With Allison's Birthday being tomorrow, I have been thinking about her actual BIRTH day a lot. I did not have anything ready, I thought for sure I was going to go past my due date (Oct. 15) and have to be induced, like my mom and Jesse's mom. Well, SURPRISE! She had another plan! I woke up for work on Tuesday morning, September 30, 2008 and my water broke. So, I got ready while Jesse panicked (he did great! But I work in OB, so I knew I had some time before we had to get to the hospital). I got my epidural by 12:00 and life was GREAT! I pushed for about 1 hour and her heart rate was dropping with pushing. I ended up with an emergency c-section and she was born at 6:33 p.m. And just like now the Twins were playing for a chance to play in the playoffs (it might have even been against Detroit??). I remember some friends watching the Twins game and celebrating our good friend, Tom's, birthday (Happy Birthday to Tom too!) awaiting our call! Here are a few pics from that day. My face looks all puffy in the after one with all the fluids I had been getting throughout the day. And poor Allison her nose was all smashed in! It is amazing how much they change in the first few days! I will admit, she was not the cutest newborn with that poor smashed in nose and face! (I, however, thought she was BEAUTIFUL! And she gets more beautiful every day!)
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