Here is my birth story for Lydia. I'm mostly writing it down so I won't forget my memory is fading fast since having Kate, with Lydia it might disappear all together.
Lydia Bianca
5/20/09
8lbs 14oz, 20 3/4"
4:42pm
The birth story isn't too eventful since it was all controlled because I was induced but here's how it all happened.I was suppose to be admitted Tuesday night for cervidil to help me dilate but at my Tuesday OB appointment I was 3cm so I got to skip that and show up Wednesday morning. We got to the hospital around 8:30am (an hour late) and pitocin was started right at 9:30am. By 10 am, just 30minutes later I was having painful contractions and went ahead and asked for the epidural, around 10:45am the epidural finally was administered. The epidural got complicated, the doctor was having a hard time lining up the needle in the middle of my spinal column, I kept feeling like she wasn't centered, it all happened so fast but she nicked my spinal column which usually leaks spinal fluid for a few days and results in a terrible headache, she was mentioning all this to me and before she even said "headache" my head was pounding like I've never felt before. I was freaked out, she was freaked out because she said that has never happened before, (a headache coming on that quickly). I was in tears because of the terrible headache and wondering if anything permanent was done to me. The doctor felt terrible that that had happened to me and later told me it ruined her day but I shouldn't let it ruin mine. I didn't, as long as I laid flat I felt great. And the epidural was awesome, I felt everything without pain. It was a sensory blocker and not motor blocker. I never even had a terrible headache after that, they said the spinal column sometimes heals itself very quickly which is probably what happened to me. Continuing on, 11:30am Dr. Stokes came and broke my water I think I was still around 3cm then. Around 1:30pm I was maybe 6cm, 3:30 I was almost 10cm and almost thinned out, and at 4pm I was completely 10cm and thinned out. That's when set up really began for delivery, and I even felt urges to push. By 4:20pm I was pushing and at 4:42pm out she came. I watched the whole thing in the mirror and as soon as she came out I was just looking for the gender. I immediately saw that it was a girl before Brock or the doctor even said anything. It was so fun to finally find out who this little person was inside me this whole time. She had had a bowel movement inside me so they moved fast to get her to the pediatricians standing by so Brock was not able to cut the cord and I did not get to hold her right away. It felt like forever before I got to hold her, Brock kept taking pictures and letting me see just so I could see her. As far as recovery goes, I've learned the hard way, twice, that I do not like pushing big babies out. The first night was rough but by the next day I was feeling pretty good, and even now still feel pretty good so it was a quick recovery.
So the naming of this little beauty. Brock and I have gone back and forth on a girl's name, I didn't really believe I was having a girl so I didn't put that much thought into it. We both liked the name Lydia and it was sort of a name left over from when we were trying to decide a name for Kate. Brock's first choice for a name however was Bianca, but I also liked the name Jane so we had to come to an agreement, which meant Brock was letting me decide! So I originally decided on Lydia Jane and had the in laws on the phone calling family and announcing the birth. About half-way through the phone calls I saw the sad look on Brock's face that he didn't get his Bianca so I changed my mind and said that I thought Bianca suited her better. Brock just lighted back up. So some of family thought her name was one name and some thought it was something else. We had everyone confused for awhile. After that it just felt right that I was holding Lydia Bianca. I think it will be something special to tell Lydia how much her dad just loves her middle name.
She's been such a sweet baby. We are so glad to finally have her home with us and it really feels like she belongs with us, it feels so right that she is suppose to be a part of our family.
Welcome to the World Little One
