Elle Kennedy Etherton

It was midnight of November 23rd we headed to Grossmont Hospital to get induced.  We got there checked in, filled out papers, got our wristbands and headed to our room.  The nurse came in checked me and i was only dilated 1cm and effaced 40%. So they started me on a pill that was put in that would thin out my cervix.  Well i thought my Dr said they were going to start me with pitocin and an epidural...but whatever i just went along with what they said they were going to do. Every 2 hours the nurse came into check me and not much was going on.  So around 9:45 am my dr got to the hospital and i was only dilated to about a 2...yeah so 9 HOURS not much went on so she broke my water, started pitocin and i got the epidural. So 2 hours went by i was then 4cm and about 60% effaced...yeahhh progress!! The contractions were gettting stronger i knew progress was going to happen quicker. Every 2 hours from then on i was checked little by little progression.

Well around 7 or so I knew something was way different because i felt A TON of pressure and alot of stuff came out...so the nurse checked me after only about a half hour from the time before. HOLY CRAP I was at a 9 and 100 effaced and they were ready for me to start pushing and the Dr was being called. I started shaking and tears just poured down my face...nervous, excited, not sure, etc ha ha I pushed for about 15 min, then Dr finally showed up, continued to push and she was out within 45min of pushing. 

She was 7lbs 10oz......19.5inches long

What an amazing feeling it is to have a child of my own.

  I have to say there is no way i could have done it without my parents and Noah being there right by my side the whole time. 

Noah is the best daddy and husband in the world. Once i started pushing, the love and comfort i felt from Noah was a feeling i honestly have never felt before.  I truly felt like i fell in love with him again.  There was just something about his encouraging words, his tone in his voice, his excitement, his expressions, etc I am just so blessed to have him as my husband and now the father of our precious daughter.