Maren's birthI

Maren Jean

6 lbs. 13 oz.

21 inches

born at 2:36 p.m.
4/30/10

I went in to visit the Doctor on Thursday. He told me I would have some light spotting so I expected that but I had more blood then I thought was normal- I really had no idea what normal would be. So by Friday morning when I got up I was bleeding. Because I didn't know what was normal, so I was worried something strange was happening. I told Jared I was worried and he told me to call the Doctor to let them know what was going on. I called the answering service and the Doctor on call called me back within 5 minutes. I explained to him what was going on and he said to come and to labor and delivery and they would check me out to make sure everything was fine. SO we went into the hospital. They hooked me up to a monitor- two actually- one for a heartbeat and one to monitor my contractions. My Doctor came in and checked me again - I was at a 3+, they watched me for about 10 minutes and the Nurse came in and said "Well we don't measure many contractions but we are just going to keep you and induce you today". Which we were just fine with.

They moved me across the hall to the labor room. At around 10 am, they broke my water, started my IV and the pitocin. Once I started having contractions they HURT like no other, and I asked for my epidural. That was a lifesaver! I praise whoever invented that...I don't know that I could have given birth to a baby without it (I guess I could have but it would not be a pretty experience). At 12:00 they checked me again and I was an 8. I was comfortable at this point, but then I started to feel a lot of pressure, and all of the sudden I was a 9 +. It really did move pretty fast. So they got my Doctor back and I pushed about 7 times and we had a baby! She was perfect.