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Elizabeth Marie Sex: girl Born: 04 June, 2008 Age: 0 years & 87 days Birthday in: 278 days Starsign: Gemini Development: See the 2 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -She pooped!!

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 13hrs
Weight @ birth: 6lbs 2.3oz
Length @ birth: 19 inches

Elizabeth-Marie`s birthstory

Well, I had my Dr.`s apt on the 3rd. They wanted to check my amnio fluid b/c it had been low the week before. So, they did a U/S and it was lower so off to LD I went. Checked in by noon and by 2pm they started me on Cervadil, since i was basically at ground zero and only a dimple dialated. So after 12 hrs of the cervadil they took it out. I don`t really remember them taking it out & checking me since they gave me Ambien (sp?) so I could sleep through the night. Anyways, so at 3am they hooked me up to the pitocin and thats when it really all began! My dr. came in and checked me a few hrs later and OHMYGOD DID THAT HURT. I was a litte `raw` from the cervadil. When she checked me I had not progressed from a dimple dialated so she shoved her finger through. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then she did a membrane sweep, that hurt soooo bad I was crying. About an hr after that I had my bloody show (yuck) and things started to really get going. I started cramping and the contractions were getting more frequent and stronger. Around 11:00am or so, my water broke on it`s own. Man was that the wierdest feeling I have ever had in my life. I was just sitting there talking to my husband and GUUSSSHHHH! For my amnio fluid being low, there was a lot in there and it just kept coming and coming and coming.... ugh, so they changed my sheets and I got all cleaned up. Then the contractions really began to hurt, and I mean hurt!!! They were not really showing up on the monitor, so they put an internal monitor in me and they were showing up off the chart they were soooo strong and only 1 - 2 min appart. I REALLY wanted to go natural but I couldn`t take the pain, I was in tears sooo bad, so I asked for the epidural and that was heaven. The epi didnt even hurt, it just felt like a little pinch. Oh I was in heaven after the epi and took a nap for about 2 hrs. At that point i was at 5cm. When I woke up I could start to feel the contractions again and it was hurting. They checked my epi and it was leaking. The pain was worse than ever! So they had to stick me again, but I didn`t even care. Once the second one began working again I fell asleep for about 2 hrs. The nurse came in and checked me and I was 9cm!!! Woo Hoo! Almost there! So my dr. came in and at that point I was 10cm. I was stull numb from the epi and couldn`t feel anything. They set me all up and I started pushing. I pushed for literally 5 min and she was out! That was it. I had a 2nd degree tear. She was 6lbs 2.3 oz and 19 inches long and just PERFECT!!! we are so in love with her. Can`t wait to take her home today.

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