My 2 girls...Cyprus loves Mercedes.
Cyprus tells me she is a baby... Isaac and his 2 baby girls (Isaac wanted a girl even more than me!)
Hospital gowns are so attractive.
Birth announcement... I forgot to put the time (5:49 pm) she was born.
It was a pretty crazy day. I was inspired by a few people (Marie, Leslie, my sister Ginger) to have the baby naturally, so I didn't want to be induced. The day she was born was my 41 week day and they were wanting to induce me the next day. I woke up at 2 or 3am in mild labor, my water had broken and I was having contractions every 10- 15 minutes. I was able to sleep in between contractions. I knew if I didn't have the baby soon, I would have to be induced that day because my water broke. I decided to wait to go into the hospital (my midwife wouldn't let that go) for a few hours to see if labor progressed on its own. It slowed in the early afternoon. I talked to my sister and she said that I needed to go for a walk (I had gone at 5 am and another at 7am) to see if it would get things moving. If it didn't, I was planning on going in by 3 pm to avoid infection and get the baby here. Isaac & I went to the mall (AC) to walk at 1:30 pm, by 3, I think I was scaring people in the mall (I had to stop during the contractions and focus). We went home at 3:30 ( I was getting really nauseated and wanted privacy) and by 4:00 we were at the hospital. I got to skip all the entry checking because my water had broken and within 1 hour I went from a 5 to a 7. They got the room ready for delivery and after some crazy intense contractions and some violent throwing up, I yelled to all that I was ready to push. I had no volume control... I probably was worrying other mom's in there. She was born at 5 49 and I kept yelling, "my baby!" I couldn't believe she was there. I was shaking like crazy, but Mercedes was so alert and aware. Isaac was so great and so was my midwife (she kept saying that I didn't need her - I did, just not for the comfort and labor support - for the delivery she was great). It was a wild ride, but it was quick and so good for the baby. I was better too (I was out of it for 3 days with my epidural). 
