our april fools baby

we had an april fools baby.

literally.

i know it could've seemed like a joke, but it wasn't.

our maggie was born thursday, april 1 at 8:53 pm,

and it was quite the story.

after returning home from instacare with sam around 7:00

i knew we would be going to the hospital,

so i tidied up and got everyone's bag.

we dropped the boys off at pete's mom at 7:30.

we arrived at the hospital at 8:10.

i had been having very painful contractions the whole way to the hospital,

but they never got closer than 4-5 minutes all up until she was born.

they were so painful i cried on a few;

they were far more painful than i remember with the boys.

i was pretty sure i wasn't going to be able to do it without an epidural.

when we got to the desk to check-in i was feeling lots of pressure.

the nurse was concerned and wanted to check me right away.

pete finished checking me in.

the nurse was so anxious she didn't even take all of my clothes off.

she checked me.

she was shocked.

she said i was a 9-10 and completely thinned out.

the only thing holding maggie in was my bag of water.

thankfully my doctor arrived at 8:38,

broke my water,

and caught maggie 15 minutes later.

the total time we were at the hospital before she was born was 43 minutes.

needless to say it was the easiest and shortest delivery for me,

and the fact i was a 9-10 upon arrival helped me to know i could do it without an epidural,

and i didn't have one.

it was all perfect.

maggie is perfect.

and little.

only 6 lb. and 8 oz.

and beautiful.

with a small, perfectly shaped head.

and so peaceful.

she seems to already have such a mild disposition.

she is perfect.

i can't put her down,

and she seems happy about that.

i can't believe how different a girl feels from the beginning.

we are all smitten.