Amy

Yesterday (the 18th) Aimée Noëlle was born at 16:49. She's perfect :-D We call her Amy.

Short summary: They tried to induce labor on Monday and Tuesday. Monday failed and Tuesday seemed to fail, however, at 1.00 her water broke, after which "real" contractions started. At 8.00 she had 2 cm dilation, after which the doctor gave 2 more hours to gain 2 more cm. She gained 1 cm, so the doctor wanted to make an infusion to increase the contractions. But because contractions already hurt as much as Chenée could take, she first got an epidural to take away the pain (preparing her, getting her downstairs, connecting her to all the monitors, connecting the baby to the monitors, applying it, waiting for it to take effect and reinstalling her upstairs again took a few hours). This also enabled us to get some sleep.

The infusion worked like a charm. Three hours later we woke up 'cause she got the urge to push. 30 minutes later the doctor arrived, who confirmed full dilation and allowed Chenée to give in to the urge. 35 minutes later Amy was born in perfect health.

I'll try to give some updates, but we've got very little spare time now. For now: some pictures :)

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Time

Just born

Weight

Sleepy