Oh yes I am Done!

Hello All,

It has been a while, almost a moth. I wanted to announce that on January 31, 2012 at 7:57PM my beautiful daughter Charlie Dawn was born. She weighed 7 Pounds and 14 Ounces and was 21 inches long. Now she is 9 Pounds 3.5 Ounces. She is getting so big.

When I wrote my last post on the 30th I thought I was going to be pregnant for at least another week. I had no clue what the doctor had in store for me.

My sister came out from Kelowna on the 30th and we decided that we were going to have some Raspberry tea. I head this will induce labor. After my cup of tea I started to have contraction every 5 to 15 min apart, I thought again like very other time that when I went to bed they would just stop. This time they didn’t, I woke up in the morning and I still had them. They were coming more regular and getting stronger. I though wow maybe I might have this baby in a few days. At this point it was 8:30 in the morning and the phone rang, I thought it was Alan making his morning call to see how things were going. Nope it was the doctors; they had changed my appointment from Friday to that morning at 1050. I then had to get my poor sister up who was so tired from staying up late with me and not to mention the horrible bus ride the night before. I told her the doctor wanted to see today rather then Friday. Like any great big sister she got up right away.

We headed to the doctors office and I went in she checked the heart beat, measured my belly and told me the baby has not grown too much more since my last appointment 6 days before. She then checked me to see if I had dilated any more or not. She was very happy because I had dilated and she said the head was down. She told me to go to the hospital for 3 and she would look at breaking my water or doing something to get my labor more regular. She also told me to call Alan and tell him to be home for 3.

I finished in the doctors and called Alan, I told him he had to be home for 3 and that it was looking more like we were going to have our baby that night. I began to cry right there in super store (doctors office is located in super store) it was becoming real. I was really going to finally meet this little baby that has been kicking the crap out of me for months.

We went home and the contractions starting coming on stronger. I drank some more tea because the doctor said that there is a good chance it did in fact induce my labor and she told me to go drink more, she said if I could go to the hospital on my own with out her having to break my water that would be better.

3 o’clock rolled around and Alan was home. My sister said she would watch Oliver for us and we headed off to the hospital. All the time we are thinking they are going to break my water and send me home, or give me something to speed labor along and then send me home. We checked in and the nurses had no clue that Doctor Madill had ask me to come in for 3. They got me set up in a delivery room and called her. Finally after many more contraction and nurses asking every question they could the resident doctor that works with Doctor Madill came in to check me first, She said I had not progressed at all and that she would leave it up to Dr. Madill. At 5PM Doc Madill came in and checked me. She said I had progressed and I was almost 6 centimeters. She had the other doctor check me again. Funny thing was I had progressed from 4 to 6 centimeters in a matter of 5 minutes.

Dr.Madill broke my water and unleashed the worst pain I had ever felt in my life. I was worth it because I have Charlie.

With in just under 3 hours I was holding my little baby girl in my arms, Alan asked me if I wanted to do it again, and I NO!!!

I am done.

All the pain I went through the last month of my pregnancy and for the deliver was all worth it because I have my little baby girl, But Oh yes I am done!!!

~Bex