The Ellis Family: Hannah Nicole Ellis Has Arrived!!

Hannah

I know that many of you have been waiting and checking our blog since you heard that Hannah has arrived. It took us a few days to get settled but we are dong well and are finally getting into a routine.

We went into the hospital on Tuesday night expecting them to say we had a long road ahead of us. However, to our surprise Lauren (my nurse and good friend) checked me only to find out that I was 2 centimeters dilated and about 60-70 percent effaced. We called the doctor to see what he wanted to do. He said to go ahead with the cervidil in hopes that I would start labor on my own. Well I woke up around 3 with some contractions and around 5 or 6 they started to get pretty bad. When they checked me again I was about 4 centimeters dilated. We decided to go ahead with the epidural but had to wait until around 9 because there were several surgeries ahead of us. By the time I got my epidural I was definitely ready!! I had dilated to a 7 and was having contractions one on top of the next...so not enjoyable. Once I got the epidural the pain was gone which was a big relief. And I must say..Shawn picked an awesome job, anesthesiologists are fabulous!!! We thought everything was going to happen pretty quick from there but miss Hannah decided she wanted to stay in just a little while longer.

At around 1 my doctor came in to break my water and said it would probably take around 3-4 more hours before I needed to push. Lauren came in a little while after that because my contractions were getting closer together and more intense (which of course I had no idea of...gotta love the epidural). To our surprise I was fully dilated and ready to push. We started to push around 2:30 thinking it would take about an hour, but this time miss Hannah was ready to arrive and I only had to push for about 4 sets. Lauren called the doctor, who was surprised and not quite ready to be hearing from us yet. It took him around 15 minutes to get down to my room. Once he got to the room he and Shawn scrubbed up to prepare for delivery. Shawn got to help with the delivery of our baby girl, which was pretty neat. When we got started again we pushed for about 3 more intense sets and out she came!!! She was a little stunned at first and they had to get her breathing, she was soo blue and it was a little scary waiting to hear that sweet cry. After what seemed like an eternity I heard my little girl belt out the most beautiful sound in the world!!!

Hannah Nicole Ellis was born at 3:16 p.m. She weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 20 inches long. I have to say that I am completely in love and could not imagine life without her beautiful face.