Lucy Annabelle Hawk

She has arrived.  Fashionably late but like the other two kiddos, once she decided it was her time - there was no stopping her.  Her birth story follows.  Or you can skip to the end just to see pictures of her & our time in the hospital.

40 weeks, 2 days pregnant 

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Nothing out of the ordinary to report.  I had a 2pm appointment with the doctor - I scheduled an induction for the following Monday and started praying that she arrive before that.  Doc checked me and I was only 1cm dilated.

Left the appointment and immediately felt the unmistakable heaviness & ache in my legs.  I have felt that feeling only a few times in my life and one of those times was hours before I delivered Reagan.  I start thinking - maybe just the act of doc checking me put me into labor.

Fast forward to dinner time.  Still weird feeling legs.  Stomach is contracting? or is it braxton hicks? Wasn't willing to jump to any conclusions.  But I wasn't feeling good.  I tell my mom and Kevin that I wasn't sure what was up but that I wasn't feeling good & I would keep them posted.

Power at my parents house went out.  Wasn't predicted to come back on till the following day at 6pm. It's hot out.  It's going to be a long night.

Gave the kiddos a bath, put them to bed.
Went for a walk

Realization I'm having contractions.  I'm in labor.  The power is still off.  This is going to be a realllly long night. Game face on.

Power comes back on.  Thank goodness.
Took a bath.

It wasn't until 10:15 that I decided to start timing contractions.  Every 3-5mins, for 45secs.  Yup we're in labor.  We are decently into labor.

At 10:45 I tell Kevin that I think we should leave for the hospital - knowing how babies tend to come quickly for me I wanted to be there in ample time.

11:11 we both saw it on the car clock - we were enroute to the hospital.
Parked.
Doors are locked??
Walked to another set of doors - also locked??

I can no longer walk through my contractions.  But we are wandering around the outside of the hospital looking for an open door, a security person, an emergency call button.  I'm about to call 911 while outside the hospital.

My water breaks.  We are still wandering around the outside of the hospital looking for a door in between contractions.

We get back into the parked car to drive to find an open entrance to the hospital.  At this point we are headed to find the ER entrance but flippin can't find it. Instead, Kevin found a doctor in scrubs and yells at him to get in the car that I was about to have a baby.  The doc declares he is NOT a labor and delivery doctor but gets in our car anyway to help direct us to the ER entrance.

Alas an open door.  A wheelchair.
11:25 We have made it inside the hospital.

Kevin wheels me to labor and delivery.  I fill out a piece of paper work in between contractions, check-in time reads: 11:30.  Kevin warns all the nurses that I tend to give birth quickly.  No one seems to care or to even react.

In the room & now in a gown
Sat down on the bed and immediately started giving birth to our baby.

She was perfect & in my arms at 11:46
16mins after checking in at labor and delivery our Lucy Annabelle was born.

The nurses that didn't believe Kevin when he told them this baby would come quick - delivered the baby.  Doc showed up a few mins after she was born.

Happy Birthday Miss Lucy
April 27, 2016
11:46pm
7lbs 7oz
20 1/4inches

Pure Perfection.