Lucy is here!

Well, she wasn't quite a 4th of July baby but Lucy was born at 3:48 am Monday, July 5th. After Dr. Bailey decided to admit me, the nurse decided to take matters into her own hands. I don't know if she didn't want me to stay or if she just didn't want me to have an Independance Day baby, but she dumped a whole back of iv fluid in a couple of minutes, which basically brought my contractions to nothing. She was bragging about it to the other nurses at the nurses station and Brian over-heard her. So, it took me forever to dilate. At shift change, I got a 27 year veteran, no-nonsense nurse. She was great except for she wanted things her way and not my way. I was a 5 at 7:00 when shift changed. I was a 6 at 9:00 when they sent the anesthesiologist in. I really thought I could do it myself at that point but they told me he had a c-section to go to so if I was getting it, it had to be right then. So I did. The good thing I'd it let me sleep. My labor continued to progress so slowly that my epidural started to wear off by the time I reached an 8:00 at about 1:00 am. So the anesthesiologist came back in and boosted it, much to the horror of my nurse. She wanted it to wear off before it was time to push. To me, there was no point in getting the epi if I was going to be able to feel while pushing. Contractions never bothered me. It was the pushing I was afraid of. I finally got to a 10 at about 2:00. However, my nurse decided I was too numb to push so she made me wait and "labor down" before she would let me push. By the time she had called Dr. Bailey and was ready to let me start pushing, it felt like Lucy was going to fall out. I only pushed a couple of times and she came right out. Unfortunatly, this epi was not like the one I had had with Imma and I ft everything as she was coming out. So there was really no point in getting it to begin with. But, she came out a perfect 6 pound, 11ounce baby. She is beautiful! She looks so much like her sister. And for being 37 weeks 4 days, she was a good size. I will post the rest of the story (hospital stay, coming home, etc.) later and should be able to get some pictures up soon, too. I am so glad she is finally here!