On August 29, we welcomed baby #6 into our family, Avery Elaine. She came into this world at 36 weeks and 6 days weighing 7lbs 5oz and 20 inches long.
For 2 weeks I had been having irregular contractions but wasnt really expecting to go this early. Saturday the 24th really early in the morning I woke up not feeling well and been having pretty consistent contractions but they ended up stopping. I went to my baby shower that afternoon and went on with my day and felt great. The next day I felt great and went to church.
After church we decided to go to my in-laws house to visit and I started feeling sick again and had mild contractions again. Felt well enough to go to bed and felt great again the next day. Got some errands done and got the kids from school. Again that night felt sick again with more consistent contractions and was uo.most of the night so when morning came I decided to go to the hospital and get checked out. Well I ended up getting sent home since I didnt progress and was ordered to drink a lot of water. Felt pretty much better later that day and the evening.
Wednesday I felt great until it was dinner time, called my in-laws to come over and help get the girls to and from activity days, help feed the kids. I texted Spencer before his parents came over and told him how I was feeling and he decided to not stay late and came home when he got in his 8 hours. That night the contractions were getting stronger but not strong enough for me to rush over. I timed them for a good 3 hours, continued to feel really sick. Around 1:30 am I decided it was time to go into the hospital and get checked out again. When I got to triage they checked me and I had progressed to 4 cm but still wasnt enough to be admitted. So my Doctor said to observe me see if I progress any further. In about 1.5 hours I progressed about a half cm but he still wanted to monitor me. I got put in a room, hooked me up to the monitors.
Lacy showed up around 4 am to be there with me. I was still very nauseous and ended up throwing up a lot of the water I had been drinking. Since I wasnt admitted yet I didnt get anything for nausea until afterwards. They hooked me up to an IV, gave me anti nausea meds with fentanyl which was able to let me rest. The IV actually got my contractions spaced out but they were starting to get a tad stronger. The doctor had them check my progress and I was actually at 5.5-6 cm so he decided to admit me into the hospital.
The Doctor came in between 8:30 am and 9 am checked me and I was around 6-6.5 cm he broke my water and teased me and asked if I could give him 10 minutes to head across the hall to post partum to check on his other patients. So about 40 min later be comes back and I was ready. 2 pushes later and Avery was born. I got to cut the cord and did skin to skin for quite a while.
This was the 4th delivery I was able to do without an epidural all because I progress so fast but I wouldn't change it for anything.
Today she is 1 week old. Her siblings absolutely love her. I am so glad the Lord has given her to us.
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