Welcome to the world Parker True Langley!
April 15, 2013
6 pounds 1 ounce
19 inches
1:54 pm
On the morning of April 15, 2013 (TAX DAY!!) at 1:09 am I was awoken by my first contraction! Ouch! 10 minutes later I had another, then another, then another. Finally at 4am I woke up Ross and told him it was time! He was in disbelief...and still pretty sleepy! I called my OB who told me to wait until my contractions got closer together before going to the hospital. (She was thinking this might be false labor.) At 6:30 am I called my OB again with contractions that were 5-6 minutes apart and she told me to head to the hospital. I woke up Ross again and told him it was REALLY time for a baby! Ross was very doubtful that this was real labor...after all I wasn't due for another 3 weeks and it was the busiest day of the year for him! Ross was very sleepy and very grouchy, but managed to get up and get ready to take me to the hospital. I called my mom and told her to be on standby! Ross also woke up his parents (they were staying with us that night) and told them we were on our way to the hospital...and off we went!!
We got to The Woman's Hospital at about 7:30 in the morning. We checked in and they sent us up to the labor and delivery floor. Our nurse, Erin, then took us to the "testing room" where we were greeted by another nurse who put me in a gown and hooked me up to a monitor. The plan was for me to stay there until they could confirm I was in labor. Well, that didn't take long! I was having pretty strong contractions and the nurse said I was 4 cm dilated. Ross asked, "What does that mean?" and the nurse replied, "It's a good day to have a baby!" So off we went! We went back the the labor and delivery floor, got settled in a room, called our family and friends and waited the arrival of our sweet baby!
Shortly after I got settled in our room my OB broke my water. After 45 minutes of strong contractions I got my epidural...thank goodness! After my epidural I felt great! Rick and Becky came into the room to keep us company, I talked to my family, and just relaxed. At about 12:30 I started to feel nauseous and threw up...YUCK! The next think I know, they were telling me I was compete! It was all happening so fast! Ross and I had no time to even be nervous! My OB, Dr. Jurney, showed up at about 1 pm and told us it was time to start pushing....and did I ever! Ross was a super leg holder and counter! It took almost an hour of pushing, and then there she was!
Dr. Jurney held up Parker and she was so tiny! She put Parker on my chest and Ross and I cried tears of joy! What a miracle! What a blessing! We knew our lives would never be the same. I could have never been prepared for the instant love connection that we had with our sweet baby girl! We are so blessed and excited to be her parents and look forward to learning so much from her!
WE LOVE YOU PARKER TRUE LANGLEY, our little PT
