Mimi, your pregnancy, like the rest, was pretty easy. I wish you wouldn't have been born in the summer, the heat was unbearable at times but you didn't give me any problems. Minus the crazy amount of swelling. Oh, and the one time I "saw stars". I was at home with the other kids and daddy was at drill. Since it was a drill weekend I also had a friends daughter with us. For some reason I kept seeing stars while sitting on the couch. Luckily the other kids were playing well and my friends daughter was eating so I could take a break. But I made the mistake of calling and telling daddy. Not only was he home in the blink of an eye but my friends (both parents) were there to pick up there daughter as well. We then went to the volunteer station where they said my blood pressure was high but by the time I got to the hospital everything was fine. That was about two weeks before you were born Mimi.
As it got closer and closer to your due date your daddy and I started to get worried you wouldn't come on time. I hadn't really been getting any good braxton hicks and daddy was going to have to cover for some people at work so he wouldn't have as much free time soon. So, we set an induction date for Aug 18th, although I really didn't want to be induced.
It was already though, you had no intention of being induced either. On the night between Aug 16th and 17th Bumpkin woke me up because she needed help going to the bathroom. When I tried to go back to bed I couldn't get comfortable. I didn't really think I was having any pains, I just wasn't comfortable so I went to lay on the couch and watch some Army Wives. I knew something was up though when I couldn't get into the show. I keep moving and fidgeting. Then the pain came. It came on so quick I wasn't even sure what was going on but I couldn't move. I tried to get up off the couch but I couldn't so I grabbed my phone and tried to call your daddy who was upstairs sleeping. That didn't work. I called him multiple times and he never answered. (I found out later his phone was dead sitting on the bookshelf next to me.) I had no choice but to crawl up the stairs. Once I finally got over to daddy I told him it was time to go and he asked me "where". haha. I told him it was time to go alittle more forcefully and he got up. :) Since Aunt Heather was staying with us at the time I then slid down the stairs, turned all the lights on in her room, threw something that was laying on the stairs in her general direciton, and yelled at her to get up. She loves me, I swear. :) And we were off.
Aunt Heather stayed with your sisters and daddy took me to the hospital. When we got in the car he asked me how close my contractions were apart and I told him they were probably about 3-4 minutes apart. When we got in the car and used the same clock the whole time we found out they were about 30 seconds apart! Daddy started to get a little nervous then, The whole way there I kept chanting "just get me there". It was a good thing it was the middle of the night.
By the time we got to the hospital and they got me checked I was already a 8 1/2. I had just had a doctors appointment that morning and I wasn't even a 2 yet. When she told me how far along I was I knew this would be the first time giving birth without any type of pain control. The nurse who checked me made a quick call and all of a sudden there were people buzzing around me. Good thing too because you had no intention of slowing down. I did stall a little bit at a 9 1/2 but I was feeling an intense need to push so the doctor told me to push through it. Within about 45 minutes of arriving at the hospital you joined the world. You were 9 lbs 3 oz and 21 inches long.
After you were taken care of, mommy had a little bit of trouble with the placenta that broke apart. I was very close to being forced into surgery but luckily on the last try it all went well and I was able to recover quickly so we could get to bonding.
A short time later Aunt Heather brought your sisters to the hospital to meet you before Bumpkin went to school. Bumpkin and Troublemaker were so excited! They loved holding you and watching everything you did. Bumpkin was so sad when she had to go to work but we convinced her by reminding her she got to tell everyone at school that she had a new baby sister. And she was so excited the next day when a storm knocked out the power at school! haha
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