Baby Presley has arrived

Presley Rose was born on September 16, 2011 at 12:45 in the afternoon, weighing 9 lbs 8 oz! She was HUGE!! I don't know how I didn't get stretch marks! September 16th was her actual due date - she is so compliant! I have to admit that I thought for sure I would have her early because Madison was 3 weeks early, but that was not the case. She was just happy as ever getting chubby in my belly! The doctor was shocked when they announced her weight! I don't think he would have let me deliver vaginally (sorry for typing that word) if he knew she was going to be so big.

Friday September 16th, I went to bed around 12:30 in the morning. At 12:45 a.m., I start to have my first contraction. Then 2-3 minutes later another one comes, and so on, and so on. They aren't knocking me back, but they were consistent. After about 30 min., I decide to go get Tyler. He informs me that he has just taken NyQuil for his cold. He says, "are you sure this is the real deal?" I start to question, but the contractions keep on coming! So, we head to drop off Madison with his parents and head to the hospital. I was dilated to 5 cm and almost 100% effaced, so they admitted me. They asked me if I wanted an epidural, and I said no because the contractions were bearable at this point. I really felt fine. From 2 to 4 a.m., I went from 5 to 7 1/2 and my water broke. I decided that I could do this naturally. Ha...then I dilated to an 8, and within 30 minutes I was in so much pain. I was thinking, "what the heck am I doing, this sucks!" Tyler thought I was crazy from the start! I thought it was too late for an epidural, until the nurse walked in and said I could still have one. I jumped right on that bandwagon, and the anesthesiologist was there in 5 minutes! Holy crap, I have never been so excited to get a huge needle injected into my back! Drugs are heaven sent! I am so glad I got it, because I was stuck at 8 cm for 2 1/2 hours. I started pushing around 9:15, but was making little progress after 40 min., so the doctor told me to rest and he would be back in an hour. I was so pooped after all the pain and pushing, I was afraid I was not going to be able to have enough energy to push when he came back. I was exhausted! He came back just after noon, and she was ready to come out. Before I started to push, little Presley decided to take her first poo. They were concerned and called respiratory to come in. I could feel the epidural wearing off a bit, which worked out well because I knew when and how hard to push. I pushed harder than I ever have in my entire life! Her head came out after a lot of serious pushes. Then her shoulders came, but her chest got stuck. I know that sounds weird, and my doctor said this has only happened one other time to him. So, he had to cut me, and she came flying out so fast he almost didn't catch her. They grabbed her so fast, the doctor didn't even have time to verify that she was a girl. She wasn't crying, but they didn't want her to, because they didn't want her to aspirate the meconium into her lungs. It took her over a minute to cry. They were sticking a tube down her throat to clear her out - luckily no meconium was down there. Meanwhile, I started to hemorrhage! I lost over a liter of blood in a matter of seconds. I could tell the doctor was worried by the look on his face. He reached up inside my uterus and started to massage, and then he pulled my placenta out with his hand! It was crazy, but I stopped bleeding. I received some major stitches! Poor Tyler was traumatized by all of this! I might just sign up for a C-section next time, because I don't seem to have easy deliveries! Oh well, all is well now. They kept us in the hospital an extra day so they could monitor Presley, but she did great! We got to come home on Sunday.

We are so happy to have our sweet little girl here with us. We have waited a long time for this day. I can't believe it is already here! Madison is such an awesome big sister, and she already loves her so much. We feel so blessed, and we are just so grateful!!