I don't even know where to begin my head is still spinning. The last weekend in August we decided to squeeze in our maternity photo shoot with Lindsey Quann and boy are we lucky we did. Baby Burke was due to arrive September 16, ,2010, but surprise plans changed. My first day off work was August 31 and I had big plans for the next two weeks. I had lots of things to finish tying up before Ainsley's arrival. September 1, 2010 I had a doctors appt, at the appt Dr. Hines informed me that I was 2cm dilated and that I more than likely had two weeks to go. I left the appt not feeling great, but I had a few errands to run and I was meeting my mom that night to go to the grocery store. I was going to start preparing meals to freeze for the week the baby arrived. After running a few errands I came home and totally fell asleep I did not feel well at all. Needless to say I did not go to the grocery store. I made dinner for Josh and myself and my mom stopped by to fold some laundry for me. Around 7pm I started having irregular contractions they were not consistent so I figured they were Braxton Hicks. I was pretty uncomfortable, but I just kept truckin. Josh and I went to bed at 10:30pm and I had a lot planned to get done for the next day. Little did I know that at 10:45pm my water would break. Definitely a weird sensation! We immediately got up and called the doctor and my contractions were immediately 3 minutes apart. We were instructed to go to the hospital and boy was I thankful I had the bags already packed.
We arrived at the hospital around 11:30pm and I was 2min apart and 5 cm dilated. The contractions were pretty intense but with Josh's help I was able to get through them. However, an hour later I was 7cm and they were 1 min apart. At this point I was very uncomfortable and due to the length of the contractions I was getting no break. I chose to get the epidural so I could rest and so hopefully I could stop shaking. Our parents arrived at some point during all of this and they were obviously excited to meet their grandbaby. The epidural was wonderful, but I then required pitossin because my labor slowed down. Labor eventually picked back up and at 5:55am I was ready to push. Josh was the most wonderful coach ever, I could not have asked for a better help. I pushed roughly 20 min and our baby girl Ainsley was born at 6:21am. She was 6.2lb and 18 inches long. When her head popped out, she immediately looked at Josh he was so excited. She was so tiny and I was in awe of God's little miracle. We spent precious time with her just mommy and daddy before anyone else met her.
From that point forward I feel like my life has been a blur. The Mary Washington experience was a good one. We had lots of visitors, that we appreciated. Adjusting to all the newness was a little overwhelming, we were tired obviously and we definitely wanted to get back home. On Saturday the 4th we were discharged and able to bring our little girl home. This whole experience has been an emotional roller coaster, but I would not trade it for the world. Josh and I love her more than we can ever express in words and we are so grateful to the Lord for her health and the smooth labor. I could not have asked for things to go more smoothly with my labor and I truly am grateful to the Lord.
We are also so grateful to our family and friends for the help and support you have given. So many have helped with getting her room ready, helping us get our house in order, preparing meals and so much more. Thank you so much.
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