The day finally came for our baby to make her entrance. I'll recap the day's events for those who haven't already heard. Sunday night around 1pm I started having contractions again that were about 6 minutes apart, but not very strong. I went to bed and tried to get some rest incase this was the real deal. I slept on and off until 2am when I timed the contractions to be about 5 minutes apart and slightly stronger. By now I was fairly sure this was the real deal, I had also noticed my mucous plug earlier in the day. By 4am I thought we should probably get things ready and head to the hospital. I woke Jed up and we got the car ready, got Jayda up and were on our way to Hettinger by 5am. We dropped Jayda off at Jed's parents and got to the hospital around 6:30am. They checked me in and got me hooked up to all the monitors by 7am and confirmed they were going to keep me and we were certainly in labor!
On the way to Lemmon Jayda said, "Daddy, we forgot to eat "brefkast"!" I think she was so sleepy she wasn't sure what was really going on. I had to explain to her again that we were going to have the baby, and she shrieked with excitement.
My contractions got irregular once we got to the hospital and weren't easy to track for a few hours. They had me walk quite a bit to help get things moving and around 11 I was ready for some pain relief. At 1pm I got my epidural, which hurt less than the IV they put in my hand. It took them 4 tries to get the IV in, which was probably the most awful part of the whole labor/delivery. Jed did better with the epidural this time and didn't get light headed on me. However shortly after they administered the drugs, I got very pale and nauseous. I threw up and everything then got much better! My contractions got regular and I was then able to get some rest. From 1 until 4pm I slept lightly and finished dilating from 5cm to 10cm. At 4pm my doctor said it was time to have this baby! They got the room set up and I started pushing at 4:10. By 4:18pm we had our baby girl in our arms! I was prepared to push for at least a half hour and was pleasantly surprised after 3 pushes she was here! No one told me how much easier labor was the second time around. I assumed it would be slightly better, but it was like someone hit the easy button!
Paisley John Seim arrived at 4:18pm weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and 20 inches long on Monday, August 10th, 2009. She has lots of dark hair and is a little darker complected than Jayda was. Jayda came with Grandma, Grandpa and Ryder to finally meet her little sister. She couldn't believe how cute she was! She got to hold her and check her out for a few hours, then everyone went home and left us to rest. I got a dreamy sleeping pill and had a good night's rest. The next day Jed came back and hung out with us for the day, we were then released at 5pm and headed home!!!
I still can't believe how much better this whole experience was. If someone had told me how much better it would be with a second one, I might have had one sooner! Recovery has been 100% better and quicker and I feel excellent. So for all of my friends that have recently had their 1st baby, I am here to tell you, IT GETS BETTER!
On the way to Lemmon Jayda said, "Daddy, we forgot to eat "brefkast"!" I think she was so sleepy she wasn't sure what was really going on. I had to explain to her again that we were going to have the baby, and she shrieked with excitement.
My contractions got irregular once we got to the hospital and weren't easy to track for a few hours. They had me walk quite a bit to help get things moving and around 11 I was ready for some pain relief. At 1pm I got my epidural, which hurt less than the IV they put in my hand. It took them 4 tries to get the IV in, which was probably the most awful part of the whole labor/delivery. Jed did better with the epidural this time and didn't get light headed on me. However shortly after they administered the drugs, I got very pale and nauseous. I threw up and everything then got much better! My contractions got regular and I was then able to get some rest. From 1 until 4pm I slept lightly and finished dilating from 5cm to 10cm. At 4pm my doctor said it was time to have this baby! They got the room set up and I started pushing at 4:10. By 4:18pm we had our baby girl in our arms! I was prepared to push for at least a half hour and was pleasantly surprised after 3 pushes she was here! No one told me how much easier labor was the second time around. I assumed it would be slightly better, but it was like someone hit the easy button!
Paisley John Seim arrived at 4:18pm weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and 20 inches long on Monday, August 10th, 2009. She has lots of dark hair and is a little darker complected than Jayda was. Jayda came with Grandma, Grandpa and Ryder to finally meet her little sister. She couldn't believe how cute she was! She got to hold her and check her out for a few hours, then everyone went home and left us to rest. I got a dreamy sleeping pill and had a good night's rest. The next day Jed came back and hung out with us for the day, we were then released at 5pm and headed home!!!
I still can't believe how much better this whole experience was. If someone had told me how much better it would be with a second one, I might have had one sooner! Recovery has been 100% better and quicker and I feel excellent. So for all of my friends that have recently had their 1st baby, I am here to tell you, IT GETS BETTER!
I am so glad things went so well for you! And since your experience went so well, maybe you guys can still try for that little boy! Yes, I know...give you a break...you just got this one out! :) I know labor will be 100% better for me the second time too because I can just schedule my c-section date and have the baby in a few hours...but that will be a LONG TIME from now! :)
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