Introducing...

Baby Sister FINALLY made her debut on Friday, November 12th at 1:10 pm, weighing 8 lbs 8 oz and was 22 inches long. Basically a preemie :) For those that don't want to hear the long story, here are a few pictures. Those of you who have a lot of time on your hands, scroll down for all the details.

39 weeks

1st induction attempt

41 weeks

2nd induction attempt

this one was successful!

1st family photo

watching the bsu game with daddy

1st day home and crazy hair!

1 day old

1st bath at home

2 days old

grunt is so in love with her

3 days old
3 days old

We got to the hospital around 7:30 am to be induced. They started my IV and pitocin at 8 am. At 8:45 am, Dr. Lewis came in a broke my water and then Dave gave me a blessing. I was still at a 3, but having regular hard contractions. At 10:25 am the nurse came in to tell me she'd come back to check me at 11, and then I'd get the epidural after that, if I could wait that long. Contractions were getting painful, but not unbearable yet, so I agreed. At 10:35 I sent Dave out to tell her that I needed the epidural. Now. They went from painful to whydon'tIhavedrugsinmybodynow in those 10 minutes. I finally had some relief around 11 when the epidural was in and working. The anesthesiologist told me he was going to give me a lower dose of meds, so that I should still be able to feel pressure, but not pain. Got checked and had dilated to a 5-6. I was finally making progress. The contractions started coming on faster, but all I could feel was pressure, no pain. At 12:30 Dr. Lewis came in to see how things were going. Dave and I were playing scrabble on his Ipad and the conversation went quickly to Ipads and not labor :) After the boys discussed and played with the Ipad for 10 minutes, Dr. Lewis said he was going to go buy one and would be right back. Luckily my sweet nurse made him wait a minute while she checked me. I had dilated to a 9 almost 10 and baby sister's head was right there. Dr. Lewis went to put on scrubs instead of shopping. The lower dose of epidural pain meds wasn't a big deal, until I actually started to deliver. Holy crap. With both boys I was so numb I couldn't feel anything. Absolutely nothing with Link and just a tiny bit of pressure with Grunt. Not Lucy. I felt a lot. I asked to up the meds, but it was too late. I pushed for about 30 or so minutes and then she was here. And a girl. And absolutely beautiful. She stayed awake for the first couple of hours and took everything in. Grammy, Papa, Steph, Austin, and my boys came charging in about 10 minutes after she arrived. Needless to say, everyone was instantly in love with sweet Baby Siss. We are so blessed she joined our family!