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Baby girl is here!  

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Still no name! She was born last night at 10:05pm (on her due date) after 10 minutes! of active labor. She was born in the pool, into her daddy's hands (I was on my knees, so he caught her). It was just the two of us. Things progressed from random contractions to "Holy-crap-these-things-hurt-we'd-better-get-the-pool-filled!" contractions very quickly. We went upstairs to fill the pool, called the m/w to give her a heads up (since she is over an hour away), and I jumped in the pool. I was pushing in a matter of minutes, and then she was here! The placenta took some time to come out, so that was annoying. DH kept having to add hot water to the pool. But she's here and she's perfect! The m/w arrived just after midnight (she was taking her time, we had already called to tell her the baby was here) and cleaned up and did all the weighing and measuring. She was 7lbs 12oz, 20" long, 13" head circ. I have a 1st degree tear and the afterpains SUCK! But otherwise I am doing well. The girls met her this morning (DD1 didn't want to get out of bed last night, we asked) and they are fascinated by their new little sister. We are all so in love!
post #2 of 12
10 minutes! Dang! She really wanted to make quite the entrance, didn't she? Congrats, mama!
post #3 of 12
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Congratulations!! I'm soooo happy to wake up to news of your baby girl's birth! Beautiful story!
post #4 of 12
Congratulations on an amazing birth - way to go mama!!

Cramp bark tincture really helped me with my after pains - when I'd get bad ones, I'd take 1/2-1 dropperful and they'd go away for a few hours. I did this for about 24 hours and they were very mild after that.
post #5 of 12
Congratulations! How wonderful to have that experience with just you and your husband. Wow, that baby just shot right out of there

All the best!
post #6 of 12
:Congrats mama!
post #7 of 12
re-posting my congrats in the proper announcement thread...

Woohoo!!! Congratulations! Sounds like an intense and wonderful birth. Hope you feel better very soon.
post #8 of 12
Wow, congrats mama!! Sounds so cool!
post #9 of 12
Congrats - sounds like a wonderful experience
post #10 of 12
Congratulations!!!! What joy. Thanks for sharing ::
post #11 of 12
Congratulations!!! I'm still holding on to my baby, here. Sounds like a fabulous birth, and welcome baby girl! :
post #12 of 12
Congratulations and Happy BabyMoon! Sounds like the whole family is falling in love!
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