Welcome Mercedes Elizabeth McCurry

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).