How it all went down

Thursday Morning I called the doctor's office to tell them I was showing some signs of labor. They told me to come in and get checked and also to have my bags packed to go to Denver.
I finished packing my bag to go to Denver and bags for the kids to go overnight...just in case.

I went to the midwives to be checked. They said there was enough change from my Tuesday appointment that they wanted to be sure I was okay. They sent me down to Denver "just to be on the safe side". Justin and I were both wondering if it was a false alarm. We didn't want to question the doctors but I didn't feel like I was in active labor and Denver is a long way to drive (about an hour away)- especially if it wasn't the real deal and we had to be sent back.

We dropped our kids off at our friends' house. They are saints and deserve to go to heaven. These are the same friends that took our kids overnight when we went to the hospital this last weekend.

Justin and I arrived at the hospital at about 1pm. We checked in and were told it would take a couple of hours to rule out labor. I got checked pretty soon and had made even more change and progress. The OB specialist who met with us over the weekend came and broke my water at about 2:30pm. I got an epidural at about 6pm. I just couldn't take the pain, and probably never will be able to. Ahhh, relief. I continued to labor and Maisy was born just after 7pm.

Maisy had the cord wrapped around her neck, but other than that the delivery was really slick. Did I mention that Maisy is a full 3lbs. smaller than Gracie was at 7lbs. 11oz? Yes. My recovery has been a lot easier and faster, which is good because I've been running back and forth from the NICU all weekend.

Anyway, we were glad that we listened to the advice of the doctors and midwives and didn't wait until the very last minute.

I was released today and we will have a better idea on Monday when Maisy will be released. In the meantime, we will be traveling back and forth and visiting quite a bit.