Saturday, August 8, 2009

mendonsa...party of three!

ok ok! i know its been almost two weeks since evelynn graced us with her presence, but better late than never right!? :] so here is a little story about our day...

so i didnt want to go to church for fear of having to answer the question of why evelynn was still in my belly. so steven went without me. when i got out of bed and was letting towbie out, i experienced something like my water breaking, but only a little bubble. so i paid attention to what was going on and told steven to call in between services. he eneded up coming home for fear that it was TIME. we hung out at the house for a couple hours just waiting. pains were getting a little more constant but not worse. so we got our stuff together and headed to the hospital at around 2pm, calling my mom and sister on the way to tell them we were a go.

we pulled up to the hospital and it felt weird. when the lady asked if she could help us, i was like "i think its time to have my baby." kind of awkward... so they put me in a "flashy" hospital gown and in a bed. they hooked me up to the heart and contraction monitors. then they did a test to see if it was actually my water that had broke...indeed it was! so at that point we were admitted.

my whole plan was to have the baby naturally, but not be discouraged if i ended up with an epidural. i lasted until 10:30pm. i realized id be too tired to get her out. so i gave in to my fear. once i had the epidural i was GOOD! :] i was able to relax and get some sleep...considering it was so late too. my mom, sister, and dad made it in time for the big show!

so after a little pushing and laughing (yes laughing!) our little girl joined the big bad world outside of the bubble...

she was born at 1:56 am, weighed 7 lbs and was 19 1/2 inches long...


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