On May 29th Matt and I were doing our normal evening routine, which consisted of this 37 week pregnant girl laying on the couch watching TV and my loyal husband being right by my side. It was about 8:30 p.m. and Matt and I were talking about when Ellis was going to arrive. We had come to the consensus that she was going to do it on her terms, probably wait a few weeks and that it would be a total surprise. Well, it was a surprise because at 8:45 p.m. my water broke!
We immediately grabbed a few items to add to our already packed bag and headed to the hospital. We finally got settled into a delivery room around 9:45 p.m. The nurse came to check me and I was dilated between 2 and 3 cm. I told her that I did not want an epidural, so she contacted our doctor (who happened to be on call) and Dr. Fry said that she'd let me labor until 4 or 5 a.m. and we'd go from there.
By about 12:20 a.m. my contractions were pretty strong and becoming unbearable. I told Matt that I might have to have an epidural. He went to talk to the nurse about our options. She came to check me and to my pleasant surprise, I was dilated to 6. She said that I could get pain medication through my IV to try to avoid an epidural. The medicine ended up being just enough to take the edge off.
The nurse came back to check me at 1:20 and I was at 9 cm. Within 15 minutes I was at a 10 and they called Dr. Fry to come in. I started pushing at 2:10 a.m. and Ellis arrived at 2:50 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs, 9 oz and was 19 inches long.
We love her so much and feel so blessed to have a healthy baby girl!
Last belly picture
Last picture as a family of two
First picture as a family of three
Mommy & Ellis
Daddy & Ellis
