A brief rundown on how things went. We went into the hospital at about 6 AM yesterday morning. After mercilessly sticking Carolyn 4 times, they finally were able to get an IV in. Actually that was down from the 6 times it took to get an IV in with the previous baby.

Around 8 or 9 they started her on pitocin and broke her water. It didn’t take long before Carolyn had had enough of the pain and we got the epidural going. Luckily she got it right in time – right after she said she wanted one, 2 other ladies on the floor decided they wanted one. Carolyn asked first though so the other ladies had to wait. After the epidural was in, it was pretty smooth sailing. No pain or anything

Around noon Dr. Samol came in and checked her – she was about 8 cm dilated. He left to go back to his office and said he’d come back and check her in an hour or so. Silly doctor… The nurse also decided she’d go get some lunch and be right back. Silly nurse… About 10 minutes later Carolyn said she was feeling some pressure and another nurse checked her and said “I can see some dark hair”. It was time for the show!

Once the doctor and nurse came back, Carolyn started pushing. One push and the head was out; one more and the baby was out. All in all a very easy delivery / birth. Both mother and daughter are doing fine. The other kids and I are also doing great.

You’ll notice I didn’t mention the name. That’s because, while I’m sure it’s unlikely, I don’t feel like giving any Internet weirdos anything (more) to stalk our kids with. I tried to email everybody, but I’m functioning on part of a night’s sleep on a chair, so I may have forgotten some people – don’t be offended 🙂 If I missed you, drop Carolyn or I an email and I’ll send you the “good one” birth announcement I cooked up