INTRODUCING.....

Isabella Patricia Comrie... Izzie for short. She was born on May 26, 2011 at 6:44 am after 5 pushes during 2 contractions. She was 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long. Here's a little about her birth...
On May 25th at 11:00 am, I went into my doctor's office to have my membranes stripped.. AGAIN. (it's where they seperate your bag of water from your uterus) Around 12:30 pm I started having contractions every 2 - 3 minutes apart but they weren't painful, just annoying, so Mike and I went to Paradise Bakery to get some lunch. We also went to FYE and got Gnomeo and Juliet for later that night ;) (Sorry, I want to remember all the details of this day so I have to write it). ALL DAY I was contracting every 2 - 3 minutes but becuase they honestly didn't hurt, I didn't think much of it... til 10:00 pm. We started the movie and during the show I made a promise to myself that if the contractions stayed at 2 - 3 minutes apart and got any stronger than what they were (like a 4 on the pain scale) I was going to go into Labor and Delivery to get checked. (I really didn't want to go to L&D for nothing, it would have been my 4th trip!)
The movie ended and I couldn't blurt out fast enough to Mike that I wanted to go to the hospital. The contractions were 2 minutes apart and now about a 6 on the pain scale and getting a bit hard to talk through.
We got to the hospital around 11:45 pm and was placed in triage. The nurse checked me, I was 3 cm dilated and 90% effaced (so NO change from my appointment that morning). She said that I should walk around and she would check me again around 1:30 am and if there was no change I would be sent home.
1:30 am rolled around, I was in PAIN but NO CHANGE! The nurse saw that I was in pain and said that she would give me another hour and see what happens.
2:30 am, my AWESOME nurse checked me and right then my bag of water broke! THANK GOD! "Well, I guess your staying, let me show you your room" she says.. I can not tell you how happy that made me feel!!!!
3:30 am I'm situated in my room and the nurse asks me if i want an epidural. Give me the damn epi is what i wanted to say.. I think i said yes please, I'm so nice during labor haha. At this point my contractions were back to back and SUPER painful. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk, i couldn't live without that epi!
4:30 am the nurse checks me and I'm at a 6 and my epi is working beautifully. Decided to get some rest.
6:30 am the nurse checks me again to do shift changes and looks up and says I'm complete. She's super surprised and surries around the room to get everything ready. I was calm, she looked like she was getting nervous haha. She just says she didn't think I'd get complete yet. She calls the doctor and we do a "test" push to see how i'll push.. she calls the doctor again haha.
6:44 am after 2 contractions and 5 pushes Izzie is out and put on my chest. I can't even tell you how i felt. She came out screaming and is the most beautiful little bundle of love. 10 fingers, 10 toes, one loud voice!
I had the best labor and delivery! Everything happened so quick. Mike was shocked how fast it went and said it looked like i wasn't even pushing. I called my dad around 4:30 am to say today was the day, and he was suprised how calm i was on the phone.
We stayed in the hospital from May 25 (if you count when i came in0 to May 28th 12:30 pm. I had the best care and I kinda miss being pregnant but being a mom to izzie is sooo rewarding, even if it's only been 5 days ;)