Amber's Story

The new addition to the family with Dr Pilkington that delivered her

Proud new Daddy

Amber already sporting the Army hat

Baby Amber

Big sister with Amber

Mommy and Amber ready to go home

Amber ready for the ride home

For some reason it didn't surprise me that Amber had plans of her own for her birthday. As everyone knows the plan was that I was going to be induced Tuesday afternoon, but things quickly changed.
I woke up several times Monday night to either go to the bathroom or just being uncomfortable. This was pretty normal and I didn't think much about it. Then when I woke at 4:35am I knew something was not right. I have not moved that fast out of my bed in a long time (lol). As soon as I stood up my water broke. I was shocked, because with the other two they had to do it in the hospital. Matt woke up asking what was wrong and quickly realized what had just happened. We tried to clean it up the best we could at that point. I tried to lay down for a little bit, but then the contractions started. I got up took a shower and got dressed. Then I proceeded to make the kids their breakfast, pick out their clothes for the day and get them up. Then I packed the kid's lunches and snacks for the day. Then I fed the dog and cat. At this point I told Matt he needed to get up. He then called our neighbor to see if she could watch the kids, because our other friend lived to far away to take the kids there. Then Matt got up and got ready. He asked at one point how far apart the contractions were and I told him I was ignoring them so I could get stuff done. The kids were upset that they weren't going to their friends house, but they were ok with the change once they had their bags in hand. Once we were ready to go my contractions were about 5 minutes or less apart.
The one advantage when we got to the hospital was that they already had my chart ready, because I was suppose to be there that afternoon. We got there at about 9 am and I was 4cm. As we waited for the epidural Matt watched all the contractions on the monitors. At one point he told me that one of the contractions was a really good one and I promptly told him I didn't need a stupid monitor to tell me that.When I got my epidural at 10 30 I was 6cm. Within 30 minutes of getting the epidural I was 8cm. I was so excited this time that my epidural completely worked! Then I was 10 cm at 12:00pm. They told me that my doctor was in surgery and one of the other doctors from the practice was going to delivery the baby. I quickly said I didn't care and whoever wanted to play catch was fine with me! Matt and the nurse thought that was hilarious. I was thinking I just wanted it to be done. It seemed like forever for the doctor to get there. Then again being in labor every minute seems like an eternity anyway. I only pushed for about 10 minutes and she was here.
She was so precious when they placed her on stomach after she was born. No matter all the pain it just vanished the moment I looked at her and it was all worth it. I couldn't believe when they said that she was 8lbs 2oz and 20in. She just didn't look that big to me. They really had to work to make her cry. Then she was just content being with her Mommy and Daddy.
She is a really good baby so far. Although I think she has days and nights a little mixed up. She also does not believe in missing out on any food either.
The kids are very excited about their little sister and are doing their best to help.