My water broke at 3:30 in the morning on Thursday, so we drove to the hospital. I got admitted around 5 am and was already dilated to 3 centimeters. I got an epidural around 8:00 am and was dilated to 5 cms around 10 Am and then 8 cm by 1:30, and 10 cm at about 2:20. I started pushing at 3:00, and pushed for 3 hours until the dr. decided that Leah wasn't going to come out. They prepped me for c-section and I was wheeled into surgery about 6:30 and Leah was born 6:57 pm. Finally! THat was a long day!
Labor was really nothing like I expected.. at least the first 12 hours of it anyways. The nurses kept telling me I was doing great but I thought I was just laying there doing nothing.. thank god for epidurals! :) Eric kept watching the screen saying, "Whoa- that was a big contraction" and I was like.. sure, it may have.. I cant' feel it :) And then 3:00-6:00 was a little bit more of what I thought it would be like. They had me on so much pitocin that I was pushing every minute, and couldn't get any time to rest and get my strength back up. That was the 1st 2 hours. Then the last hour, I finally was just having contractions about every 3 minutes, so I at least had time to regroup after each one. But still, Leah wasn't moving.
Both Grandpa and Grandma Brinkman and Grandpa and Grandma Gabe were able to drive down and be there when she arrived. Eric was a very proud daddy, and was also glad when the whole process was over and he could show her off. Here are some pictures from the delivery day!
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