Brinley's Special Arrival

I know you are all DYING for the details. This might be a long post, but hey...read what you want!

Friday, October 30th:

Ry and I went in to see our doctor just for my 40 week check up and discuss my induction that was scheduled for Nov. 2nd. I was still dialated to 1cm. Talk about depressing! 1cm for almost 3 weeks!! Dr. Barton said, "well, lets cross our fingers!" I wasn't too sure about being induced because it increases your risk of having a c-section by 30% and who knows how long I would be in labor for when my body wasn't ready to let Brinley out. SO. We went home. I was pretty much a slug all day and Ryan and I just bummed around at night. We watched a movie and went to bed around 11PM. Oh...and we had Taco Bell for dinner. I looooooooaded on the FIRE hot sauce. I'm convinced that's what started it all.

Around {4:30AM} Saturday, October 31st:

Sleeping in bed.

Feel something wet.

JUMP out of bed.

Waddle to the bathroom.

GUSH! on the bathroom floor.

"RYAN!? My water broke!"

We ran around the apartment like crazy people for a few minutes, jumped in the car, and sped to the hospital. We were admitted around 5AM. What a wild ride. It was a long day. They cranked up the pitocin because I was still only at 1CM. My contractions were so intense I seriously thought I was going to die. I was only at 2CM around 11PM but my fantastic nurse, Michelle, fibbed a bit and got my epidural around 12PM. After that, I was in HEAVEN! Drugs are amazing.

For the next few hours, we just hung out...watched Saturday College Football (of course...). I napped a ton because I needed tons of energy later. We had a few friends stop by but other than that, we just chilled in our room! I finally dialated to 5CM around 4PM and then it only took an hour or so to jump to 8CM. We were getting so excited! Finally...the end is near! Not even an hour after that, Dr. Barton came in and checked me and said, "She's at a 10. Lets get pushing."

{WHAT!?} Oh man. Pushing. Now that's a blog post by itself. The pain was definitely getting stronger than the epidural could handle. Lets just say, between the penicillin burning through my arm and the contractions...I was a bit of a mess. My nurse, Ginger was super hard core and did not let me give up. Ryan is the best counter...FYI. So, I pushed for over an hour and things just weren't progressing like we wanted. Brinley was super close but we needed Dr. Barton and his magic vacuum to do the rest. He came in, and 20 minutes later....Brinley was here! It was soooo worth it. O my goodness.

There are no words to describe seeing that precious baby for the first time. She was so dang cute from the first second of life! I fell so deep in love with her instantly. I couldn't believe Ryan. He watched the whole thing go down and was so supportive. I definitely needed him to be tough and not (wimp) out. Brinley was rushed over to the table to get cleaned off and Ryan was over there holding her hand and talking to her. Her oxygen levels weren't perfect and her heart rate was super fast so the nurse decided to place her skin-to-skin on my chest and almost immediately, everything calmed down and she was perfect. We just looked at each other. (OMG totally crying right now as I type) I was still in lots of pain...and not to go into details but my placenta totally and accidentally dropped on my doctor and then onto the ground...everyone laughed it was awesome. But, thinking about it now, the spirit was so strong in that room. How can you not believe in God when life was just brought into the world? She is perfect.

We are home now and feel soooo blessed. She is nursing like a champ but I feel like my nipples are going to fall off. But, we are doing great! Thanks for all the support and prayers! I definitely felt the prayers because I thought a few times that I wasn't going to make it out alive! Enjoy the pictures too!