So, as many of you know my baby shower was last Sunday. It was so rainy and such but it was a beautiful day and I was blessed nonetheless. The next day, my mother in law came over and was setting up Shaileigh's crib with my husband and I just didn't feel good. I was trying to help but had this crazy pain and couldn't shake it. The pain got worse (little did I know I was having contractions) and worse. I couldn't sit down and they were becoming more and more intense. I was trying to walk it out and it just wasn't working so, I called my doctor and there was no answer of course. So, my husband and I figured we should go to the hospital and if we get sent home then we get sent home, no big deal. But something was seriously up, at this point it's about 6:45-7:00 PM and my doctor calls back as I'm in the elevator of the hospital in my way to the birthplace, he tells me to come in and I said okay cool because I'm in the elevator, they check me and I'm 4cm dilated and they decided to admit me. My contractions got so incredibly worse and I really couldn't sit down now and kept fidgeting. The nurse wanted me to sit but it was killing me to do so, literally. They give me the epidural at about 8:00PM. By 10:00 PM I'm 8cm dilated. At 11:20PM, I'm completely dilated and it's time to push, my water never broke though, they needed to break it and wouldn't break and was basically hanging out of me and all the nurses and doctor kept pointing out like hey, you don't see this much. Then my water finally breaks and it's time to push, we did 3 sets of 3 pushes each & at 12:00 AM on May 3, 2016: Shaileigh was born, weighing 5lb 7oz, length: 18.3 inches.

I was so blessed to have such a beautiful labor experience with the support of my old foster mother and my husband minus the fact that the epidural wore off and I felt everything, however looking back now I realize how much pain that I could actually take and will never do the epidural again due to my side effects and the convulsion like shakes I was experiencing. My husband was so strong and soothed me the whole way through and kept me centered and was so strong.

I'm so happy to have my daughter and to finally be home (we came home Thursday) and to wake up to such a cute little face every morning. This experience is new and it's so beautiful and I love my little girl. Motherhood is so beautiful and I am so blessed.