At the Kranz household, I woke up at about 1:00 in the morning, feeling just awful. I had been feeling pretty lousy since Christmas Eve, to be truthful, and put everyone on notice that I felt like labor was pretty imminent. But after several days of feeling like something was happening, and not, I was none-too-hopeful on this occasion either. So, back to bed I went.
Around 3:30, I woke up to my first contraction. Again, trying to be calm and not read too much into it, I went back to bed, but continued to feel terrible. Contractions were 15 minutes apart and lasting about 40-45 seconds immediately. I stayed in bed, trying to get some sleep. Around 5:00, I woke Eric up to let him know what was going on and that I planned to stay in bed until 6:00. I couldn't take anymore at 5:45, and got up, showered, and started packing for the hospital. My plan, per our birthing class, was to call the doctor when contractions were 5 minutes apart for an hour. At 7:45, I placed the call to the on-call doc who advised me that since this was my first baby, I should hang tough awhile and call the office when it opened at 9:00. Contractions continued to intensify, accompanied by some pretty righteous back labor, and at 9:00 I was having contractions about 4-5 minutes apart and lasting between 60 and 90 seconds. I was told to come into the office for evaluation and they would decide if I needed to go to the hospital yet. Again, and this time by the nurse, I was told that since this is my first baby, I was still a long way from delivery.
We left for the hospital sometime between 9:15 and 9:30, and arrived at the office, bags in tow for the hospital, around 10:00. The nurse practitioner examined me to announce that I was 100% effaced and 5-6cm dilated, and that we should proceed to the hospital and she would call ahead to let them know we were on our way.
At 11:00, we arrived at the hospital. I was now 8cm dilated and in so much pain I could barely stand up straight. By 12:15 I finally caved and asked for an epidural, and while they were ready to give it to me, let me know that it probably would not kick in before the baby was born. I was allowed to start pushing, and decided to go without. Pushing brought the relief I needed, and at 1:16pm, Natalie Beth Kranz was born.
Stats:
Name: Natalie Beth Kranz
Date: 12/28/10
Time: 1:16pm
Weight: 7 pounds 13.5 ounces
Length: 20 inches
More pics and video will be posted shortly!
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