KAEDENCE IS HERE!!!

This morning Rien, Sean, and I woke up at 6:15am. Rien doesn't usually wake up that early so I think she might have know something was up. I got ready and headed to the hospital while Sean got the kiddos together and dropped them off at school. Due to the OCD person I am I had to bring everything including the car seat in. The nurses station looked at me like I was nuts because I was carrying it all in and didn't want help. I like to do things myself. :) Then the madre and the hubby showed up. Around 9 something they started my pitocin and Natalie got there. At 9:30am my doctor came in and checked me...I was 4cm. Then he broke my water. I told him he could come back around lunchtime because I wanted to have her in time to get fed some lunch. A few minutes after that I was a 5cm. At 10am I was a 7cm and got my epidural at 10:15am. At 10:45ish they stopped the pitocin because my contractions were coming too fast. At 12 something I started to push and at 12:14pm she was born. Kaedence Rose Hope Armstrong. 9 pounds even and 20 1/2 inches long. She was a cute little chunker and had a squishy little butt. Tamara got there like right after she was born. I was excited because I had no idea she was coming. We all visited for awhile and then Natalie and Tamara went to get Razzoos! Because Kaedence was 9lbs the nurses tortured her to make sure her sugar was at exact numbers they wanted. Those numbers were impossible on colostrum so after fighting with them and being there two days and threatened with more days we got her number where they wanted and got out of there ASAP. I drove the 3 kiddos home from the hospital, it felt so wierd. Sean went to his dad's to get us some leftover Thanksgiving food. I was worried about coming home with 3 kids alone but it went great. Kaedence is amazing and we love her!!!

Tomorrow is her day!!!

So, about an hour before my doctor's appointment today I started having contractions 8 - 5 minutes apart, then 5 in ten minutes, and then they stopped. My doctor checked me and said I have progressed a lot. I am definitely a full on 3cm, baby is way down and, I'm super thinned out, etc. Basically, I'm good to go. He then says, "Do you want to have a baby tomorrow?" At first I thought that was his way of saying there is no way I'll make it another 24 hours. Then I realized he was asking me to induce. I am not at all a fan of inductions with no medical reason. I don't care if other people want to, it's just not for me. Then he tells me he is leaving town Wednesday morning. I'd rather been induced than have a stranger deliver my baby. So next thing you know the Office Manager is on the phone begging Seton to let me in tomorrow for over 15 minutes (this is a busy time to induce because of Thanksgiving). After she informs the hospital that I give birth quickly and I am physically looking really ready. They agree to let me in. So, this is it. Induction is scheduled November 23, 2010 @ 8am. I am sooooooo anxious!!!! I am currently waiting for my last "prego meal". I have to stop eating/drinking at 12am. So my honey needs to hurry back with my dinner. That's only an hour and a half away. My mom is freaking out because both other births were private, just Sean and myself. This time she gets to be in the room. I can't wait for the morning!!! I know I won't be sleeping tonight!