My contractions started late on a Thursday evening. I usually go slow at first, so we just put the boys to bed (warned Corbin that during the night we might have to leave), and I told Justin to go to sleep. I spent that time in the middle of the night trying to lay down and rest, cleaned the house, packed the last of my things, took a shower, painted my nails. By about 5:45 I told Justin it was probably time to go. We woke Corbin up to tell him we were ready and what he needed to do to get everyone ready for school. He had been so concerned about the contraction from the night before, so he asked me if this meant my contractions would be over. *happy tears* This kid seriously stepped it up. He was amazing and so reliable.
As we drove off, after letting family know we were heading to the hospital, I touched base with amazing friends who were so willing to help out with getting kids to school and take Rudger before Grandma could come. Then it sunk in for the millioneth time, we were having a baby. Our fifth baby. Our fifth baby would be a girl.
After getting to the hospital and settling into the birthing room, they prepped me for an epidural. I was definitely not in the mood to go natural this go around. They stuck the needle in, Justin passed out, the anesthetist cleaned up, Justin woke up. It was all very eventful.
It never felt like the epidural was really working so I kept pushing the button every little bit, but still the contractions were felt strongly. Mandi got there snapped a couple of pictures of me on my side, then asked me to roll on my back for another angle. As I was rolling over they started to panic, Adeline's head was out. Her Head Was Out. I freaked out, but the nurses were AMAZING. They got me situated and Adeline just fell the rest of the way out :) (I guess that's what happens with the 5th baby)
I knew this would be an extra special delivery for a few reason, but I was not expecting the wave of emotions that would come over me. After calling out "is it a girl? is it really a girl?!", they handed her to me and the tears came. I felt so so very happy. Our family felt complete. And it has been one of the happiest years of my life.
^^ I loved this lady. I had several of the other nurses tell me how lucky I was to get her. The doctor never even made it in and she handled everything beautifully ^^
