Avery's due date probably should have been May 16. May 16 came and passed, as did the next several days. We were a little surprised by this because I was convinced she'd come early. I had been having contractions for weeks and they were getting stronger and stronger, and even my doctor said on May 5 that she thought Avery might come that weekend. Well, she didn't. Finally we made the decision to induce once she was 6 days late.
We packed our bags, kissed Carter goodbye and headed off to the hospital expecting a long day. We checked in at 7am, started pictocin around 8am and the doctor broke my water around 9am. I was about 2 cm then. By 11:34, I was 4 cm. Todd showed up around 12:30 and Seth went with him to go get some lunch. At 1pm I was up to 5cm. In fact, I texted my mom at 1:01pm to say I was making slow progress.
Soon after that, Avery started taking longer to recover from the contractions and started worrying the doctor a bit. Seth and Todd came back from lunch just as the doctor was about to add some fluid to help her. Seth stayed and the doctor looked up at me and said "oh, well, you're fully dilated. that's why." Things happened really fast then as the nurse and doctor got ready. I did a practice push and was quickly told to stop! A few minutes later, everything was ready and I started pushing. After about 4-5 pushes, she was out. I went from 5cm at 1:01pm to holding a baby at 1:36pm. My mom missed the whole thing. Seth came back just in time or we would have had to track him down in the cafeteria.
We've learned that Avery is a strong willed little lady. She was just going to stay right where she was and once it was time to be born, she was going to do that exactly how she wanted as well. But she's here! And we're soaking in the moments with her.
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