It is hard to imagine that Eisley is finally here. I feel like I was so anxious to meet her and quite honestly getting pretty impatient the last few weeks of my pregnancy. My pregnancy with her was much different than my pregnancy with Tyler...however, I can't complain because neither were all that bad. I definitely gained more weight this time around (about 10 more pounds) and I don't know what sister was doing inside of me but she would move and stretch my belly in some of the strangest positions. Once she was in the down facing position she liked to stretch her little legs out and kick right under my rib cage and it was so painful. I am just getting to the point where touching that spot on my skin isn't painful. Another thing that was different is how much sleep I was able to get the last few weeks. While pregnant with Tyler I slept great but this time I had so much trouble sleeping and spent many nights on the couch sleeping basically sitting straight up. I can't even begin to tell you how much I am LOVING sleeping on my back again! :) Anyways...now on to her birth story!
Since Tyler was a week early I feel like I was expecting the same from Eisley. WRONG! This just made the last few weeks go by even slower, I think. Monday (Feb. 9th) I went in for my 40 week appointment and was only dilated to about 1 cm. I was so disappointed especially since my doctor told me that she was taking Tuesday off and wouldn't be there if I delivered on Tuesday! She missed Tyler's birth because it was on a holiday and I was so hoping she would be there to deliver Eisley. I mean that is why we decided to drive all the way to downtown to deliver our babies!
Later that afternoon a friend invited us to the park so Tyler and I headed out after his nap. At that point in the day I had begun to feel some cramping but nothing that made me feel like I was in labor. As the night continued I began to feel more of a "rhythm" to my contractions but it was Monday night and I wanted to watch The Bachelor and eat a good dinner. I called my doctor to see what she thought and she said to just wait for the contractions to become consistent and then quickly head downtown. Once The Bachelor was over I began timing them and they were about 2 minutes apart and lasting around 30 sec-1 min long. They still weren't really painful but I could tell they were progressing. With Tyler, my water broke and he was born 5 hours later so we knew not to mess around laboring at home this time. Oh I forgot to mention that Brian's parents came and got Tyler around bedtime just in case we ended up going to the hospital that night. (Good thing they did!)
We loaded up the car and headed downtown. The last 2 contractions in the car were really painful so I knew we needed to hurry. We got to the hospital and I was already between 5-6 cm dilated. I lasted about an hour and then was begging for the epidural. Once the epidural kicked in they came to break my water and I was already 10 cm. They called my doctor and she arrived around 2:30am on Tuesday morning. I pushed through 2 contractions and she was out! She was 7 lb 14 oz and 20 3/4 inches long. She (like Tyler) had the cord wrapped around her neck twice. Scary! Thankfully everything was ok and we have a precious and healthy baby girl! Welcome to the family Eisley!
