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  On Saturday, September 25 (my due date), I woke up and went to the bathroom as always and noticed I'd lost my mucus plug. William was at his grandmother's cutting down a tree that had fallen during the hurricane a couple weeks before. I had already told William that me and Heaven would come over when we got up, so we got dressed and went over there. As soon as we got there I told William that it would be soon because I'd lost my mucus plug. We sat around a while and went home. At about 3pm I was sitting here at the computer talking to Leslie when I had my first contraction. She told me I should go ahead and call William and tell him to come home, I knew there was no need yet. I didn't really have anymore contractions until about 5pm. The contractions were really irregular, ranging from 3-10 minutes apart. At 6:45 they all of a sudden became VERY regular at 3 minutes apart, I waited until about 7:15 to call the hospital though, wanted to make sure they were going to stay at 3 minutes apart. I called the hospital and Dr. Ashurst (the doctor on call for my doctor) said to come on in to the hospital. I had to change clothes, gather a few things, change Heaven's clothes and a bunch of other stuff, so we left the house right at 8pm. We had to stop and get gas and a roll of film too, so it was about 10 after 8 when we finally got moving to the hospital. Heaven was VERY tired, 8pm is her bedtime, so I was in labor and singing Barney songs all the way to the hospital, LoL! It was the only way I could keep her quiet! We got to the hospital right at 9pm and when they checked me I was already 4cm! My contractions were still not too bad. I was dilated enough for an epidural, but I had to get a certain amount of fluid through the IV and have blood work run before I could get it. My mom was there helping with Heaven, and thank God she was. My contractions all of a sudden went from me being able to handle them to me screaming with them! The next time they checked me I was 6cm and soon after I was able to get my epidural. It wasn't much longer and I was 8cm then complete. I had already warned my nurses not to tell me to push until the doctor was there unless they wanted to deliver a baby. So I had to wait for what seemed like forever for Dr. Ashurst to get there. With about 4 pushes I had a beautiful baby girl at 1:12am! Heaven was there for her birth, she was exhausted, but she was there. Total length of labor: 5 hours from the time I left the house Medication received: Epidural Total number of pushes: About 4 Who was present at the birth: William, Heaven, and my mom Time of birth: 1:12am Weight: 7 pouds 4 ounces Length: 20 inches Sex: Female Name: Cadance Marie Thrasher Hair: brown Eyes: dark blue Hospital born in: Baptist Medical Center East Montgomery, AL Doctor who delivered: Dr. Ashurst APGAR Scores: 9, 9 Click here to see her hospital "pro" pics. Select September as the month, you can leave "all" for the day, first three letters of mom's last name is thr and select Alabama then click "Find the baby!" Once the results are back, click on Cadance T. and the password is thrasher. Make sure to sign the board!
   HTML and graphics (except painting) by Michelle Thrasher Painting titled "Listening In" by Tom Sierak All graphics except the beautiful painting are my own personal work. Please do not take them |
