If you have not already heard, we were blessed by the arrival of our gorgeous daughter, Shelby Reese, on June 26th at 5:50 a.m. She weighed 8 1/2 pounds and was 20.5 inches long.
The morning of the 25th, Chad's birthday, I felt as though my water had begun to leak. After calling the doctor around noon, she told me to go to the hospital to get checked out. At 3:30 I was told that I was not leaking fluid and we were sent home. We then went to meet our families at Outback Steakhouse to celebrate Chad's birthday. As soon as we told them how many people were in our party I felt a sudden gush!!! I did not know if I had wet my pants or what had happened, so I ran off to the bathroom. I then went and got Chad who had just ordered drinks and drug him outside to the car to ask him what he thought. He then ran and got his mother who said she thought it had to be my water. When we got to the hospital the same woman who had previously told me my water had not broken earlier in the day, confirmed it definately had broken that evening. I was admitted to the hospital around 6:30 in the evening. After being given pitocin around 8:00 I labored through the contractions until I was FINALLY given an epidural around 1:00 AM. I quickly fell asleep and slept till 4 AM. When I woke up I was 9 cm dialated and about ready to push. At 5:50 AM our little girl came into this world, five hours and fifty minutes shy of having her daddy's birthday. She was gorgeous and had a full head of beautiful thick, dark and wavy hair. It is at least an inch long in some places, but great for bows.
We are all doing great. She is a wonderful and perfect child, so far, we could not have asked for anything more.
