Our sweet princess have arrived! December 3rd is still very fresh in my mind. As I drove to my Dr’s appoitnemtn that day, I wondered if I was at all dilated or if it was going to be a while before our little gift came. Bella and Joshy were also very excited to hear the news and waited patiently while Dr. checked and listened to the heartbeat. The news were in, I was 5cm dilated and 80% effaced. and the Dr. was ready to send me to the hospital for delivery that same day. I quickly called Barry and updated him, after which we have decided that it was in everyone’s best interest to wait and avoid petocin which entailed tremendous pain and perhaps negative side effects on Amelia. I have communicated our decision to the Dr. where I could see he was not comfortable with me driving around for another day with my kids, so he scheduled me to be induced the following morning at 5:30A.M. I left the clinic excited and yet nervous at the same time not knowing what my delivery will look like and when it would actually come. That evening, after Bella’s Christmas choir rehearsal at church, we have decided to take the kids to Nana’s and Papa’s just in case we happen to deliver that night. Contractions were somewhat regular during the choir practice but began to slow down as the evening went on. We have dropped off the kiddos and went for a walk around my parent’s neighborhood while enjoying the lights and breathing through the contractions. They picked back up and were about every 8-10 minutes apart, but once again as I would slow down or sit down, they would go away. We set our good byes and came home. On the way home, we debated whether to call and cancel the induction and decided to cancel. We called the Dr. and shared our thoughts at which point he said he felt comfortable with our decision, where we would wait on God’s timing and not rush anything ourselves. Around 11pm we finally made it to bed, Barry and I made sure we had our clothes ready just in case we had to go into labor that night. All was calm until about 3A.M. I woke up in huge pain and felt weird sensation, almost like something was clicking inside my stomach. I haven’t experienced this type of sensation before and woke Barry up. All of a sudden contraction came on and lasted over 2 minutes. I sat in bed wondering whether this was the time while Barry jumped in the shower to be ready to go. As I sat in bed for a few minutes, it became clear that indeed it was time as contractions picked up and now were every 1-2 minutes apart. I dreaded going this late in the night but it was a blessing as all of the lights were green and we made it to the birthing center in under 12 minutes. We arrived at 4A.M. and I could barely walk to the door. Each contraction felt more and more intense and after signing all of the paperwork, I couldn’t make another step, so the nurse had to wheel me in to the delivery room. I was eager for them to get the heart rate monitor on the baby as I was nervous whether all was all right. They hooked up the IV, and the monitor and there was that tiny precious heartbeat…I was relieved! They checked me and I was at 8cm. The contractions began to get almost unbearable, all I wanted to do was to just crawl out of my skin. I started asking for some sort of pain relief but it was almost a joke as I was so close. Then there was one excruciating contraction after which they decided to check again and realized that my water had broke and I was at 10cm. The Dr. came in sleepy eyed as it was close to 5A.M. I was ready to push, unlike with my other two babies, I felt like I absolutely had to push. The next contraction, I pushed and there she was, the most beautiful little princess, Amelia Joy. It was 5:02A.M. and I was holding my little doll. I couldn’t stop praising God that all went so smooth. I knew my kids were cared for , Amelia was perfectly healthy and we were a family of FIVE J She weighed 7lbs. 4oz and was 19.5” long. We can’t be happier with how God planned it out. Thank you Lord for your amazing Love and for our precious miracle!
