Mize Love: She's Here...And..Birth Story

I'm sorry it took me so long to update. Ella Charlotte Ann decided she was ready to meet us all at 4:41pm on August 31st, 2011. She weighted 7lbs 14oz and was 20 inches long. She's just amazing!

Birth story-
That morning was like every other morning, so I thought anyway. I got Samantha up for the day and we ate some breakfast. Samantha was watching her usual TV shows and I was doing some house work. I started noticing that every time I walked there was little gushes every now and then. So I went to the bathroom thinking it was me peeing myself, lol, but then it kept happening. This was around 10am. I called my doctor to make sure. I had to wait for someone to call me back. While I was waiting, I called Seth to let him know that I could be in labor, since he was working about an hour and a half away from here. Then I called my Mom(Seth's Mom) to let her know that I could be in labor, but of course she already knew before I called, lol. She went to go pick up my sister from school and came over. I called labor and delivery at the hospital, and they told me it was probably my water that broke and to come in.
I was surprisingly very comfortable and not having regular contractions so I stayed home for quite awhile, just hanging out, talking to Mom, my sister and waiting for Seth to get home.
Seth finally got home. We stuck around the house for a little while longer. Then my contractions started to pick up a bit more. So we headed to the hospital. We got there around 1:30pm. I was still comfortable enough not to get the epidural right away, and heck, I was thinking maybe I wouldn't need it. Well, I thought wrong. The contractions started to get pretty strong, so I got my epidural. Which was, of course, fabulous!! Except for one crappy side effect, I got the shakes, REAL bad! I also(just like with Samantha) got the worst heartburn. Seth, bless his heart, was trying to keep my mind off of everything by play some cards.
I got checked around 4pm and I was 8cm dilated. Then BOOM at 4:30 I was ready to push. And again she made her entrance at 4:41.
She's absolutely amazing!!!! And TONS of hair! Everybody comments on her hair. She has a lot more then Samantha did and it's a lot darker too.
Samantha is adjusting well. It really depends on the day. Some days she's all over her sister and some days she wants nothing to do with her. Sometimes if I'm holding Ella, I need to put her down right then so I can hold her. lol. She gives Ella kisses and hugs. She wants to know where "sister baby" is at all times. I know Samantha is wanting to play with her sister so bad, but she knows that she can't quite yet and it makes her sad. That's the one thing I'm super excited for, for them to play with each other.
Seth and I are adjusting okay. Seth has been out of town for work, still. So it's just me and the girls. It has been rough. Some days are better then others. It's defiantly a challenge. I'm just so VERY blessed to have 2 healthy, beautiful little girls! I couldn't ask for anything more! :)

Time to push