to have her naturally. It is an experience that I will never forget and I feel blessed to have had it.
So here she is. Welcome sweet little one!
I woke up Thursday morning feeling crampy and I knew something was up. By noon, I knew she would probably arrive sometime that night. I started timing contractions around 4:30 in the afternoon and they were about 5 minutes apart. They weren't lasting very long though and weren't extremely painful yet...so we waited. I called the doctor's office at 7:55pm. Contractions were getting a little more intense but still bearable and still 5 minutes apart. I didn't want to go to the hospital only to be sent home because it was too early so we waited...within 30 minutes, the contractions started coming 4 minutes apart and were becoming very painful. I called the midwife back and told her we were on the way. We left the house at 9:00pm, arrived at the hospital around 9:30 and by then, these contraction were coming one right after the other. Hardly any time between them. We got settled into our room and by then the midwife was delivering another baby down the hall. The labor was moving along so fast that by the time the other baby was born and the midwife got to our room, it was too late for an epidural, Abbey was on her way. This sweet girl was ready to make an appearance. I am proud to say that this was a completely natural childbirth. Not an epidural in sight, nor anything else for pain. I was thrilled and anxious, excited and terrified all at the same time. As each day passes though, and I think about all that happened, I realize that I would never trade that experience for anything.
It was amazing and I thank God for the blessing of being able to have her naturally. It is an experience that I will never forget and I feel blessed to have had it.
So here she is. Welcome sweet little one!She is ready to eat so I will close for now but promise to return with more pictures very soon!
xo,
Erin
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