Go to http://www.elizabethcayton.com/, click on her blog and you can find more of Zoe's photo shoot under the Newborn section. Beautiful work to capture our beautiful baby girl during her first week of life. Thank you Elizabeth!
5.30.2012
5.19.2012
Zoe's birth
Mike and I had one final date night planned before our second child arrived. Shortly before our babysitter arrived I started to have irregular contractions. Mild really. We decided we would try and go ahead with our date. So off we went to test drive more cars. I remember sitting in the back seat and timing that them a perfect 10 minutes apart. By the time we got to dinner I was having regular contractions 7-8 minutes apart. Not excruciating pain but enough to stop me in my tracks. We made it through the appetizer before we decided to take our meal to go. We went home and my contractions were a steady five minutes apart but still not as bad as I thought they were going to be. so we called my doctor to see what she wanted us to do. I went to the hospital to be checked, with the intention that I probably would be staying. I was right. I was 4 cm dilated and 100% effaced. Got checked in by midnight. Got an epidural and spinal block by 1:30 am. My blood pressure dropped again, like with Mason. Scary. Doctor broke my water at 3 am. Scary moment because they couldn't find Zoe's heart beat for a little while. They were prepping me for the OR when the doctor found her heart beat internally. Thank you God. Got a little bit of sleep and then delivered Zoe after pushing through three contractions. I remember my nurse saying that she bet she would be out by three and I remember thinking "yeah that'd be nice. I pushed for 1.5 hours with Mason." She was totally right! Thank God. It was the easiest delivery ever. Guess I only have one other to compare it to and that wasn't that bad either.
So everybody was right, sort of. People told me that you develop and instant connection and immediate place in your heart is created when you hold your child for the first time. As some of you know I was having a difficult time adjusting to the idea of two so close together. That all disappeared when they told me they couldn't find Zoe's heart beat and was solidified when I got the hold her. I think the picture of us right after her delivery captures that. It's a little graphic but I thought it was a beautiful moment and should be shared. Love you baby girl.
5.14.2012
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