birth

welcome to the world, avery grace born 8/2/09 at 9:20 pm. 7lbs 12 oz, 20 3/4 inches. she has a head of gorgeous platinum blonde hair and blue eyes.
here is the birth story:
i started feeling contractions around 4am on Sat 8/1. i went for a walk, tried to relax and time them. throughout the day they grew stronger and stronger. towards the evening they were getting to be pretty painful. when they were 5 minutes apart, we called the dr and he said to come to the hospital and they will check me out. this was around 10 pm Sat night. Well i was definatly having the contractions, but i was still not dilated at all. I was 100% effaced at least. They sent me home and told me to come back when i wasnt able to talk/walk through the pain but they were still 5 minutes apart.
Home we went and my sister was saying over with us and she spent the night helping me try and relax through the pain. Her and Dan took turns throughout the night and they were great. The pain, not so great lol. Finally at 6am i couldnt take it anymore, and the contractions were 4-5 minutes apart still. We called the dr and he said to come back in.
When we got there, i was checked and i was 2cm dilated. hurray for progress! they admitted me and got me the most wonderful thing i could think of at the time. My epidural :) once the meds kicked in i was a happy camper. So throughout the day things were progressing nicely. They had me on pitocin to help speed things along. They broke my water around 5cm and i didnt feel a thing. finally around 7:30pm they said i was 10cm and it was time to push. we practiced a bit and off we went. I pushed for an hour and the dr came to check things. apparently avery's heary rate was pretty high so the dr said we could try forceps and have her out in 1-2 more pushes or we could do a c-section. i chose forceps. we got some more anesthesia because it was starting to wear off on my left side. at 9:20pm the most beautiful baby ever was born :) she scored an 8.9 on the apgar scale. i found out that i had a 3rd degree tear. that part has been pretty painful :(
overall my birthing experience was not bad. i love our little girl and we could not be happier.
she loves to eat and sleep and she has found her hands and loves sucking her little fingers.
i cant believe she is finally here!