So excited to announce that Aubry Rae Purvis was born Thursday August 20, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. weighing 6 lb 8 oz and 18.5 in long!
Here's my birth story! So Wednesday morning I woke up around 4 in the morning with some contractions, but I had been having them off and on for a few days, they weren't too painful, and I was able to fall back asleep so I didn't think much of it. Woke up around 5:30, drove myself to work since Derek was working in Dayton that day, still having some mild contractions. So I started timing them when I got to work (tracking them in an Excel spreadsheet - yes I know, I'm a dork). They were still pretty irregular anywhere between 7 and 11 minutes apart and not painful at all. Around noon they started getting a little closer together and a little more painful so I went downstairs, got a wrap for lunch, came back upstairs, ate, and called the doctor. They suggested coming on in since they were I think 5 minutes apart at this point. Well since Derek was in Dayton and not next door like he usually is, I called him & told him to meet me at the house because the Dr said to go on in to the hospital. So we finally get home, get loaded up, fill the car up with gas, and get back up to the hospital at 3 p.m.. Got checked in and in the room by 4, Dr checked me at 5 - I was I think 4 cm & 70% at this point and my water had not broken yet. Since I was GBS positive they wanted to administer a full dose (4 hrs) of the antibiotics before they broke my water. So I laid around laboring about 5 min apart till 10 p.m. when they finally broke my water, but I was still only 4-5 cm. But at this point the contractions really kicked into gear and by 11:30 p.m. I was asking for the epidural. So basically at this point I could finally relax a little and continued to labor until 3 a.m. when I felt a gush (the rest of my water breaking), the nurse checked me and I was ready to go! I pushed twice, waited a few minutes for the Dr to come in, pushed again and she was born at 3:15 a.m.! Long labor - short delivery! :) She came out so incredibly perfect! Here are some pics....
Minutes after birth - happiest parents ever!
