The contractions had been 5 minutes apart for about a week before it hit me full on! Sunday evening after Doug had been home for just a few minutes from work, the back labor got super intense. I just took deep breaths and finished up the dishes. Then while he was on his walk they hit big time and things began to happen to let me know it was time for Isabella to make her appearance.
We called my mom and she flew down the highway at 90mph to come take us to Genesys Hospital for baby time!!!
We got admitted around midnight and at that point my contractions were 3 minutes apart and coming on strong. Within the first hour of being there I was contracting every 2 1/2 minutes and that continued for 9 hours before I was prepped for my C-Section.
They came in at 8:10am to tell me that at 8:30am I was going in to the OR to get the baby out and meet our precious princess for the first time.
The following 20 minutes were so surreal that even as I waddled and shuffled down the hall to the OR I was in a fog and trying to imagine what she would look like.
I hopped up on the cold hard table to receive my spinal epidural and after the 6th attempt they got it in and I was numb and ready to rock'n'roll.
Doug came in and I was all ready to hold her for the first time and kiss her sweet face.
As soon as they told us it'd be just another minute, we both began to cry in anticipation of seeing her and hearing her cry as she began her life with us outside of the womb.
She looked absolutely perfect!!! We could not ask for a more beautiful baby girl!
She is almost one month old now and getting so big so fast-almost overnight.
<3 Isabella Jewel McLeod was born August 16, 2010 at 9:22am. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches long! <3
