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Elizabeth Joy Sex: girl Born: 31 December, 2007 Age: 0 years & 288 days Birthday in: 77 days Starsign: Capricorn Development: See the 9 months page. Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 12 hours of hard labor
Weight @ birth: 6 pounds 4 ounces
Length @ birth: 19 and a half

Elizabeth-Joy`s birthstory

On x-mas Eve, i started to dialate, and reached two cenitmeters. I went to the doc two days in a row after that, and they said i was thinned out, and her head was REALLY low. I knew it could be any day now. My fiance went out on Sunday the 30th to go to the bank, and then was going to go to babies r us with me at 12 to pick up our crib and other things we didnt have or were waiting for shipment . Around 3:30 in the morning that night, my water had started to leak, but i though it was just discharge and ignored it. At around ten that morning, about ten mins after James had left to go to the bank, i started to realize that it wasnt discharge, and i was pretty sure that my water had started to break. I started to get really bad, strong, consistant contractions, and i knew it was time. I called about four friends, and then they all said CALL THE DOC!, so i did, and they were right. The midwife said to get to the hospital as soon as i could because I could have already been dialated fully and she wasnt sure how long it had been since my water had broken. I was running around the house freaking out, because i was three weeks early and i didnt even have a proper baby bag packed, let alone a proper bag for myself. I was calling my step mom to tell her that it was time to call everyone on the list. A whole hour had passed of me pasing around the house, trying to get things together, and calling james` cellphone, which had no service and i couldnt get through to him at all. I even sent him the emergency code, `NOW!`. Finally after the hour passed, he gets home, not having a clue what was going on while he was gone. He started freaking out too! We hadnt even taken the car seat out of the box yet. We didnt have the crib yet, and alot of other things that were going to be needed just to get her home and make it through the night. We got in the truck after loading it with our bags, and kept saying, wow, this is really it, we are going to have a baby in this truck next time we are going home together. When we got to the hospital, the nurse came in and hooked me up to the monitors. I was still two cenitmeters dialated, but her head had moved farther down, and my water need to be broken because it was only leaking slowly, which could cause infection. She poped it, and then had to do it again a bit later because it was still quite full. My hunny and my friend Karen were there with me the whole time. James was amazing, and i never expected him to be so brave and as strong as he was through the whole labor and delivery. I was in labor for a couple of days but i was in hard labor for just 12 hours (and four mins). We had arrived in the hospital around 1:00pm, and around 9, the contractions were so bad that i need to have the epidural. I was in so much pain. I couldnt believe how much it really hurt. My friend wanted me to go through and do the whole thing natural, but i was like fuck that! My midwife came in at 11:30 and said that i was ten cenitmeters and i could start to push when i was ready. It wasnt a rush, because even if you arent pushing, the contractions will still bring the baby`s head down farther through the birth canal, so i was only making less pushing for myself by wating. I wanted to wait till after 12 so that she would be a new years baby. I was so excited that it was time, and the epidural really was great. At first it only numbed the right side of my body but it only took a little bit for it to kick in on the left. I could still feel everything happening, the baby coming down causes alot of pressure, and there is no way to not feel it, even with drugs. I didnt mind. I knew that i was not truly feeling any pain compaired to the labor before the spinal, and i was really lucky and happy that everything worked well for me. I pushed for less then an hour, and little Elizabeth Joy Archer was born at 1:04 AM. She weighed 6 pounds and 4 ounces, and she was so beautiful. She was 19 and a half inches long. Very healthy for three weeks early, not a thing wrong with her. My midwife threw her right into my arms, and my friend called my dad so he could have a voicemail of his grandaughter crying for the first time. It was amazing. I couldnt believe this beautiful person was really inside of me for 8 months, and now i was holding her in my arms. James kissed me and took pictues of our beautiful little girl. It really was the best moment of my life. I loved her so much already. We were so happy. Every nurse adored her and said she was really calm and sweet. They all thought she was so beautiful. I could never be happier then i am now. I only stayed in the hospital for a day and a half over all. I am breast feeding her, and thought it was and still is hard, it is worth every minute of the bonding and her health. When we went to bed together for the first night, she wouldnt sleep in her play yard, she kept fussing. I took her in bed with me, and we woke up every two hourse exactly to eat. I feel great, other then a little sore from stiches and bruses. I am so impressed with how amazing of a father that James is, i couldnt have wished for this experience to be any greater. I love being a mommy!

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