Her birth story:
We had just had a full day at the pool of our friends house. That morning, Sunday, I was feeling a little different, but didn't think much of it. I felt good the rest of the day. After putting the kids down to bed, except Elynn (she had woken up while putting her jammies on), I sat down on the couch to rest for a little bit before bed. I had gotten up to let Jager outside, and then went to sit back down on the couch. Right when I sat down, my water broke! I looked at Brent and said, "I am pretty sure my water just broke." He looked at me with shock and then said, "Are you sure you didn't just pee?" HA! I hadn't started having contractions just yet, so I don't think he believed me! Elynn was listening to us talk, and when I had said my water broke, she picked up my water cup and was looking at it intently. She said, "mom, you don't have a crack in your cup. I don't see water leaking." It was so funny. I started laughing, at more water gushed out. I knew it was truly my water that had broke! Brent and I then were talking about who we should call and what the plan should be. In the middle of planning, when we were talking about who to call, Elynn looked at us with a serious face and said, "I think you should call your doctor". We decided to call my stepmom to come spend the night, since it was only 930 at night. She came right away. Brent and I loaded up in his truck, with several towels. When we got to the hospital, there was a ton of construction. The parking lot we were supposed to be in was under construction and so we had to park in a parking garage a far way off from the woman's center. I had to wrap myself up in a towel, and put my pants on over it. I waddled the whole way to the women's center. It was epic!
When we got to the center, they checked me in right way. We still had to sit in Triage for a couple hours before going to the labor room. I was in Labor for a total of 6 hours. Brent slept through most of it. I had to wake him up to get ready for the delivery! Ha! I pushed for under a minute, in 3 pushes. It was nice and easy! Brent went right back to sleep after the delivery (he had a couple of long days). I had to wake him up AGAIN to head to our room upstairs. The nurse and I were giving him a hard time. Love that guy!
The kids came to see us later that morning! They LOVE her. We had to set a timer of when they could hold her, so that everyone had a turn. We are so thankful for her and couldn't imagine our life without her!! When we left the hospital, she weighed 6 lbs 7 oz.
At her 2 week appointment, she weighed 7 lbs 6 oz (21%) and was 21 1/4 inches long (81%). A healthy baby girl!!
First time with all 4 by myself!
