I woke up Tuesday morning at 4:30am to pee, as I walked to the bathroom i felt a big gush of water like I peed my pants. I called my dad and he told me to pack a bag and head to the hospital. We showered, shaved, packed a bag, and got up to Kettering Hospital around 6:00am. I wasn't having anything more than menstrual cramping. They checked me and I was 3 cm dilated and 90% effaced with contractions every 2 minutes apart. I was feeling achy pain in my back, but not much more than that.
My dad told me to request the epidural before I was in pain, so I put in the request around 8:45. They did the epidural at 9:20, it hurt, but nothing more than a stinging sensation. Matt almost passed out at this point, they had to get him some OJ and peanut butter:) It wasn't the needle, but he had taken allergy medicine, hadn't eaten yet and I was squeezing him really hard. They then started the pitocin to keep my contractions going strong.
From that point on I just laid around talking to my mom andMatt, and was dilating a little quicker than 1 cm an hour. At 3:00 I was ready to push. I pushed for 1 hour 45 minutes. Ashlyn was posterior (why i had back contractions) so she would progress and then just kinda get stuck. After an hour and some they decided to turn down the epidural so I could feel to push harder with each contraction. That's when it started to hurt, and I felt every bit of her coming out.
Luckily it was only about 15 minutes of discomfort through the whole process, I can't complain. Best part, Matt held one leg and my dad held the other. I can't imagine a better coach- he was patient and knew exactly what to do to help she and I progress better. The next hour was all a blur. I did have tears of joy followed by like 15 visitors.
The healing process has been good. I had a minor tear with a few stiches. I did have major swelling because of pushing for so long, but we are slowly getting back to normal. kinda felt like i slipped on ice and bruised my tailbone. Ashlyn caught right on with breast feeding, which is a huge sigh of relief.
It took us a whole day to name her, and we did flip a coin a few times, but we are very happy with our final decision (was between Ashlyn, Aubry, Caison). She is such a beautiful chubby cheeked blessing!
Took Ashlyn to get her newborn pictures last night. For a little girl that sleeps all day long, she was crazy active and awake. Made it tough to get those curled up newborn photos, but we got a lot of cute wide eyed shots instead. Here are the teasers she posted on her blog, and hopefully I'll get to see all of them early next week.
I woke up Tuesday morning at 4:30am to pee, as I walked to the bathroom i felt a big gush of water like I peed my pants. I called my dad and he told me to pack a bag and head to the hospital. We showered, shaved, packed a bag, and got up to Kettering Hospital around 6:00am. I wasn't having anything more than menstrual cramping. They checked me and I was 3 cm dilated and 90% effaced with contractions every 2 minutes apart. I was feeling achy pain in my back, but not much more than that.
Not the wake up call I was expecting on Tuesday morning, but a welcome one all the same. Matt, Ashlyn and I are home and adjusting well. I will write all about her birth story and our first days at home in the upcoming days. She is a sleepy sleepy girl, but i'm not complaining. Thank you to everyone for the visits, phone calls, and kind words....this is a very exciting time for us. She has already changed so much in the past 4 days, here is a picture from last night.
Here are a few pics from the maternity photo shoot. I was not feeling at all cute that day, but they came out better than I was expecting. Matt was not into it at all, but he was a trooper and still took some photos with me. It was super hot and muggy so my hair was nasty and I was sticky. Check out the images she posted on her blog. This one is my favorite! http://krysiag.blogspot.com/ 
First off....Happy Birthday Mommy! Scary to think someone will be saying that to me some day. I love you to pieces and hope you have an amazing day!
I absolutely love the Caden Lane Bowler Diaper Bag my mother gave me at my last shower. It seriously is the cutest, most adorable bag ever. I read reviews on how much people liked them, and how cute they were, but I was trusting the pictures. It is beyond what I was expecting. Not too big, not too small. It is brown and pink and looks like a trendy purse. The middle is polka dot and it all wipes clean. I can't wait to put this bad boy to use. Check out the site, everything is adorable. http://www.cadenlaneco.com/
We are one of the lucky ones. 700,000 homes in Cincinnati are without power cause of the wind damage yesterday. All the streets around us are out, but somehow our neighborhood falls into a grid with power. I'm not complaining, I was very thankful for air conditioning and a working refrigerator yesterday. All the schools are closed, traffic lights out, ect from downtown Cincinnati up through Dayton. Ike definitely showed itself in full force in ohio, it was crazy!
My blood pressure was up again last night, but it is back down this morning. Not really sure what is making it fluctuate up and down the past two weeks. I can tell when it goes up cause my heart races really quickly and I have to take deep breaths. Hopefully it is nothing.
I had 2, yes 2 showers this weekend. They were both fantastic. We have gifts coming out the wazoo. This picture isn't nearly everything. I think we are more than set for the arrival of Baby B, and her first year:)
The carpet came. It is super soft, and definitely the size we were picturing for the room. It isn't yellow at all, which is what I was assuming, but the white color works. It looks much better in person, and it feels great on your feet. They are going to start painting the murals on Monday!
