Welcome to the world Charlotte!

Hey everyone! Our little lady finally arrived on March 12, 2009. We started the induction at noon on wednesday and she was born on thursday morning at 3:30 weighing 3.1 kg or 6 lbs 8 ounces, and 51.5 cm (20.5 inches) in length. She is healthy and beautiful (we're a little biased)! Labor started out as an induction with prostaglandin every 2 hours to get contractions started. We were having fun at the beginning, but then real contractions started around 8 and were incredibly painful. They did a cervical check and I still wasn't dilated past 2 cm. Horrible. So Iwent for the epidural. Best decision for pain relief. People that don't take it are CRAZY in my opinion. I could tell I was having contractions, but couldn't feel pain anymore thankfully. Well that was at 11 at night. and then around 2 they checked again and I still wasn't dilating past 3 cm. The babies heart rate was going down at every contraction. They broke my water and started oxytocin to move things along, but by 3 am nothing was working and the baby was distressed. C-section here we come. At 3:28 little baby Gamez was born and it was a great decision to perform the surgery as the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. They whisked the baby away to perform her checks all the while closing and reopening my incision 3 times. There was a leak in my uterus which had to be stopped and each time they closed things, they thought it was fixed, only to find that it wasn't. Anywho...long birth story there, but we are now all home after 5 days in the hospital and trying to adjust/recover. Welcome to the world little Charlotte!