Annika Michelle is here!

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Annika was born at 11:10 am on Saturday January 17,2009. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long. She is a very good baby who does not cry very much so far and let me sleep a lot last night. I loved the hospital which seemed more like a very nice hotel with 100% room service than a hospital. We are both doing good and home from the hospital. But I will miss the excellent nursing services and the incredible room view! We could see the entire San Bernardino Valley and then all the San Bernardino Mountains from our huge 10 by 6 or so picture window.

As far as labor goes being induced is the way to go. I went to the hospital at 4:00 am. It was early. They had to poke me 4 times to get an iv in. The pitocin is given slowly and before I had an epideral the contractions were hardly painful. The only problem was the epideral didn't work everywhere and when I was fully dialated I could feel everything. The doctor barely made it in time to catch the baby! I didn't even push at all!