3 weeks

4 Weeks

Karley Marie

Karley Marie Smith was born at 1:21 PM on June 22. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

My water was broken by the doctor around 9:00 They monitored me for an hour and then I walked the halls of the hospital from 10-11:30 or so. By then my contractions were every 4 minutes apart and getting uncomfortable. I went back to my room and took a warm shower. It felt so good I didn't want to get out. When I got out of the shower the nurse checked me and I was at a 7. She had me sit-up on the end of the bed and went to call the anesthesiologist. Well it seemed to me the the doctor was taking FOREVER to come. My contraction were about a minuet or 2 apart and very painful. I actually felt some pressure like I needed to push, but I was holding out for that epidural. The Doctor finally came in and she had a student with her. She took her sweet little time and kept telling me to breath when I had a contraction. I thought to myself "if she tells me to 'just breath' one more time I might punch her." My nurse asked me if I was feeling any pressure. I should have said yes, but I was having a contraction and I wanted that stinking epidural. I finally got the epidural and the nurse had me lay down to check me and I was at a 10, 100% and Karley's head was right there. She texted the doctor who ran over. My epidural hadn't kicked in yet and after 3 short pushes and the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck Karley was born. They put her on my chest and I held her and looked at her little swollen face. She had about 2 inches of hair in the back and just a little skiff of hair in the front. She was adorable and then she promptly pooped :)