Holy crap, it’s a baby!!!

Yes folks, finally.  The cute big brothers first though. 

Okay, the stuff the midwife gave me was Black Currant Oil, not EPO.  I just couldn’t remember what it was.

2-2:15pm – I’m getting the 2yo down for a nap, and kinda drift off for a few minutes. 
2:30pm – I hear this loud pop.  From my uterus.  Couldn’t figure out what on earth it was, but it wasn’t my water.
3pm – Ouchy contractions start.  I call hubby and tell him to come home unless he wanted the kids running wild in the house while I’m curled up on the bed in pain.  Lots of contractions, and whoo boy, did they get intense quick.  Decide I really don’t need to take the cohoshes and false unicorn at this point.
3:30-4pm – Remember why I don’t like labor.  It sucks.
4:15pm – Midwives arrive, start setting things up, and I’m ignoring most of their questions because, well, I’m not paying much attention to them.  I’m moaning and semi-screaming through contractions – hubby shut the windows at some point, probably so the neighbors wouldn’t freak out. 
4:24pm  I get on my hands and knees since laying on my side doesn’t feel right, and I start pushing.  Head kinda comes out, hurts like the dickens, then moves back in again a little to wait for the next contraction.  Ouch.  Don’t miss that feeling, that’s for sure.
4:36pm – Baby’s out!  I’m so not moving quickly after all that, and they tell me to stay still.  Well, yeah, unless someone pushes me over.    They slide baby up and underneath me, and I look at the goods.  Several times.
It’s a girl!!!  Holy crap!  We thought for sure it would be another boy.
5pm – She latches on perfectly, and has definitely gotten some milk (still producing a little via the 2yo).  She just didn’t want to let go of that boob, and was probably latched on for a good 15 minutes.  Then we took a bath, got a little cleaned up, and laid down again to nurse and take a nap.
6pm – Midwives leave.  Apparently I’m a nice, quick, drama free client.    I try to take a nap, but it’s too much in the middle of the day for me to fall asleep.  Baby girl on the other hand has no problem zonking out after more boob juice.

Baby girl no-name-yet.
9lbs even
20.25 inches long
13.75 inch head
14 inch chest
And she had lots of vernix left on her – she probably would’ve been happy to cook another week or two at least.

First nap.

Some of my cuties.