The New Baby

Well we've had the baby!  My water broke at 6 pm on Saturday March 28th.  We went to the hospital and they had to put me on pitocin since my contractions had not yet begun.  It's very important to have the baby within 24 hours of your water breaking to prevent infection to the baby.  Soon after they started my pitocin drip, they gave me my epidural so I never felt any pain!  It was a very easy labor.  They started my pitocin at about 9 pm and by 12 pm I was only 4 cm dilated.  I was already 3 before I came in so I was worried that this was going to be a long labor.  Well, by 2 am Sunday morning I was 6 1/2 cm and then by 3 am I was dilated the full 10 cm.  Wow!  So I started pushing about 20 minutes later once they got the room all set up.  Abigail Lauren was born at 3:49 am Sunday March 29th.  She weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces.  You can check out pictures on www.themackensfamily.shutterfly.com.