Molly's Birth Story

Since I did a birth story for Morgan, I wanted to make sure I did one for Molly while my memory is still fresh :)

Molly's birth story is very different than Morgan's because first it was about half the time and everything went a lot smoother because I knew what to expect. Luckily my mom got here 2 days before Molly decided to make her appearance. Molly was born on July 21, 2016 at 38 weeks and 1 day. She weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 19 inches long. On Thursday morning I woke up feeling completely fine. I as expecting to maybe feel a little different because I had the doctor do a membrane sweep the day before to help induce labor. We started our day like we always do and headed out to stroller warriors to go for a walk and let Morgan play at the park with her friends. I was having some small contractions at the park but didn't think much of it. By the time we left the park my mom and I decided to go to get lunch at the Greek restaurant on base and that's when my contractions started to pick up. Matt had to go to an appointment and so once we got Morgan put down for a nap my mom helped me labor through most of the contractions at home. I didn't have nearly as bad of back labor this time around and things seemed to progress way quicker this time! Once Matt got home they were getting pretty intense and so I took a shower and then we headed to the hospital.

Once we got to the hospital around 2:30pm and found out I was 6cm dilated we were admitted and I was so happy to be dilated so far! I got and epidural pretty fast and finally started to relax. My mom and Morgan stopped by to hang out for a little bit. Morgan was a little scared of me sitting in the hospital bed with all the IV's hooked up to me.

The doctor came in an hour or so later and broke my water. My mom and Morgan headed home and then Matt and I just hun out and waited. Around 8:45pm the doctor finally came back in and realized it was time to start pushing. I started pushing around 8:58pm and Molly was born at 9:05pm! Only took a couple pushes and she was out which was so much easier than the 3 hours I pushed with Morgan!

The next day my mom and Morgan came to the hospital to meet Molly. Morgan was a little hesitant at first but soon fell in love with her and is the best big sister!

We are so lucky to have Molly as a part of our family of four :)