Jenna's here!

Our newest addition, Genevieve Elizabeth arrived on Sunday, March 18 2007 at 11:02 am, after 5 hours of labor. She was 8lbs, 11oz and 19 1/2 inches long.

I woke up to contractions 5 minutes apart Sunday morning, which was nothing unusual, since I had been contracting every morning since Friday. But when I took a shower on Sunday, instead of the contractions going away, like they used to, they got stronger. By 8am, they were about 2-3 minutes apart, and lasting about 45 seconds. I thought that this may be it, so we called the kids' babysitter, since Audrey and everyone was still out of town. We (well, Tim) got the kids ready and we dropped them off about 8:45.

We got to the hospital by 9, and the contractions were coming about every 2 minutes and lasting a minute. I got checked, and was 5 centimeters dilated. By the time my dr came into the room and checked me, I was at a 7 1/2. I wanted an epidural, but after Dr. Creel broke my water, I was at an 8 1/2, so I declined the epi.

A couple more contractions, and I felt the need to PUSH! I couldn't control myself-I was pushing whether or not I wanted to. I started pushing, and it took about 3-4 pushes, and Genevieve was out.