Baby Info

It seems I have had a horrible oversight in my blogging entries. With all the decisions about which picture, with all of the thousands we have taken, to post I have failed at the most basic information. So here goes. On Saturday night I went to bed having a lot of contractions that were irregular and non-painful. I thought nothing of it, since that had happened before, plus our plan of being induced could not possibly change. Well by 6am the contraction not only became regular, but painful. At 8am, after 2 hours of pure denial that I was going into labor I called the hospital. By then my contractions were 5 minutes apart. After dropping Alicia off at Ali Harkness' house, I was admitted, and they immediately gave me the epidural...which by the way worked absolutely perfect. (Kudos to that anesthesiologist). The epidural, however, slowed my labor, so at 10am they gave me pitocin, and at 12:12 I gave birth to Katherine. She was 7lbs, 7oz and 21 inches long. She lost about a pound in the hospital, but has since gained that plus more. She is a great baby, waking up only once at night (I hope this post does not jinx me). Since the last post I think Ali is starting to realize that Kathrine is staying. This morning she asked to "hold our baby" maybe that is acceptance, but I am waiting for the day when she asks to send the baby back. I am sure that will come, but hopefully not too soon.