Part 2

So, I got my epidural and was happy as could be. Here I am eating ice chips while my mom and Fred ate Chick Fil A. Didn't bother me a bit!

I did steal some secret sips of Coke when the nurse left the room-shhhh. After that, I don't really remember much, but somehow a lot of hours passed and finally, the Nurse Tammy said it was time to push. Again, I will spare you the details, but eventually a baby came out. Go figure! The first words out of my mouth were, "Is she still a girl?" And she was-thank God! I was also really pleasantly surprised that the awesome nurses respected my wish to not have a nasty baby covered in blood and God knows what else thrust upon me at birth. If that makes me a bad mom, then so be it. I am scared of all that junk that's on them when they come out! They washed her up and then brought her back to me. See, everyone, they WILL do that if you ask.

On a side note, that made me think of another funny thing. Poor Fred, he did not want to see what was going on anymore than I wanted him to. Well, let's just say he was forced to hold a leg and he got a little more of a show than he bargained for. I kept asking him if he was ok, because that is just the kind of selfless (drugged) person that I am! He really, really did not want to cut the cord though. Again, I totally understand because that is disgusting. The nurse said he would change his mind, but when the doctor came in he said something to the effect of, "I don't see what the big deal is about that. You don't have to." I, of course, informed them all that if my husband was going to be doing medical procedures, then we would like a discount on our bill. Needless to say, Fred did NOT have to cut the cord. Two points for us.

So, they cleaned her up and brought her to me, and the kid didn't look like she could have possibly come from me and Fred. She had dark hair, dark skin, and dark blue eyes. Luckily, she had a beard, so Fred knew she was his. And here is what she looked like....

Ha ha, only kidding. Here is what she really looked like.

Anyway, she weighed 7'9" and was 20.5" long- who would have thought Fred and I could make a baby that big? I wasn't kidding about my ribs hurting. There was a BIG kid in there!

Next came the best part of the whole day- wonderful Nurse Tammy brought me a Coke with crushed ice in a Styrofoam cup with a straw. For those of you who don't know, that is basically my favorite thing in the world.

Right after she was born, she had her first visit from Gretchen and Julianne. Yay! She has had lots more visitors since, but Mommy got a little slack with the picture-taking. Oh well.

Next, they wheeled us down the hall to our Mom/Baby room. Some super-awesome nurses brought us turkey sandwiches, a box of snacks, AND some chocolate. I was STARVING. And then we got to hang out with our sweet baby.