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Eleanor LeighAnne Sex: girl Born: 29 February, 2008 Age: 0 years & 191 days Birthday in: 174 days Starsign: Pisces Development: See the 6 months page. Biggest achievement so far: Im a great nurser and passed my first doctor`s appt with flying colors!

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: About 17 hours...
Weight @ birth: 8 lbs 4 oz
Length @ birth: 21 1/4 inches

Eleanor-LeighAnne`s birthstory

I went into the doc on my due date (the 28th) and she said it could be at least another week before I delivered (I was 2 cm and she said there was an 80% chance by the end of 7 days) and asked if we wanted induction. We said yes, since my husband is on Spring Break this week and we wanted him able to be home with me and the baby as much as possible. She said she was on call for the weekend and we could come in either Sat or Sun depending on which day was best for the hospital staff. We would receive a call on Friday, she said. While at the visit, she stripped my membranes and told me I might feel some cramping for the rest of the day. By 2:30 am the `cramping` was keeping me awake rather than just waking me up, and was measurable as contractions and I started timing them. I was surprised that they varied between 4 and 6 minutes apart. At 520 I woke my husband and told him I thought we at least needed to go to the hospital to have me checked `cause nothing was decreasing no matter what I did. By the time we got to the hospital, I was 4 cm dilated and they admitted me...ON LEAP DAY! The one day I`d said I DIDNT want to deliver and only 24 hours ahead of my scheduled induction. By 5 cm I was not handling the pain anymore very well and asked for my epidural. Other than a `hot spot` where the meds didn`t take (a hernia repair scar interfered with it) I spent the rest of the labor and delivery feeling only pressure. In that hot spot I had horrible pain though....After 2 hours of pushing I was close to getting her crowned but was fast running out of energy. The doctor talked over some options with us between contractions and we decided to have her use the flat vaccuum to help out. Within 2 pushes, Ella was delivered!

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