Our baby girl, Addie, arrived at 2:31pm on Thursday, June 18th. She weighed in at 8lbs. 15 oz and measured 21 1/4 inches. I was so happy on how things went with the labor which wasn't how I felt with Henry. I am also very happy that David seems to be psychic and decided to work from home on Thursday and Friday because he believed I would go into labor one of those days. On Thursday morning around 10am I felt a pain in my back when I got up from sitting down. I told my Mom that I thought it could be something and immediately got dressed and told David to do the same. David took a 1 minute shower and got shaved and dressed as I waited for another one of the pains. Sure enough, 15 minutes later another back pain. This would not have been something to be anxious about but at my Dr. appt two days previously, I was told I was 4cm and 90% effaced and labor could come on quickly. At that appt my Dr. asked if I wanted to schedule an induction and after much thought I decided against induction and to wait it out. Ironically, the induction date and time was 7am on Thursday! Well, after the 2nd back pain I called the Dr. and they told me to some in and get checked out. After the exam the Dr. told me I should head to the hospital. After a quick stop by the house to hug Henry one more time we headed to the hospital. After about a 5 minute wait in the labor and delivery waiting room, my water broke! I was a bit embarrassed but mostly relived b/c I really wanted everything to happen on its own. We were settled in a labor room around noon and Addie arrived at 2:31pm.
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