I started having regular contractions around noon on Friday. After our MOPS meeting, Daniel and I stopped by my parents' house. I still wasn't sure if this was "the real thing" or not. After hanging out for a while, I decided to leave Daniel at my folks and swing home to pack my bags and get things ready just in case. I called Brian at work and told him that I thought I might be in labor and that he shouldn't go surfing after work but instead should come home and take a nap. Brian had been out super late the night before helping his friend Tim with an Oakley event so I knew he would need some sleep because it may be a long night.
Brian had barely lay down to rest when I decided we needed to leave for the hospital. Since Daniel's birth had been pretty quick, my biggest fear was not making it to the hospital on time. We ended up at the hospital around 6:00 p.m. Originally we had planned on just having Brian in the delivery room, but a couple hours later I was having intense back pain during each contraction and needed an extra set of hands to help. We called my mom at home and asked her to come to the delivery room. She came and brought snacks with her which was great for Brian since we hadn't had dinner.
Although we had planned to try to have another un-medicated birth, after struggling with the intense back pain and shivering uncontrollably non-stop, I caved and began to beg Brian to let me get an epidural this time. Brian gently encouraged me that I was strong enough to make it through without an epidural and that I had done it once before. I threatened him that if he didn't let me have the epidural he could leave the room! The anesthesiologist was called and I got the epidural around 10:00 pm. Soon nice Ashley replaced grumpy, mean Ashley. After 15 minutes of pushing, my doctor walked in the delivery room just in time to grab the baby. Kendall Grace was born just after midnight on May 7, 2011. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 0 ounces. After having a scrawny baby the first time, we were so surprised to have such a big baby. She is so chubby and adorable!
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| Daniel meeting Kendall for the first time Saturday morning. |
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| Kendall and Grandpa. |
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| Kendall and Grandma. |
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| A full head of hair! |
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| Kendall with Granny and Gramps. |
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| Annie came to bring us smoothies and meet her new Goddaughter! |
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I love these pictures. Kendall is so beautiful!
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