Due to a little bit of high blood pressure, the doctor gave us the go ahead to induce labor on Thursday, June 27th. We checked into the hospital at 5am and started pitocin about 6. I started having a few contractions, but nothing like when my doctor came in to break my water. From the time she broke my water to the time I received my epidural was, what I thought at the time, the longest hour of my life. After the epidural, I had painless contractions for about 4 hours and then was fully dilated and ready to start pushing.
After 2 hours of pushing, which I now know were the longest hours of my life, we finally got Jordan close enough to make her entrance. We had a few moments when Jordan had a decreased heart rate, and we thought we may need to do a C section. I was going to do anything to not have to have surgery after all of that work for 2 hours, so was happy when we were able to avoid it. Those final few pushes were probably not the most pleasant experiences of my life, but it shortly became all worth it.
Chris was a wonderful coach through the entire 2 hours. We had all sorts of delivery room rules like.."don't tell me I'm doing great", "don't touch my foot", "don't tell me I'm almost there", along with a few others that all went out the window the second I realized that I needed all of those things. After his 2 hours of semi-hard work, the look on his face when Jordan made her entrance was priceless.
That moment when the doctor showed us our little girl and put her on my chest is something I hope Chris and I will never forget. I'll be a little sentimental here, just in case I think about forgetting it, I can come read this and capture that moment again. Plus, it's my blog...I'll do what I want. Anyway...she was perfect and absolutely the most beautful thing I've ever seen. Even though I had a relatively easy pregnancy, the 9 months of carrying her around, substituting water for my nightly glass of wine, not sleeping, discomfort, carrying around 40 extra pounds, and then the pain of childbirth all became so insignificant at that moment. She is a little miracle that God has given to us and entrusted us to raise His precious little girl, we could not feel more blessed and honored to be her parents. Ok. I'm done :)
Welcome to this world Jordan Elizabeth. Your daddy and I love you so much and cannot wait to start this adventure of life together as our little family of 3!
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