She is here!

On Tuesday, September 8th at 4:05pm Alexandra Lucinda Scheper arrived! She was a healthy 6 pounds even and 20 inches long.
At about 2:30pm the day before I thought my water might have broken. After going to the hospital for a test and lots of waiting they told us that it was probably just my bladder feeling the stress of being nearly 40 weeks pregnant and sent us home. That night, at about 10pm, I was near tears in frustration because this "leaky bladder" was causing fluid to run down my legs. I didn't want to call the hospital again for fear of looking like an idiot so I tried to get some sleep. By about 2am I decided that I needed to call the hospital again. I figured either my water had broken or I was suffering from a very serious bladder issue that was going to require medical attention anyway so I might as well go back in.

When we arrived back at the hospital they tested me again and determind that my "water" had in fact broken at around 10pm. Mark and I personally believe that we were right the first time but had a poorly administered test. (Talk to me in person if you want the details on that part.) We were checked in and in the labor and delivery room by around 3:30am. I called my mom early and told her what was going on. It looked like things were going to be moving quite slowly so Mom and I agreed that she would wait until 6 or 7am to come in. That idea didn' last very long and she arrived within and hour or so of my phone call. No surprise there!

Mark was great throughout the entire labor and delivery process. I couldn't have asked for a better coach and partner. My mom and Emma were in the room with us through the whole process and were a blessing. They took some pressure off of Mark and helped me to remain...polite!

I made it until about 2:30pm without any medications besides the pitocin needed to get things moving. At that time I was given Nubane (I am sure that is spelled wrong) and that helped a bit. Just when I thought I was going to have to take something more they told me that it was time to push. After about a half and hour of pushing, my beautiful daughter was born!

She just woke from her nap so more to come later...