Camille is finally here! And I'm finally blogging about it!

So due to lack of sleep and trying to function around someone else's schedule, I'm just now getting around to blogging about our little addition to the family.  In case you didn't know, Camille decided to keep us waiting for her arrival.  Luckily our doctor decided to schedule to induce me a week after her due date if she hadn't come on her own.  We went into the hospital twice hoping she was on her way.  Once was because I had false labor for three hours straight.  The second time was because I was having really bad dizzy spells and when I called they told me to go get checked out.  Unfortunately they sent me home because she wasn't stressing and my doctor was out of town.  I had to stay on bed rest for the next few days before the induction.It was a really strange feeling, that after months of waiting and waiting for some magical random moment to send me into labor, it turned into a scheduled event.  We woke up at 5:30 in the morning (not that we had really slept the night before) and called the hospital to confirm they had a room for us at 6.  After that we were good to go.  We arrived at 7 in the morning and after checking us in the doctor arrived at 7:50 to break my water.  I was still dilated at a 1 and 90% effaced. My nurse started my Pitocin drip about half an hour later and then left to go help one of her other mothers get an epidural.  Ten minutes after she left I was in some serious pain.  The really awful thing was that there was only one anesthesiologist for the entire floor that day.  Luckily when they finally did come back the epidural was put in quickly and took effect within ten minutes. 

I had an awesome labor nurse that day and she took really great care of us. When I asked her that morning how long it would probably be before I started pushing she told me it usually took about 12 to 18 hours for first time mothers. So we were really shocked when she came to check on me around 10:00 and I had already dilated to a 4. Another two hours later and I was fully dilated to a 10. I'm so gratefully that she was such a great nurse because she let my body contract and push her down naturally. When the doctor finally came back and it was time to push I was really having a hard time. After about 20 minutes the doctor go out a vacuum to see if he could help. Jimmy later told me it looked like he was pulling pretty hard. Camille's heart beat started to drop and the doctor said that if we didn't get some better progress soon we would have to have a c-section. Apparently that was all I needed to hear. Two pushes later Camille was born at 3:07 PM weighing 7 lbs 9 oz and 21 in. long. The nurses who measured her took her head measurement told me it was no wonder I had such a hard time getting her out. Her head was 37 cm around!

We sure love our little girl.  She loves to snuggle, wakes up only twice during the night, and has strong legs that are just ready to start motoring around.  We would love any visitors, just please note that mom is now a germ-a-phobe :)