Rien Rae Armstrong is here!!!

I had a doctor's appointment on Friday, August 14th. I was 2cm. While at the appointment my doctor stipped my membranes. He said if it was going to work that it would work in the next 48 hours. I wasn't too hopeful because he did this like 3 times with Riker and it had no effect. After my appointmentment I went to work. I was uncomfortable all day. I had dull lower back pain for the rest of the day. At 5pm I went home with my boys and had a normal evening. At around 10:30pm I decided it was time to go in and get checked. I had been experiencing discomfort for majority of the day. My mom gets to the house to sit with Riker and we were off. We go to the ER since it's after hours and I sign in just like anybody else. Once I hand my sheet to the lady she immediately ignores the lady she is dealing with and focuses on me. Sends me to finalize my registration and has a nurse come get me to Labor and Delivery. I didn't see the rush. I would have happily waited my turn. :) Once we get back there my nurse hooks me up the machines and starts asking me all the questions they ask. Then she looks at the monitor. After looking at the monitor she looks are me in confusion and asks if I am feeling contractions. I tell her no. She then informs me I am not only having them but I have been having them every 2 minutes since she hooked me up. She checks me says I am 3cm and 70% effaced, calls my doc, and says we wait and see what is going to happen over the next hour. She checks me again an hour later and there was no change. They said they would go ahead and keep me and let labor start when my body was ready. She said get some rest and we would check things again in the morning. Sean goes to walk his Dad out and tells my mom, "If her water breaks, get a mop." They couldn't have made it five steps out the door when my water breaks after 1am. My mom runs out in the hall and tells them to come back. My mom and Joe then went to the waiting room to wait. They called my doctor and he made it there at 2:45am. I then got my epidural...(waste of time). It kind of took the edge off but hardly. It was like they gave me a Tylenol. I had her less than 30 minutes later so it would have been better to just skip it. At 3:13am on August 15th, after 5 pushes, Rien Rae Armstrong was born. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long. She has brown hair and blue eyes (for now). The blue eyes aren't as blue as Riker's were so I'm thinking they could still possibly change. She sleeps really good, hardly waking me up at night. When she does wake me up, she eats and goes right back to bed. Hopefully things will stay this way. :) Bottom line, she is a beautiful blessing and we are so excited to have our wonderful little boy and a beautiful princess. We couldn't ask for more.