Beautiful Olivia Arrives!

We had a day of magic yesterday and our cute little Livy decided to come. It all started at 1 am, when I woke up with really strong contractions. I had my membranes stripped on Monday and was dilated to 3 cm & 90% effaced up until this point. Adam and I both knew it would only be one set of contractions to put me into labor. I have been going through pre-labor the last 3 weeks, so I knew what the contractions felt like, but only these were harder and more intense. Adam started timing the contractions and they were about 3-5 mins apart lasting about 1 min. These contractions lasted like this for about 1 hr then they got worse and came faster.

We finally decided to go to the hospital about 3 am and they were coming hard and fierce. I tried to walk into the hospital, but ended up walking in then using a wheelchair for the rest. My nurse was a friend that I went to school with and she said I was dilated to a 5-6. I received 2 doses of antibiotic for strep B and then finally got the Epidural. I progressed like clock work and changed every hour. 7 am I was dilated to an 8, then at 8 am I was completed at a 10. The Doctor wanted to wait for an hour until she dropped more. I pushed for about 1 hr and doctor arrived and baby came 5 mins later after 2 contractions, being delivered at 1057 am. During Labor Adam did an amazing job with holding my leg and assisting the nurse. The best were his comments during the delivery. When I first started pushing during a contraction and he spurted out, "There is no way that is coming out of you" we were laughing so hard.

We jammed out during the delivery to some pump up music from pandora. We thought Livy would enjoy coming here with some rhythm. It was nice to have Liz and mom in for the delivery, they helped out every step of the way. They even helped Adam calm down and switch out when he got a little weasy.

She came with lots of dark hair and looks as beautiful as can be. We feel so blessed to have had this go so fast and well. Adam and I could not be happier with this little angel now ours. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ounces and was 19 inches long. Here are some pictures of the wonderful adventure.