Abigail Ann O'Neil

She is finally here! Abigail Ann O’Neil joined us on January 1st, 2010 at 1:43 in the morning. She weighed 7lbs 4oz and is 20 inches long. We went to the hospital on Wednesday the 30th after my Dr.’s appointment and started some medicine to help me go into labor at 10am. The Dr. gave me more medication at 11pm that night. The next morning at 7:30am he came in and broke my water and started the Pitocin drip. By 4pm I was dilated far enough to have an epidural. After a long painful process of getting the epidural in I was finally able to relax. I started pushing around 9pm and pushed for a couple of hours. Dr. Nielsen talked to me after I had pushed for two hours. He said that they only allow first time mothers to push for three hours. The baby was not coming down far enough because she was facing my pelvis and couldn’t get past it. He gave me the option to push for another hour but recommended a c-section. I was really struggling with what to do and pushed for another 30 minutes. After pushing I started to throw up. This was my sign that the c-section was the best thing to do. We worked really hard to not have the New Year baby but ended up being the lucky ones after all. In the end holding her in my arms made all of the pain melt away. She is so perfect! We are so blessed to have her in our life!