The wonderful labor and delivery story....
Everyone seems to want to ask- how did it go? Well, spoiler alert, here is how it went:
My sister-in-law, Natalie, and I both were due this past week. I on the 28th and she on the 29th. I've really enjoyed talking to her throughout the pregnancy and noting differences. Once I hit 39 weeks, Natalie's enthusiasm and eagerness for her little one to join their family made me very anxious and eager for my baby to come early, too! But, I had felt absolutely nothing. No little contractions or indications at all that our little Juliet was ready to come see us. Finally, on Saturday, October 22nd, small contractions began and stopped. Tuesday rolled around and I felt a couple more. Looking forward to the ward's Trunk or Treat activity, I had already ruled out having the baby on Wednesday, so little happened on that day :) Thursday morning, I started having contractions at 9. They were about every 10 minutes. I had a doctor's appointment at 1:15pm and figured if this was the real deal, I would know by then. Yet, watching Violet proved to be more difficult around 10:30 am when the contractions started hurting. So, I ran a few errands, dropped her off at a friend's, and told David he was coming with me to my doctor's appointment. We got there and then were sent to the hospital as I was 4 cm dilated. I went from 4cm to 7 cm in an hour and a half. Props to those that can do hypnobirthing. For me, we used its techniques as comic relief... David would make ocean breeze noises to make me laugh through my tears. Yes, I felt like a baby around 7cm since I didn't have any pain medication and did scream. But luckily, I went from 7cm to greeting Juliet in 3 and a half minutes. Enjoy the pictures! (More on facebook)
