Baby Leah!

Ok so i know i am like 4 months behind, but i still wanted to tell my birth story. Here it goes!

Sunday the 15th I woke up and went to church. I wasn't feeling great, but i remember telling myself i needed to go anyways and i would be blessed. We had 1 o' clock church and when we got home at 4 we just hung out. Around 6 we were thinking of going on a 4-wheeler ride to maybe help jump start labor(myth if you go on a bumpy ride it could start ya) So we thought we would give it a try. Anyways I went to go change my clothes and when i was in my closet i felt like i peed my pants. I pinched to try and stop it and more came out. So i hurry and went to the bathroom and sure enough my water broke! :) I was freaking out. I told Mike my water broke and he was thinking i was lying. He ended up calling his sister McKenzie to see if it was for sure my water. She agreed, so we hurry and grabbed my bags and off we went to the hospital. When we got there they hooked me up to machines and they gave me on pitocin to start my labor. During the labor they were very concerned with Leah. Her heart wasn't beating right. So they had to put a monitor on her head and they had to pump saline in me to keep me from cutting off circulation to her. They also wouldn't let me lay on my back. I had to stay on my sides. It hurt so so bad. my hips kept falling asleep. Anyways finally around midnight i was able to have my epidural i was a 2 1/2cm. Then around 3 they were checking to see if i had progressed and i was fully dilated, it was time to push. The nurse had me practice pushing and she immediately yelled stop because i guess she was really close. My mom, patti and Mike were all super excited, because they could see the head really well. So they hurry and called in the doctor and everyone was in position. So i pushed a few times and was doing great and then Leah's heart rate started to drop. So they hurry and cut me and got her out. I didn't get to hold her for a while until the pediatrition had checked her out fully. Finally they let me hold her and i broke down. She was the most beautiful baby i had ever seen. Tons of dark curly hair and big bright eyes! It was awesome! We ended up having more tests done and Leah's heart turned out to be just fine. We are so blessed and so thankful to have her here!

Here are a few pictures of her at the hospital and the first couple weeks! :)