LEILA HAS ARRIVED!!!!

Leila Kathleen Wilson

6 pounds 7 ounces

19 inches long

Mommy and Leila resting after a rough day

Look at all her hair

Grandpa Looten and Leila

Hanging out on Mommy's lap

Look at those pudgy cheeks

I started having contractions three-four minutes apart Friday morning after having my bloody show. I was only dilated to a 1 still so they sent me home. Saturday my contractions moved to 2-3 minutes apart but I still couldn't move past 1 cm. Sunday I was in so much pain and there was nothing they could do because I wouldn't progress any... Luke talked me into having my mom go out and about with me to walk and get things moving. Mom helped me get dressed and we headed to Gordman's. We had only walked/shopped for about 10 minutes when my water broke. We were standing in the shoe aisle and when I stepped forward I felt a HUGE gush...every move I made, I gushed more. ICK! We hurried out and called Luke for him to grab the bags and meet us at the hospital. When we got there I had dilated to a 2 and Leila had dropped more. They then moved me to a labor-delivery-recovery room. We were in lucky #7. After getting settled in, the nurse checked me again. I had already progressed to 4 cm. After that, I dilated about 2-3 cm's an hour. Oh and did I mention I I got an epidural? WOW, they are wonderful. It took 5 minutes to take affect and I didn't feel a single contraction afterwards. At one point, I was feeling a lot of pressure with each contraction... something for sure felt different. We called for the nurse to come check me. Sure enough, she said it was time to push. Of course Luke and I both silently panicked. We updated the family and the nurses started prepping the room. I pushed for an hour before they decided to use a vacuum on her. Turns out, I was just too small to push her out myself and her heart rate was dropping when I had a contraction. With two pushes, she was out. She started crying immediately... she was perfect!!! I was in labor for a total of 7 hours.

After about an hour they moved me to my own room where we got Leila back from the nursery and the Grandparents got to hold her for the first time.