Launi-

I sent you a baby announcement – I have been thinking about you and keep telling
myself I need to contact you to tell you THANK YOU SO MUCH! Our birth
was amazing and everything went very well.

I actually ended up letting the doctors break my water 4 days before
my due date. I was extremely swollen and my nerve was pinched so bad
I could barely walk. Anyway, when they broke my water I was dilated
to 4 1/2. I walked around the hospital for about 45 minutes (until I
really was uncomfortable walking anymore). I would just stop for each
surge and lean against matt and he would rub my back. After that 45
minutes I was at a 5, so I figured I was progressing and could try to
relax in our room a little more. I sat on the birthing ball for a
while, then layed on the bed for a little while – then all of a
sudden the surges got really strong and it was harder for me to
focus. Matt kept me really calm. We had only been in our room for 1
hour. The nurse came in and I told her the surges were one after the
other – no break inbetween. I started to doubt myself because I
thought I was maybe at a 6 by then. That was the only time I felt a
little out of control, but the nurse and matt were great in getting
me back to a calm focused state. The nurse checked and I was at an 8,
1 minute later at a 9 and 5 minutes later she was born. The doctor
barely made it there to catch her.

My doctor was awesome. Dr. Aagard was the one to deliver and he
handed her right to me and waited to cut the cord. I don’t think Dr.
Lind would have let us do that. Dr. Aagard was very into the
hypnobirth and loved watching and delivering for it. I feel very
lucky he was the on call doctor that day.

Anyway, it was awesome – i felt great, my recovery was great – she
was 8 pounds, and 18.5 inches long. We named her eliza skye and she
is such a great baby. Thank you so much for the knowledge of natural
calm birth. The hospital was great and I think my doctors are coming
around more to this way of birthing.

I attached a picture of our cute baby. Thanks again!  We had a great
experience.

-chelsie