Aubrey's Story

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Aubrey has had paragraphs dedicated to her here and there for the past nine months, but now it's her turn for the spotlight!

Friday 3/26/10

I woke up around 6:30am having mild contractions. I went downstairs to lay on the couch and they went away after about an hour. No more for the rest of the morning. Around 1:30pm I laid down for a nap, only to be woken up at 2:30pm by a very strong contraction. But, no more after that until after 4pm. Finally, around 6pm they started to have a little bit of a pattern, but were still 10-20 minutes apart. Kyle took Aidan up to Grandpa and Grandma Finn's house, just in case this was "it". Of course, the contractions stopped and I was thinking that there would be no baby on Saturday.

I ate a light supper, watched some tv, and then the contractions started again around 8pm. This time they were only 6 minutes apart, but not terribly strong or very long. Kyle asked when he should call the hospital, and I was very nonchalant about the whole thing. Here I was, thinking I wouldn't have the baby before 8am on Saturday morning. How quickly things changed.

I called my mom and sister around 9pm to let them know I was is in labor. Contractions were still 6 minutes apart and only lasted 30 seconds. After making the calls I went back downstairs to lay on the couch, and BOOM, a strong contraction that lasted forever, my water broke, and I was having painful contractions every 2 minutes. How in the world did that happen so fast?!?!

I told Kyle I wanted to go to the hospital (only thinking...please, let it not be too late for an epidural!). He was two steps ahead of me. My bag was already downstairs and he had started to load the car.

We made it to the hospital in good time. They took me in through the ambulance bay and up to labor and delivery on a gurney. Yes, a little dramatic! Turns out I was only dilated to 6cm, so I still had time for an epidural. I think I requested it before I had even taken off my shoes. :)

Within an hour I had the epidural, and then realized we didn't bring the camera. Oh No! I sent Kyle home to get it, thinking it would still be awhile before things got going. WRONG. The nurse checked me right after he left and I was dilated to a 10 and the head was right there. The doctor wasn't even there yet! The nurse told me not to push, which was very hard because the epidural that I so desperately wanted did not fully work. Yes, it took the edge off, but nothing like it should have. I shouldn't have felt anything, instead I was still in a lot of pain and trying not to push.

Kyle made it back in record time, the doctor arrived, and away we went. Seven pushes later, Aubrey Mae Finn was born at 11:36 pm, about 2 hours after checking into the hospital. Whew, that was a fast one. Much easier than Aidan's birth. More updates to come on life at home with a newborn and a toddler...