Margaret May's birth story begins on Tuesday evening, October 6, when my water broke in the evening at home. I wasn't having any contractions so the doctor said to wait before coming in. After a few hours, we headed to the Elliot Hospital arriving in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
With still no contractions, we settled in for the night. The doctor recommended we get a few hours of sleep and we would start petocin in the morning to kick start labor. David and I tried to rest despite the excitement of knowing we would be meeting Margaret soon.
Wednesday morning, the petocin was started and we waited. My parents, Katie and David's parents came to join the fun. By early afternoon, my contractions had gotten stronger and more regular. I hung out on the birth ball, tried a hot shower and then laughing gas. By early evening, the contraction were painful enough that I opted for an epidural. I was able to rest for a few hours. At 11:00 pm, the doctor checked and despite the more than 24 hours that had passed since my water broke I was not dilating enough. After discussion with the doctor, we decided to move forward by delivering via c section.
After 29 hours of waiting, everything moved very quickly. I was prepped for surgery and within half an hour, we were heading into the operating room. After just a few minutes, we heard Margaret's first incredible cries and then saw her for the first time. She had the cutest cheeks and a head full of dark brown hair.
The nurses cleaned her and David cut her cord and then we were able to hold her for the first time. It was absolutely amazing.
Back in our room, Maggie was weighed, foot printed and nursed for the first time.
Then we were ready to introduce Margaret May to our family.
Margaret's Aunt Katie even baked her a cake for her "birth" day!
Before we moved from the labor and delivery wing to our postpartum room, Margaret had her first bath.
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