Kylie decided to come on her due date, 12/11/09! She was born at 12:52pm, 7lbs 7oz, and 19 inches. I still think it's funny that she was one of those rare babies born on her due date!
It was an easy labor, so much easier than E's, so I can probably type my birth story in a paragraph, lol, but I'll try to add more details. I started having contractions at 4am. They hurt, but they weren't anything worse than contractions I had been having for days. But I kind of thought it might be it because they were coming consistently every 5-6 minutes, and they were making it hard for me to concentrate. I still managed to make lunch for E, take my dog out, and almost decided to go to work because I didn't think they were that bad. I called R, his stepmom, my friend Di, and my other friend Melissa and told them I was off to the hospital to get checked, since the contractions were hurting, but I didn't need them to come with me. This was around 7:30am. I drove to the hospital, and the contractions were every 5 minutes but remember I was having contractions for days so I wasn't sure if it was real.
I got there at 8:30am, hooked me up to the monitors, and I was having pretty strong contractions every 5 minutes. The nurse was like, well, you are definitely having good contractions, so my guess is you're gonna stay here! My doctor was there, so he came in and checked me. I was 2-3cm, and he said if things don't pick up, he'd just do the induction that day instead of monday. He was tempted to go and break my water then, but decided to wait. I texted R and told him to hurry and get there because she was definitely going to be born. So he hurried over. Texted everyone else too. R was amazingly helpful, held my hand the whole time, even though he was in a state of shock the whole time, lol. He said he was really nervous, and afraid he was gonna pass out, he never did. At around 10:30am I was 6cm, and my doctor broke my water. Things picked up then and got more painful, but manageable. Even R's dad came in, and in-between contractions I was able to talk to everyone. I even talked during contractions, more to destract myself than anything. At 11:30am I was 8cm, and things were getting more painful, but I was still managing, and feeling good. My doctor asked if I wanted any pain meds at that point, and I said, well, only 2cm to go, I think I'll make it, lol. At around 12pm my doctor came in again and I was 8-9cm, but my bladder was really full so I had to get a catheter. R's mom walked in then, and she came in and held my hand, because I was writhing in pain when they were putting the catheter in on top of having painful contractions. It was horrible, but I honestly felt a lot better once my bladder was emptied, I could feel her move down more too. After my bladder was emptied I went to 9cm, almost 10cm with a small lip. My doctor started trying to push the lip back, and had me try pushing, which was awful because I didn't feel the urge to push at all. It hurt so bad when he was trying to push that lip back. But he did that one more time, and with the next contraction, I started feeling like pushing, and told them I was going to push even though I hated the pushing part. I got nervous because he started saying, looks like it might be a bigger baby then your last 6lb 5oz baby. I was like, how big?? And R's mom was like, R was 8lbs 14oz when he was born, and I was like, oh no, lol. But I pushed out her head in one contraction, I was so happy when I knew she was almost out. R's mom was crying, and so were my two friends. I started crying too. And with the next push, she was out.
I kept asking R if he was okay, he wasn't saying anything, he was in such shock, lol. It was definitely a fast labor/delivery. My doctor had to give me a small episiotomy, but the physical recovery has been pretty easy. I actually feel pretty good physically, and sometimes it doesn't even feel like I had a baby! I am very happy about that! I dread the recovery after birth, but I am getting around fine, just a little weak still.
After she was born I got to hold her, and then R held her, and he was definitely really, really choked up. Despite all the doubts, he has completely turned around. He has been really supportive towards me, and stayed in the hospital with me the entire time. And he is so in love with Kylie, it's adorable to see. He signed the acknowledgement of paternity without a second thought, and said there was no way he could deny her. I think it helps that she looks a lot like him! But he is REALLY good with her, very loving, and sweet. He works during the day and texts me asking how she is, how she's eating, if her feet look any better (they were really chapped and dry in the hospital), and he asks how I am feeling. No plans of us being together, but he's being a good person. He said his respect for me after seeing me in labor and giving birth is VERY high, and he could never say anything bad about me again. He kept telling his family how good I did, and how he felt so bad when I was in pain. It's like seeing a whole new side of him, and he is so, so happy. Everyone keeps texting me and telling me how happy he is, and how he just keeps talking about Kylie and all his plans for her. I never expected him to turn around this much.
So everything is going very well. She is breastfeeding great! Latched right on, and my milk came in yesterday, so it's been going well. She is such a good baby. She wakes up every 2 hours all night, so I am still a little sleep deprived, but R has been over to help me after we got home yesterday. I am definitely soo happy! And Elsa just loves her, she can't get enough. I am so in love with her. I definitely feel like I am on cloud 9 right now! Here's some pictures for now...
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My goodness... I can't get over how adorable she is... and look at how proud her big sister is. You are a blessed momma!!!
I love that last pic, her clothes are too cute! Congrats 
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Is he crazy?! (He sounded like a good doctor, but I just thought that was funny.) 
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