Blakely

We are so excited that Blakely is here! I was very surprised to go into labor 3 weeks early! I was a little worried it was too early, but after she came and was healthy and a great size, I realized 37 weeks is awesome!! My water broke on Wednesday Octber 29th at 12:45 in the morning. I was sleeping, and was very confused when I woke up from what I thought was a dream and had peed my pants. (I know TMI) But really, I was so confused. It took me a while to actually realize it was probably my water since I don't usually pee my pants! I didn't wake Drew up until 2:00 a.m. because I only had a few contractions and they were about 30 minutes apart. I finally decided I should probably go to the hospital. I don't know exactly what I was thinking, but I decided that I would drive myself to the hospital and call Drew when things got serious. I just didn't want our friend Stacy to have to come over yet if she didn't have to. It probably wasn't the best choice since we hadn't had our hospital tour yet so I didn't know where anything was! And it turns out when your water breaks, it pretty much doesn't stop. I looked ridiculous walking in there. It didn't take long before I told Drew to just come over. The hospital was so busy with babies that it took a bit just to get a room. When they finally got me in the started me on a little pitocin. I was a little worried about having a vbac, since I knew there was a chance of having a c-section again. I was worried that an epidural would slow down labor so I put off getting it for a long time. That was a bad idea. I waited until I was 8 cm dilated and in the worst pain of my life. There were just no breaks between contractions, and they were long and soo intense. Once I got the epidural I could smile and get ready for baby girl. I pushed for eleven minutes and out she came at 10:41 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 inches long, and has beautiful blonde hair. We named her Blakely Megan Foster. We just liked the name Blakely, and Megan is Drew's sister's name. We love Megan, she is such a great aunt!
 I have been recovering really well. I appreciate this recovery so much after having a c-section! Blakely has been such a good baby. She never cries unless she's hungry. Although she's pretty much hungry every two hours! But she's already getting better. She is just so cute. I can stare at her all day. I've had so much snuggle time with her since I've had so much help with Drew being home for a few days and my mom coming. Now we have Mickey and Margaret coming, and then Megan. The girls have been so good with her. They are very gentle, and always concerned with where she is and what she's doing.

Bathing beauty! Just getting that bilirubin down.