The post we've all been waiting for...

"Baby Sister" was born at 2:29 am on 9/29/09.

Here's the story:

Monday night, I was watching the new episode of House after doing some cleaning and baking. I had a couple of contractions that were strong, but nothing that seemed too intense. I went to bed around 9:30. The contractions were fairly strong, but I was able to get a some sleep between them. Around 11pm, I woke up to a strong contractions. I decided to get up and start timing them. Around 11:30pm, the contractions were painful and were about 6 minutes apart. By midnight, they were 5 minutes apart. I called my midwife and she told me to head to the hospital in about an hour.

We started to get ready, but by 12:30am, I was feeling lots of pressure and knew we had to hurry. We left around 1am, and got to the hospital around 1:30am. I was not sure we were going to make it. I wasn't even feeling pain with the contractions, just an intense desire to push and tons of pressure.

We ended up having to just take Mini Me with us. She did great! She was in the room most of the time, up until just before delivery.

When I got to the hospital, my midwife checked me and I was already 8-9 centimeters dilated. All I wanted to do was push with each contraction. I had been laying on my left side, and my midwife suggested changing positions to bring the baby down. That was completely not necessary, because when I moved, just as another contraction hit, her head was right there.

In only about 2 pushes, she was out. My water did not break at all until she was born. The midwife said that's what slowed the delivery! Holy Hell! Can you imagine how fast she would have been born if my water broke???

So, I ended up not using any of the coping methods I had planned, because there just wasn't time! I did succeed in having an unmedicated birth, and I feel great!

I am exhausted, but physically feeling much better than I did after giving birth to Mini Me. I have a small tear, but nothing like last time.

Pictures coming soon.