Our sweet baby Ashley made her debut on March 5, 2012, right on her due date! The day before I was feeling very large and like she was never going to come, having no expectation of going into labor any time soon. I went to bed having zero contractions only to wake up at about 1am with really painful ones. Tyler woke up completely on his own with the feeling that it was time to go to the hospital. Which was pretty amazing! We got to the hospital and checked in by 2am and I was dilated to a 5. The nurses hurried to call the anesthesiologist in to give me my epidural about 3am. Then everything went pretty quickly. About quarter to 5am, my doctor came in to break my water and I was dilated to a 10 and it was time for the baby to come! They got all set up and then I pushed for about 20 minutes and then our baby girl was here! She was born at 5:34am weighing 7lbs 3oz and 21 inches long. Everything went very smoothly and I am so grateful for a happy, healthy baby!
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| This is a week earlier when I was in false labor |
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| Here I am in real labor. Notice the difference :) |
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| After the epidural is in...I'm a happy camper! |
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| Tyler was great the entire time and has continued to be a huge help! |
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| Ty's first diaper change! |
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| First family photo |
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| Nana and Papa were still in town and we were so glad they were able to see grandchild #15 before they went back to Cincy |
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| Ashley is my parents' first grandchild. We were so glad they could hurry up to see her! |
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| My very favorite nurse Jackie! |
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| Dr. Barton. I couldn't have asked for a better doctor! |
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| Ready to go home! |
We are thrilled to have Ashley in our family and can't imagine our lives without her anymore! She has been a great baby to sleep well during the night and let mom and dad get some rest every once in a while. Welcome to the family Ashley!
