Ok, so honestly my pregnancy was too exhausting for me to keep up with this blog along with working full time and trying to spend time with my husband and somewhat keep a social life. So, now it has been a little over 7 months since I gave birth to a healthy beautiful baby girl. Who is now waking up so I will continue this post later :)
Alright, I am back and listening to football as I'm typing this up! *So far the Huskers are winning!* So, back to the birth of my beautiful daughter! My due date, February 26, came and went without so much as a contraction. The the 27th passed me by, and the night of the 28th I decided to take things into my own hands ;) I was barely having any contractions and what I did have was just Braxton Hicks. So I decided to play Just Dance as much as I possibly could! I figured if walking could jump start labor than dancing would do it even quicker! I played again that night and noticed some contractions, but still nothing consistent. I went to bed and around 10 or 11 that night the contractions were coming about 15 minutes apart and they hurt!!! I barely got any sleep that night because the contractions were so painful. I dozed off, but only between contractions. This continued for the rest of the night.
Around 9 the morning of the 29th (leap day!) my contractions were at 4 to 5 minutes apart and had been for the past 2 hours, so I woke Tyler up and we got ready to go to the hospital! After a long night of painful contractions I was ready! We got to the hospital and I was admitted around 9:30. Honestly, I wish I had written this down earlier because I don't even remember what I was dilated to, but I believe I was 2 cm. I tried to get some rest but the contractions were so close together and so painful that it was pretty much impossible. I was exhausted! It was early afternoon when I got some meds to take the edge off of the pain. I really tried to go without, but I was just so tired! The nurse had me put them off as long as possible just in case it would be awhile before I could get the epidural, because after a couple of doses she said it would pretty much be useless. I honestly don't remember when I got the epidural but it wasn't much later. I progressed pretty quickly. (I really wish I had written this all down a lot sooner!) After I got some meds in my IV I could finally sleep! And once I got the epidural I slept even better. Around 10:30 the nurse checked me and told me it was time to push! And not even an hour later my beautiful daughter was born! At 11:15 PM on February 29, 2012, Eliana Naomi Novak was born at 8 lbs 14 oz and 20 and a 1/2 inches long! She was (and is) just absolutely perfect! While I would love to share the next 7 months with you I think that may be too much for just one post! So, I am going to end with some newborn pictures, and tomorrow *hopefully* I will do another post :)
My first time holding my sweet girl!
Our first family photo :)
Aunt Jamie and Eliana :)
My beautiful daughter <3
Grandpa and Eliana :) She has him wrapped around her little fingers! *Along with everyone else!*
Grandma and Eliana. Look at that sweet face! *Obviously I wasn't taking pictures otherwise you'd be able to see my mom's face too!*
I didn't want to take my eyes off of her! It is so amazing to see the face of the child you've been carrying for over 40 weeks!
Daddy's first time holding his baby girl <3
Ok, I guess that's enough pictures for now ;) I have so much more to post about *I guess that's what happens when I wait so long to update this blog!* but I will end with these :) Oh, and of course I forgot to mention who was in the room to witness Eliana's birth! Tyler, of course, my mom, Jamie, and Crystal were all there, and I couldn't have had better people by my side! They were all so wonderful, and each did their part to help me bring Eliana into this world!
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