Happy Birthday Anna Marie

Anna Marie was born last night at 9:08pm to the most brave mother and the most excited father in all the world. The doctor broke her water at around 3:00pm and Amber did absolutely AMAZING!!!! It was like she had been taking classes on how to manage contractions. The doctor's first guess was that we would be parents around 9pm, but changed his assessment at 7:45 when she was only 4cm dilated to around midnight. That's right only 4cm at 7:45 and within an hour and fifteen minutes, Anna Marie was ready to meet everyone. The nurse ordered the epidural around 7pm, but there are things that must be done first before it is inserted. By the time we were ready, the epidural staff was in surgery and were told it would be 30-45 mins. Which at the time, we thought we had a little bit to wait. When the nurse checked the cervix the last time, she was ready and there was no epidural. Amber labored for about 7 hours and had her LITTLE bundle of joy naturally(what an experience)! It was not voluntary by no means, but Amber is so happy that it worked out as well as it did. I hope Amber knows how proud everyone is of her and how thankful we ALL are to her for carrying and delivering the most beautiful baby in the world. It is hard to express the emotions that went through the delivery room last night, but if it is any indication on what kind of experience it was, our wonderful nurse was actually tearing up with joy with us all. Here is a picture of our LITTLE Anna Marie, which they have already started weaning off the ventilator.