Kaila Michie Biolos finally decided to bless us with her presence. I had my induction scheduled for 7pm on Sunday June 20 (happy 1st father's day to Aaron!) but had been having contractions every 10-15min from the time I woke up at 630 that morning and was still having them when we got to the hospital. I was finally in the delivery room at about 8pm, and when they examined me I was at about 3cm dilated and 75% effaced. Our nurse talked to the Dr. and she said that I could try holding off until midnite to see if there was any progress before being induced. I kept having contractions, and at midnite I was at 5cm. The contractions kept getting stronger and closer together, and soon I was having strong contractions every 2-3min. They were so strong my body would stiffen up and I would have a strong urge to push. The major pain wasn't in my stomach, though. I felt it mostly in my butt and back. It felt like she was grinding her head into my spine. By the time I was 7cm, I couldn't handle the thought of being in this pain for another 2 hours, and decided to get the epidural. The anesthesiologist was helping a couple other patients, so he didn't show up until I was 8cm dilated, and I was so exhausted and in so much pain I would fall asleep for about a minute and a half between contractions and the rest of the time I spent concentrating on not falling apart. The epidural was great. It made my legs tingly and the pain was practically gone. It lasted for the duration of the rest of my contractions, and by the time I started pushing, it began to wear off. That was good, so that I could push and feel what was going on. By the time she was about to come out, it was pretty painful again, so I can't imagine how painful it would've been without the epidural. Pushing was a weird sensation.. It felt more like crapping than what I thought having a baby would be like.
The whole day I was kind of numb.. I wasn't really anxious or excited.. Even when I was going through labor it didn't sink in.. Honestly, I didn't even cry as much when I heard her cry as I do when I watch A Baby Story on tv. I was still in shock from it all, I think.. Maybe the exhaustion and pain added to it.. Since then, just watching her little facial expressions (a face that looks like aaron and me all at once) and hearing her little cries, it's still hard for me to believe she's my little girl. I finally get to have a little one of my own after all these years!! It's amazing.. I don't know if it will ever feel less than amazing that we made her and she's our little girl :)
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