Proud daddy!
Holding her for the first time.
She is so happy to be here!
Our first family photo!!
I have to kind of back up a little while to tell the whole story. I had a Drs appointment almost a week earlier. He had checked my progress and was surprised to see how far I had progressed. He stripped my membranes and I knew that meant I would be going into labor very soon... or so I thought. But its seemed little Abby was fine where she was. Monday was my last day of work, so Tuesday I was ready to relax and take it easy. Kyle and I had been walking about 3 miles a day, jumping on the trampoline, walking up and down stairs, eating spicy food just about everything you can do to induce labor. Tuesday morning we had a fun surprise when my grandparents who are on their way home from their mission in Florida showed up on my parents doorstep. My mom texted me and I rushed over there to spend the day with them. Kyle went to work and I stayed at my mom's house. We went to Halee's Pre-K graduation, listened to mission stories from my grandparents and had a really delicious dinner. Then Kyle had a ward softball game so I went to watch him. As a side note he had a REALLY amazing catch that made me so proud to call him my husband. He also won the game... he was definitely the MVP. It was a close and exciting game and Kyle played really well. After the game we had some trouble winding down, we laid in bed and talked for awhile. Then my pregnant bladder needed to go to the bathroom... again. When I was coming back to bed my water broke! Kyle and I just looked at each other in shock. We were not expecting that to happen, I hadn't been having any contractions that day so we didn't think there was any way it would be happening that night. We hurried and finished packing the bag and Kyle got the car loaded. On our drive to hospital the contractions started to come, and they were pretty uncomfortable. We got to the hospital and they checked to make sure my water really was broken, which it definitely was. I was already dilated to a 4 and 90% effaced. The contractions were starting to get more painful so they hooked me up to an IV to get fluid started so that I could get an Epidural. They moved us into the Labor and delivery room and we got comfortable. We wanted to get some sleep, but it was hard for me because of the incredibly painful contractions that were coming every couple of minutes. At about 2 in the morning I asked for the epidural and Dr. Tucker came in to give it to me. All I can say is I love Dr. Tucker. We were joking with the nurses that we were going to name our baby Abigail Tucker. That Epidural was magical. It kicked in right away and Kyle and I were able fall asleep. They say that you usually progress a centimeter an hour while in labor. I was a 4 at 12:00am and a 7 at 3:00am. I figured that we would have at least another 3-4 hours before I started pushing and then another 1-2 hours until she was here. But I was only able to sleep for about 2 hours, I woke up at 5 feeling an incredible amount of pressure with each contraction. It wasn't painful, but I could tell that this baby was coming. I called the nurse in and tried to wake up Kyle, which was hard because he was conked out. She came and checked me and I was at a 10 100% effaced and ready to start pushing. Kyle finally came to when the nurse said it was time to start pushing. It was just me Kyle and the nurse at first. I had the perfect Epidural, sometimes they are to strong, and sometimes they aren't strong enough. Mine was right in the middle. I could feel the baby coming, and I could feel when I needed to push. We pushed for about a half hour and then the nurse called Dr. Lepetich in. It felt like at that point the entire hospital was there. They had to have the NICU team there because there was meconium in the amniotic fluid when my water broke. Dr. Lepetich came in looking like he had just woken up because it was 5 in the morning. He is a great doctor and a really funny guy. He had slept the night at the hospital instead of going home earlier so that he could be there right when I needed to deliver. I started pushing again and in about 10 minutes her little head was out. I could feel her come, and when she started to cry Kyle and I started bawling. With the next contraction she was all out and they placed her on my chest. I couldn't stop crying as I looked at her and felt her little body. It was overwhelming! Then the NICU team had to take her for a second just to make sure she was okay, everything was great and then they handed her right back to me. All of the nurses and doctors were great, they helped us take pictures and congratulated us and gave us hugs! It was so amazing and then everyone left and it was just us. It was incredible to see her little face and to hold her in my arms. She is perfect.
Abigail Cordner was born at 6:16 on May 25th, 2o11. She was 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long.
All of the nurses kept telling me that my labor and delivery was so unique, it hardly ever goes that easy for a first time mother. We were very blessed and it could not have been a better experience. We only spent one night in the hospital after the delivery. Everything looked great with me and with Abby so they let us go home. We were very anxious to get home and get our new lives started. She is now 9 days old and doing very well. She sleeps very well at night which is great for us! She is a little sweetheart and we love having her here with us!
