Allie's story

{Labor}

I guess it started on Thursday morning after my doctors appointment. I had my doctor strip my membranes and throughout the day, I had several small contractions which I thought were just normal. That evening, I was at my sisters house watching a movie with all of my family when I began to have a lot of painful contractions. That whole night, I had painful back contractions but they were not coming in even intervals so I tried to sleep through as much as I could. I woke up at 6am on Friday morning to some very painful back contractions that started coming 5 minutes apart so, I got my bag and everything ready. We took the boys to my sisters house where my Mom was alone with my 2 nephews because my Dad and sisters had gone skiing for the day. My poor mom had to watch the 4 little boys while Jason and I headed to the hospital. I got there around 9am, still having strong contractions but as we were headed up to labor and delivery, my contractions seemed to die down a little. I was so worried that I would not be admitted and I would have to some back later. Well, the nurse checked me and I was at 4.5 centimeters, but you can't be admitted until you are 5 centimeters. So, we waited in the triage room for an hour hoping that more strong contractions would come and labor would progress. Well, it did. I had some incredibly strong contractions and was admitted. I had the most wonderful labor and delivery nurse. She got me warm blankets and socks and made sure I was super comfortable. (My room was the same room that the "sister wives" show was filmed when Christine had her baby there.)

{Delivery}

I got my IV, after the nurses tried 3 times. I have very small veins and it always takes 3 tries to get an IV line in. I got my epidural and waited until my body was ready to deliver. My doctor was not on-call that day so Doctor Jones was our Doctor. He was so nice and reassuring. At about 2:40pm, I was ready to push. The doctor came in and Allie was out in 2 pushes and the doctor was in my room for maybe 10 minutes. It happened so quickly! Allie was here, weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. By that time, my family was back from skiing and Jason's family was here so everyone got to meet Allie right away! It was such a positive experience, and definitely my best delivery.
This is my awesome labor and delivery nurse, Jenny.


My parents finally get a granddaughter! Jason and I still can't believe that we have a daughter. It has been so fun dressing her up and making sure she has a matching headband!
The Grandmas introducing Logan to Allie. He loves to kiss and hug Allie but he has definitely been acting out since the baby arrived. It must be tough being the middle child.The boys had fun trying to stay entertained in a hospital room.
All buckled up and ready to go home!