Tales of the Corder Family: Little bit makes her apperance

I tell you what... it is really nice to fianlly have my baby girl in my arms and half of my body back! :) Little bit, aka Abbygayle Molly, made her apperance on August 21. Chad was hoping that he would be able to hold his little girl as his birthday present which was on the 19th. ( he got the Hunger Games as his present like a week later). But here is her tale of her entrance into this world:

As stated in previous post about being induced/membranes stripped, we made arrangements to have our little guy stay with a good friend from church to play with her two girls for the day then Grandpa would pick him up and come down to the springs. So we get to my doctor's appointment just barely in time and finally see her around 2 (forty minutes after my scheduled time). She tells us that she is only on call until five o'clock and if I was far dialted that she would just have me come back down the next morning instead. Well... my body was five cm dilated and baby was VERY low! And my contractions were not very consistent, at least whenever I tried to time them during the day and were not very painful (it is really hard to time them with chasing after Cam). My doctor decided that it would be best to go ahead and strip my membranes, which felt like majoring cramping and uncomfortable but wasn't too painful. Well.. she broke my water doing this, which she didn't mean to do! :) So that means that baby girl was planning on coming very soon, like maybe that weekend. As we head over to the hospital, I am eating my Which Wich sandwhich because we didnt' have lunch yet. And i just knew that as soon as I check myself in that I would not be allowed to have food! And it was a GREAT sub! As we drive the few blocks to the hospital, my contractions are getting stronger and closer together. Chad laughs while he drives as I'm eating my food and complaining of "there's another contraction". So we get checked into a room (which is really odd to walk to the room where I'm going to deliever compared to Cam's birth experience) and get placed in the bed. And sadly, I had to have an IV put in me. Which I have to say, I HATE needles! (yes I still have a bruise from having my blood drawn from the hospital over a week ago!) I really complained about having it put in compared to all the contractions I was feeling. A big baby when it comes to needles! Anyways, while we waited and waited, we wrote down six ways to spell Abby and get most family guesses on weight, height, hair and eye color, and time for baby girl. :) My doctor came over to the hosptial after 5 and waited. I was sitting at 9 cm for a while so they gave me just a little pitocin (spelling?) to move those things along since walking, birthing ball, and pushing wasn't getting me to a ten quick enough (and this is around 6:30 or so). Wow, my contractions got harder and way closer together. And yes, I did elect to go all natural again (which I somewhat regretted when I remembered the pain of pushing at the very end! lol). At 7:19 pm, Abbygayle Molly came into the world with Daddy catching her :) When she got placed onto my chest, I said "hi Abby" and saw how we should spell her name out of the two ways we liked best. She weighed 5 lbs 11 oz (which is just a pound difference between her and big brother) and 17 3/4 inches long. She is a tiny thing but she is two weeks early! But she is beautiful! Chad is the best dad and husband ever! He teared up just like when Cam was born. Well.. so I tore a small amount which had to get stiches, but I recovered so quickly with this birth compared to Cam's. I even put my own PJs on at the hosptial, which was great! I have to say that pushing hurts like no other but the recovery time (at least for me) was great. Cam and Grandpa came to the hosptial to see Abby and take pictures. It was great! I just wish my mom could have been here for her birth. This is the second grandchild she missed out on. At least with Cam, she barely missed it, but we were not sure for Abby. So we just figured it would be best if she just out from the 30th to the 4th to be here mainly for the blessing. :) So that is basically her entrance into this world.. and yes, I know I am a little crazy for electing to go all natural again. But here are some pictures from that day/night. And Cam LOVES his little sister. He gives her kisses, wants to hold her, and everything, but he also tries to sit in the baby swing when she is sleeping in it or folds it over. Oh well.. he does well for being just 20 months old. lol

happy birthday daddy!