Wednesday 23rd-6:28 PM, Start regular contractions

• Thursday 24th-4:30 AM, Contractions are 6-8 minutes apart and steady, called hospital because Jaime thought she'd like to go in, they said to wait until they are 3-5 minutes apart and steady.
• 5:00 PM, At Jaime's last regularly scheduled OBGYN appointment Dr Welcome says she's 2-1/2 cm & strips the membranes to try to speed along the birth.
• Friday 25th-12:35 AM, Called hospital and told them we were on the way, contractions 4-6 minutes apart and stronger.
• 1:00 AM, Checked into Triage at Providence Hospital. Still 2-1/2 cm & 5-7 minutes apart. They say we aren't in active labor yet and to go for a walk for an hour around the hospital and come back to reevaluate.
• 3:05 AM, Almost 3 cm, still 5-7 minutes apart. The baby's heartbeat is a little irregular during contractions and they admit us for closer monitoring.
• 5:05 AM, Dr Wong says he wants to induce labor because of the irregular heart patterns and will give Jaime some pitocin and break her water soon. He says good to go for an epidural whenever it's wanted
• 5:35 AM, Started pitocin
• 6:00 AM, Dr Wong said Jaime is 4-1/2 cm. Contractions are now 2-4 minutes. Epidural has been ordered as was an internal heart monitor for the baby.
• 6:25 AM, the anesthesiologist came to administer the epidural
• 7:07 AM, Epi seems to have worked on the first try (unlike w/ McKenna)
• 7:10 AM, Dr Welcome stops by to say hello on her way past
• 7:20 AM, Catheter installed, 5 cm
• 9:00 AM, the water broke all by itself (some of it). 6 cm, 90% effaced. Stopped pitocin for awhile.
• 9:15 AM, Dr Anderson came in and ruptered some more of the water sack, inserted a monitor tube to more accurately track and monitor the contractions with the baby's heart beat. Said they were watching for possible premature placenta seperation or an umbilical cord obstruction. Nothing to worry about yet.
• 11:10 AM, 6-1/2-7 cm, not alot of change. Contractions are spaced farther apart now. Started pitocen up again.
• 12:15 PM, Strong urge to push. 9 cm, 100% effaced
• 12:25 PM, "Run Doctor Run" Jaime says to the nurse who just told her the doctor was on the way so they could start the delivery.
• 12:30 PM, The baby is upside down, (still head down but the incorrect way). Dr Anderson is successful in turning the baby to the correct position the during some of the next contractions.
• 12:36 PM, It's a head, fully stocked with long black hair. The umbilical cord is wrapped loosely around the baby's head as well as on arm is coming out with the head (Almost like she's waving to us) The doctor is able to slip the cord off with no problems.
• 12:38 PM, Welcome to the world Lilah Delaney Beadnell! 8 lbs 4 ounces, 19" long, 13-1/2" head. Lots of tests and the typical new stuff ensues, Scores 9's in her APGAR.
• 5:05 PM, We all are able to sleep, and/or rest for about 2 hours together. This little family unit (minus one) is Very Tired!
  
  Can't wait to see McKenna and introduce her to her beautiful new baby sister :)
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  More to come and pictures too after we get home and settled in, keep checking back! You might try LIGHTTHIEF.NET for some immediate pictures!

So we only have a week left until our little dumpling is born and let me tell you...IT IS NOT SOON ENOUGH! The best thing about being pregnant is the birth when you are NOT pregnant anymore. <-For those of you women who do not have children and are thinking about it....don't let anyone tell you different!

We are getting ready at a crazy pace in this house, but the problem is that we have sooo many projects going on at once that nothing is quite there yet. I made a quilt and 2 baby size decorator pillows for the baby and we just re-did the man room lotr wall and touched up all the living room paint and manroom paint on the walls. We still are working on the nursery (which Mark has about 3/4 of the way finished) as well as about 100 other projects. I am pretty sure Mark and I were out of our minds when we decided to take on all of these tasks. At least McKenna's room is complete and even has an awesome Wizard of Oz Mural up in it, courtesy of Karen & Shawn at Christmas time (thanks guys) and we have all of the baby clothes, swings, etc for the new arrival cleaned and ready to go when she arrives. McKenna is gearing up for becoming a big sister and is already very loving to the baby she calls "Dubbum" in my tummy, I can't wait to see how things go when the house has a teensy baby in it again, along with our little headstrong toddler who has proudly entered into her terrible twos and is doing a smashing job letting everyone know who is boss. I have to say that it can be a little embarrassing in the stores when a tantrum hits, but even those fits of rage are worn so well on McKenna that I can't help but love them :) I hope we can catch alot of them on camera so I can play them for her friends in her highschool years haha!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and New Year Celebration.
Until next time when I am hopefully 15lbs lighter,
Jaime