I am happily married and living in San Antonio, Texas with my husband and beautiful daughter. We have been living in Texas for one year now and are now getting settled. We are adjusting to parenthood and are fascinated with how fast our daughter is growing and how smart she is. I considered being a stay at home mom, but I know deep down I would miss being a social worker. So I am working part time as a therapist in a psychiatric hospital to continue with my career and also be a good mother to my child. I am very opinionated but also open minded. I try not to be judgmental so I think this is why people feel like they can trust me.

Yes, Isabel Grace Witt arrived in the world on August 13, 2007 at 7:27pm. She weighed 6lbs, 6 oz and was 19 inches long. She had a good amount of blonde hair and blue eyes. She is the most amazing and beautiful thing I have ever seen. I don't believe I am biased either. Lol! So for those of you who want to know the gruesome details of my labor experience, read on. If not then stop here.

Okay so here it is. My water broke at 1:15am on Monday, the 13th. I was told to not worry about rushing to the hospital until my contractions became more consistent. I experienced some mild contractions, but nothing major. At 8:30am I called my doctors office to ask them when I should come in even with my contractions being inconsitent. They like to deliver the baby within 24 hours of your water breaking so they told me to go ahead and come to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital at 9:30am, confirmed my water actually broke and started me on Pitossin (spelling?) to induce labor and make contractions more regular. So I handled the contractions pretty well for the most part. They started to become harder and closer together around 3:00pm. They were 2-3 minutes apart and I was 3-4 cm dilated. The Dr predicted, I would have the baby around 9:00pm. At this point the contractions were getting unbearable so I finally asked for the epidural. I wished I would have asked for it sooner because I did not get it until around 4:00pm. Let me say relief. I was numb and felt no contractions. I took an hour nap and rested up. This is when the story gets rough. I woke up from my nap able to feel my legs. I informed the nurse and she told me that depending on the epidural that was normal. So I was like okay. If I am not feeling the contractions then it must be working. She left the room and five minutes later, I had horrible back pain and started to feel my contractions. The nurse contacted the anestesiaologist (spelling?) to give me more meds. Still did not work. But at this point the Dr. went into another surgery so I could not get more meds or a new epidural. Let me tell you pain. Contractions were coming within 30 seconds and hard. Intense back pain. At 6:00pm, I was 9 cm and almost ready to go. The nurse paged the on call dr and informed me that I would probably have the baby in the next 20 minutes. The Dr did not show up until about 7:20pm. By the time he walked in the door, he was putting on his scrubs and the baby's head just popped out. I finished the delivery and she was a healthy baby. I cannot tell you the intense pain and pressure I felt. I had no medication and delivered her au natural. I can't believe I did it, but you have no choice when it gets to that point. So I know this was long but I left out a lot of details also. Although this was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, my new baby girl was worth it.