Lily: born 7:04 pm on Aug. 18th!
Contractions didn't want to start so they eventually started Pitocin..from that point it was a three hour labour. I delivered on the first push.
She was born 6lbs 2oz and perfectly healthy, though the pediatrician suspects that my due date was a little off and that she was more than 8 days early. I had a slightly worse time of it...I asked to get up and go to the washroom about an hour after delivery felt like something was wrong when I got to the toilet. I got back to bed and called the nurse and then proceeded to hemorrhage for about an hour and a half. They said that I lost about 1/4-1/3 of my blood volume...which I barely remember, but my husband says that it was something out of a horror show.
Its funny how you can read book after book on the subject of pregnancy and not even know that something like that is not only a possibility, but the leading cause of maternal death.
Make sure your wives check for and report any heavy bleeding immediately!
I'm definitely on the mend but all the IVs and meds have delayed my milk coming in which has led to a drop in Lily's birth weight from 6lbs 2oz to 5lbs 12oz as of yesterday morning...I want to supplement with formula to stop the decrease, but the Breast-is-Best cronies at the hospital seem to think I should be waiting it out...so for now I've got the tiniest, healthy baby I've ever seen.