Love at First Sight

My induction date was set for January 28th.  However, after a scary fall with Mom which turned into tests showing she needed a stent put in her heart, we pushed it off a few days.   The new induction date was set for January 30th, my birthday!! I didn't plan it that way, but that was the day that was open.  I was just too worried about Mom, who was still in the hospital while all the changes were being made.  I knew she would be devastated if she wasn't there for the birth of her first grandchild.  Turns out the man upstairs and little Nora had a different plan all together.

We were staying in Covington since we knew it could be any day, and the closer to the hospital the better.  I woke up January 29th at 5:30 a.m. with pains that I KNEW were not just Braxton Hicks contractions.  Logan and I took showers and headed to Germantown.  Might I mention Logan took time to drop off his taxes and drove SO slow! I thought I was going to put my foot through the floor board.  I told him that I may as well get my grandfather to drive me if we ever did this again (probably not in my nicest voice).  Don't mess with a woman in labor!! I only wish I had his patience.  We finally made it around 8:30.  I was still around 4 cm dilated.  They got us in a room a couple of hours later.  I was hurting pretty badly.  I received an epidural around 11:30 a.m., and at 12:18 p.m. Nora arrived after just a little pushing.   My sweet sister missed it by only a few minutes, but Logan and Mom were there with me.  There was a moment of panic when Nora dropped, and the cord was what I now know too short.  I'm not sure what all happened other than the room filled with hospital staff, but Dr. Dulaney came in and everyone seemed to calm down.  It was a quick and amazing birth.

I've never felt such a rush of love in my life.  I thought I was going to explode the minute I saw her.  Love at first sight does exist.  She was 6 lb, 9 oz and 20 inches of pure perfection.  She has long skinny legs and feet that look like her grandfather's and lots of beautiful dark hair.

Some of our first visitors