
Our little girl Avila Claire was born Wednesday morning at 2:34am- in the caul! I know there was another mamma here who had a caul baby. Wild! She was was 8lb 1oz 20 3/4 ". It was 7 hours from first contraction to birth with about 2.5 hours of active labor. I tried to sleep between 10pm- 12am but started timing contractions at midnight when I knew sleep was impossible. I called the MW about 1am after I was sure things were really getting going. She still hadn't arrived when I things came on really strong. Just a few minutes between contractions and I felt like I was going to throw up. I started pushing about 20-30 minutes after she arrived. There was absolutely no break between transition and pushing. It was just one wild ride. I was so sure she was a boy even after she was born. I pulled her out of the water and just cuddled her and looked at her face. She looks so much like her brother in the face that I just figured she was a boy but when I looked between her legs I was so surprised and overjoyed.
I'll post a longer birth story soon. For now we are both doing great (sooo much better than after my first vag birth to my 10lb son.)
Oh, and her name is pronounced A-villa with the accent on the "a" like "avenue."
Congratulations Under! Looks like we were both in labor at the same time:) Maggie Rose is a beautiful name.
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