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I posted about my daughter, Lynsey being born 6 weeks ago, and now I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures! She will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and has already changed so much. Labor was much shorter and easier than my first (7 hours compared to 20 hours!) I had gone to bed around 10:30 on Monday night. I remember tossing and turning and just not feeling well, but it was around 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday when I realized I was having contractions. I started timing them and they were 10 minutes apart. I called my mom around 3:00 a.m. and told her to start heading to our house so she could stay with our son while we were at the hospital. She lives about a 2 hour drive away and had her bags packed for a month waiting for "the call" from me. All of a sudden my contractions went from being 10 minutes apart to 5 minutes apart. Although they still weren't very painful, I didn't want to wait any longer, so I drove myself to the hospital since my mom was still an hour away. When I got there, the nurse and I were both surprised to learn I was already dilated to 6 cm! My water hadn't broken yet, and they decided to wait until my husband got there to break it, since the Dr. thought things would go very quickly from there. I had decided not to get an epidural this time, but did ask for something to take the edge off when the contractions started getting more painful. I only pushed for 10 minutes, comparted with an hour and a half the first time, but it was SO much more painful without the epidural. I would have to say I would almost rather go back to pushing longer with the epidural than a shorter time without one. I felt completely out of control and no one was counting with me or telling me when to push, and I couldn't tell when a contraction was beginning or ending. I was screaming so loud that my poor husband was probably wondering how a demon got into his shy and quiet wife! But it is true that you quickly forget about the pain when you hold your baby. My 2 year old son has adjusted very well to the new baby and is a wonderful big brother. He hasn't shown any jealousy at all, and even acts protective when there are other kids around! Too cute!
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http:/users.qconline.com/~timisp/images/ProHospitalPicHCMP.jpg
I posted about my daughter, Lynsey being born 6 weeks ago, and now I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures! She will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and has already changed so much. Labor was much shorter and easier than my first (7 hours compared to 20 hours!) I had gone to bed around 10:30 on Monday night. I remember tossing and turning and just not feeling well, but it was around 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday when I realized I was having contractions. I started timing them and they were 10 minutes apart. I called my mom around 3:00 a.m. and told her to start heading to our house so she could stay with our son while we were at the hospital. She lives about a 2 hour drive away and had her bags packed for a month waiting for "the call" from me. All of a sudden my contractions went from being 10 minutes apart to 5 minutes apart. Although they still weren't very painful, I didn't want to wait any longer, so I drove myself to the hospital since my mom was still an hour away. When I got there, the nurse and I were both surprised to learn I was already dilated to 6 cm! My water hadn't broken yet, and they decided to wait until my husband got there to break it, since the Dr. thought things would go very quickly from there. I had decided not to get an epidural this time, but did ask for something to take the edge off when the contractions started getting more painful. I only pushed for 10 minutes, comparted with an hour and a half the first time, but it was SO much more painful without the epidural. I would have to say I would almost rather go back to pushing longer with the epidural than a shorter time without one. I felt completely out of control and no one was counting with me or telling me when to push, and I couldn't tell when a contraction was beginning or ending. I was screaming so loud that my poor husband was probably wondering how a demon got into his shy and quiet wife! But it is true that you quickly forget about the pain when you hold your baby. My 2 year old son has adjusted very well to the new baby and is a wonderful big brother. He hasn't shown any jealousy at all, and even acts protective when there are other kids around! Too cute!
