BABY JILLIAN HAS ARRIVED!!

Jillian Elizabeth was born on 1-29-10 @ 11:33 am. Weighing in at 6lbs 10oz and 19.5 inches long.

I went into labor about 4 am. I tried to just go back to sleep figuring it would quiet down and not be to close together. When I couldn't sleep I was timing them at about 6 minutes apart till nearly 5 am.

Soon after this I awoke Jillian's daddy and he helped me time the contractions spacing out a bit to about every 10 minutes but quickly coming closer and closer together between 3-5 so we headed to the hospital.

About 8 am we got to the birthing center and went into an exam room to determine if I would be admitted or not. They estimated me at about 3-4 cm dilated. The contractions got significantly stronger once I got checked in and it was about all I could handle to move from the exam room bed to the wheel chair and then into my actual room. Once we got into our room we were waiting for the doctor to come in. As the contractions got stronger and didn't seem to have any recovery time in between I thought I was ready to get hooked up to an epidural. They were painful and I thought it was going to be like this all day...

It doesn't seem like to long after we got to the room that my water broke. Of course I just thought it was something else. My mom finally reported this to the nurses so they then hurried to get the doctor.

I think it was about 1.5 -2 hours or so I had been in the room before the doctor arrived and by the time he checked me I was at 10 cm. I am guessing around 10 am. It is really hard to remember the times since I was a little busy. I did end up accepting a dose of pain meds around the time the doc arrived. I am told they made me a little like I was tipsy, but I don't remember this very well. They offered me the epidural then and said I didn't want it now..... since we were so close and the other pain meds were helping a bit.

Right after the doctor checked on me he came back and I started to push for delivery. Surprisingly this made the contractions hurt less. I was told this is how it goes, but it is hard to believe until you experience it. The doctor on call had another lady who he had to do a C-section on. He stayed in my room for a while until he had to go to the surgery. Another doctor from the practice was called.

Just before the other doctor arrived I was told that I was going to have to NOT push. Even without this she was ready and as the doctor walked in I am told her head came about halfway out. The very next contraction she was delivered. Talk about walking in at just the right time! He wasn't even allowed to go and change and was hurrying to get his gloves and gown on.