Miah Lynn Cornwall

The day after my last post, Saturday the 10th, I started having contractions again, but didn't really give them much thought since they were just like all the others I'd been having for the past two weeks. Alex and his mother teamed up on me and made me go to the hospital to get checked out just in case. Of course it had to be at 10 o'clock at night since that seems to be the only time I go to the hospital :) At the hospital they checked me and I was at a 4 and 80% effaced and still not in "active" labor. But since I needed to have the antibiotics for the GBS they kept me and started my IV. And just like the last two weeks the contractions slowed...and stopped! So from 1:30 to 2:00 in the morning me and Alex were walking the halls trying to get things started again. No luck! So they had to start some pitocen (sp?) When the nurse checked me at about 6:00 I was at a...(long pause for dramatic effect)...5+ and 90% effaced! Seriously?! And the contractions were still not real. Dr. Ott arrived around 6:30 and broke my water. That's when the party started.

I have been planning on a natural deliver for some time now and felt that I was mentally prepared, but once the contractions started I realized that I had hardly had any sleep and was exhausted. My mental preparedness wavered a little as the contractions came harder and closer together. "Never mind. I don't want to do this natural anymore."But Alex was amazing and kept reminding me of my goal and my nurse walked me through each contraction. I refocused (with the help of Enya and my ipod), closed my eyes, and sat like a statue of Buddha only moving to nod to Alex when he needed to push on my knees. It was getting intense when I felt like I needed to push, but by then the Dr. was there and so was my sister. Pushing was tough, mostly because I'd never experienced this sensation of my body taking over before and couldn't quit figure out what was just pressure and what was a contraction. But after a little refocus and another good push it was all over and there was my baby girl!

Miah was born almost exactly 1 hour from the time my water was broken and I had my first real contraction. She was 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.

The kids were so excited to meet "baby sister"

We came home Monday afternoon to our closet being completely water logged. The tankless water heater sits in our closet and it was leaking and had soaked underneath all the flooring in the closet. So my dad and Tate ripped out the floor while Alex was at work. It's made things a little bit awkward and messy, but Miah is such a good baby that it really isn't too big of a deal.

Despite some rebellious behavior from Allie and a melt down or two from Tate the kids are adjusting to Miah. Although I don't know what's to adjust to, she sleeps 22 hours out of the day! No seriously last night she slept for 6 hours straight before I had to spend a half hour waking her up to eat! Such a good baby!