...that yesterday would have ended like it did! I had my first painless Braxton hicks contractions on Monday night and went to bed with no problems. Then I woke up early cause I was having these painful lower abdominal cramps. I figured I'd have the midwife check me out that day since I had my 39wk appt at 10am. She said I was 2cm, 100%effaced and 1+ station so I was most likely feeling all those sudden changes. The pain continued until I went home and took a bath and then it was very sporadic however around 3pm it started getting intense again but only in the lower abdomen. Allen started timing them and they were already 5 minutes apart and lasting over a minute but I still held out to call the office until my water broke which happened shortly after. And on the 30 minute car ride to the hospital the contractions went from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 minutes apart. I got rolled in to the admitting area and they took one look at me and realized I was already pushing on my own so there was no time for introductions, admission paperwork, iv's, meds or anything. Our little Esme Lindsey Shih ( means loved one or beloved in French) was born about 30 minutes later. It all happened so fast that it was sort of surreal when it was over. Allen and I didn't even have a camera on us cause everything was still in the car. Thank goodness for camera phones! She latched on right away and was there for almost an hour so we didn't get stats right away. She weighed 7# 2oz, 20.5 in long. The midwife said I beat out all her other laboring moms that were on the floor last night. And in hindsight the reason I was having those lower abdominal cramps was most likely the superspeed dilating I had going on and because our little girl dropped so fast. I warned the midwife that I have a family history of fast labors but no one was expecting this :)
The on-call pediatrician should be by to check Esme out this morning and we may actually stay another night. I couldn't sleep at all last night but Allen is out! He was awesome the whole time so I figure at least one of us should try and rest right now. Maybe I'll have better luck today or tonight, even if it is just a nap.
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