ALL ABOUT ABiGAiL!

THiS WAS BEFORE BABY, RiGHT AFTER EPi
VERY PROUD DADDY
SHE HAS SUCH BiG EYES!!!

SO, iT TOOK ME A LiTTLE WHiLE TO FiNALLY SiT DOWN AND TELL THE iNCREDiBLE STORY OF ABBY*S JOURNEY iNTO THE WORLD. iT ALL STARTED THURSDAY OCOTBER 2,2008 AT ABOUT 2:12 PM. i STARTED HAViNG CONTRACTiONS ABOUT 5 MiN APART 30 SECONDS LONG. i TEXTED RiCK AND TOLD HiM WHAT WAS GOiNG ON, BUT i REALLY DiDN*T THiNK iT WAS LABOR THiS TiME. SO, i WANTED iT TO GO ON FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE i CALLED THE DR. WELL, HE GOT HOME AROUND 4PM AND i HAD STARTED HAViNG CONTRACTiONS 3-4 MiN APART 30-50 SECONDS LONG. i HAD TO PEE EVERY TiME i HAD ONE, AND i FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE. SO, i DECiDED TO CALL THE DR. WE ENDED UP GOiNG STRAiGHT TO L&D ABOUT 5PM. WE LiTERALLY STOOD OUTSiDE OF THE L&D DOORS WAiTiNG TO GET iN FOR ALMOST 5 MiN. WHiCH iS AN ETERNiTY TO SOMEONE HAViNG CONTRACTiONS! WELL, THEY FiNALLY GET US iN, GiVE ME A NiCE HOSPiTAL ROBE, i GET iN THE BED SO THEY COULD HOOK ME UP TO THE FETAL MONiTOR AND CONTRACTiON THiNGY. WELL, SHE CHECKED ME AND i WAS 5 CM DiLATED AND 100% EFFACED. WE WALKED STRAiGHT DOWN TO ROOM 532. i WAS iN SOO MUCH PAiN. RiCK WAS DOiNG A WONDERFUL JOB. FEEDiNG ME iCE, LETTiNG ME SQUEEZE HiS HAND WHEN i WOULD HAVE A CONTRACTiON, AND JUST BEiNG SUPPORTiVE. WELL, THE ANETHESiOLOGiST HAD JUST GONE HOME. SO, i FiNALLY GOT MY EPI AT ABOUT 7:20. THAT WAS THE BEST THiNG i HAVE EVER HAD iN MY LiFE. PAiN WAS GONE iNSTANTLY! WELL, WE WERE WAiTiNG ON DR. BACOFEN TO GET THERE, THE NURSE HAD ME PUSH SO THAT SHE COULD SEE HOW i WAS PROGRESSiNG. THEY ENDED UP GiViNG ME OXYGEN B/C ABBY*S HEART RATE WOULD DROP B/C SHE WAS ALREADY ENGAGED iN MY PELViS. THE NURSE HAD ME PUSH ABOUT 8 TiMES THEN TOLD ME "STOP STOP STOP SHE*S COMiNG". SO i HAD TO SiT THERE AND WAiT FOR DR.BACOFEN FOR ABOUT 5 MiN. ALL OF US WERE CUTTiN JOKES, AND EVERYONE WAS LAUGHiNG. i STARTED TO LAUGH AND EVERYONE SCREAMED AT ME AND TOLD ME NOT TO LAUGH B/C i WOULD LiTERALLY LAUGH HER OUT! HAHA! SO DR. BACOFEN FiNALLY GOT READY, i PUSHED 2 MORE TiMES, AND SHE WAS HERE! RiCK WAS SOO CUTE! HE JUST KEPT SAYiNG "THAT*S MY BABY, THAT*S MY BABY. i*M A DADDY!" THE NURSES THOUGHT HE WAS JUST THE CUTEST HUSBAND AND DADDY EVER! WELL, SHE CAME OUT AND HAD A 9 9 APGAR. WHiCH iS AWESOME! SHE WAS 1 1/2 WEEKS EARLY! SHE WEiGHED 5.48 LBS 19" LONG AND iS JUST THE MOST BEAUTiFUL BABY EVER! SHE DiDN*T WHALE AND SCREAM SHE JUST KiNDA SQUEAKED AT EVERYONE. iT WAS DARLiNG! SHE HAS BEEN A VERY NON-FUSSY BABY. i WAS UP WALKiNG 20 MiN AFTER i HAD HER. i DiDN*T TEAR AND i DiDN*T GET SWOLLEN. SO, i WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY BABY GiRL. OF COURSE, RiCK HELPED, BUT i DiDN*T HAVE TO SiT BACK AND WATCH EVERYONE iNTERACT W/ MY DAUGHTER. SHE iS SO SLEEPY! HAHA SHE EATS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT i THOUGHT SHE WOULD, AND SHE iS DOiNG JUST GREAT! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO ViSiT US, AND EVERYONE WHO BROUGHT ABiGAiL GiFTS. WE REALLY APPRECiATE iT!!!!