I realized I never posted Halle's birth story. I'm always interested in other people's birth stories and I know I will forget all the details later, so I thought I should post Halle's.
Friday, Feb. 4th I went out to lunch with my sister to SLAB pizza. It was really good pizza so of course I totally ate way too much. That night when I started feeling sick around 6 pm I thought it was just due to my huge lunch. I started having regular contractions around 8 pm and was so disappointed to be going into labor about a week early. I had planned an awesome early valentine's date for Sheldon and I since Halle was due on the 13th. Halle was ready to come though and contractions continued. They were getting pretty intense so I woke Sheldon up and decided we should head to the hospital at about midnight. I was only 4 cm dilated when we got to the hospital, so I was very disappointed and worried that I was going to be in labor for a long time. I stayed at a 4 for about 2 hours and just when I was ready to have them drug me up they checked me and I was at an 8. My water broke soon after and then I was ready to push! 3 or 4 pushes later and Halle was out in the world! Things happened so quickly that my midwife didn't make it there in time, but luckily I had some great nurses. Halle's umbilical cord was really short for some reason so it was kind of hard to hold her right after. Then Sheldon cut the cord and she was just a healthy little girl screaming away. It was a much quicker labor than Tucker's, but definitely more intense. We were so grateful Halle didn't have any complications like Tucker. Recovery has been so much easier the second time around. I didn't tear at all and felt like I hadn't even had a baby a few days after. Now if only getting babies to sleep through the night could be as easy :)
