The New Kid On The Block

I thought I would start out by blogging about Krista's birth. On October 2nd I was told that I had to be induced because my blood pressure was high and I was starting to have symptoms of Pre-Eclampsia. So off we went to Baylor Frisco on Monday the 6th at 6:30 in the morning. By 7:30 they had delivered Chad's breakfast (lucky him, I wasn't allowed to eat!), and I had been given a nice big bag of pitocin. That would be when I remembered that contractions hurt and I didn't like it much :) Around 9:30 my Doc broke my water to try and move things along. As usual this didn't do much other than make me hurt more.....I made it an hour before I was begging for my epidural. The lovely anestesiologist (his name was Keven and I loved him) gave me a wonderful pain free day. Fast forward through Chad getting another meal ( yes I was getting bitter) and still not much progress. Around 4:30 they decided I could try to push to get her to come down and that is when we discovered that she was face up...just like her big sister. Go figure this is when my epi decided to wear off. My sister and my Dad were there while I whined and cried (and occaisionally cussed like a sailor) waiting for her to turn over. I started pushing while a nurse tried to turn her and after about 20 or 30 min she did finally turn!! YAY!! Well that is what I thougth too... They nurses told me to stop pushing and that the doc was on the way down...she is on the 3rd floor and I was on the 2nd. Well it was the longest elevator ride in history because it took her almost 25 min to get to my room while I begged and pleaded with the nurses to let me go ahead and push her out. I mean they had done all the work anyway why shouldn't they get to catch the baby. Well atleast during this little break (read lots of more cussing) I got another boost of epidural from my best friends Kevin. The Doc came in and after 2 YES 2 pushes out came Krista. They laid her on my chest and I immediatly noticed how much she looks like me :) All in all it wasn't terrible (no where near as bad as the 9 months before she got here). My family and friends were all there to support me and meet her as soon as she got here. Of course I wasn't talking to anyone until I got my dinner lol . We spent two quiet days in the hospital with lots of visitors and very little rest. Now that we are home, I can't believe how much I have forgotten since Kadence was born. It is a little like learning how to do it all over again. We are all so happy to have her home and I am enjoying all the time that I have with her right now :)