As everyone knows by now, the baby has been born! Our sweet Penelope is now a part of the family. She was 8 pounds, 3 oz and 21 inches long. She is now 11 pounds! She is growing like crazy. I am going to start updating the blog slowly so please excuse the slow process. Penny was born on 08/09/2010. How cool is her birthday?!!! No one will ever forget that one! The birth process was really great. I went in to the Hospital at about 6:00 a.m. and she was born at 6:19 p.m. I had my epidural as soon as I was admitted and I was in heaven. No pain!! Once I was dilated to a nine, they had me sit up in bed because she had not dropped down far enough to start pushing. Suddenly, the nurse said it was time to start pushing. I was so excited!
I probably only pushed for 45 minutes. The hardest part was the pushing. I was SO exhausted. I seriously did not think that I could keep pushing. My sweet Chris and my mom were right there by my side. Chris was too fascinated with the birth and he was right down there watching the whole time. He was so excited! He could start seeing the head and he said it was amazing. My mom held my hand the whole time and they were both encouraging me to just keep pushing. Finally, the doctor cut me and a couple of pushes later, Penelope was born. She immediately started SCREAMING!! She is a good screamer! She did not stop crying the whole time they were measuring her and cleaning her up. We all cried and were so happy that she was healthy!
