The Real Introduction OF Norah Heidi Hurst

Well everyone, Saturday afternoon with Katherine being 37.75 weeks pregnant, Kather and I were just doing our usualy saturday lounge around when Katherine started having contractions every couple of minutes. So, I got out the timer and started timing around 2:30. We clocked them at a range from 45 seconds to 3 min apart. Around 3:30 I called the hospital to ask when they wanted us to come in for a check up and the lady said just to wait about a hour and if they continue then come in. Well, the contractions continued consistantly about 2 min apart. So at 5:30 we got in the car and left for the hospital fully expecting them to tell us to just go home and not to worry about it yet.

They checked her and she was fully forward and dialated to 1 cm. They said they would monoter her for and hour and check again to see if she is progressing. Well, she was a 2 cm one hour later, so they decided to keep her longer, within 3-4 hours of going in she was at 4 cm and the contractions continued to be every minute or so.

This is her just after the epidural 20 hours into labor


However even with contractions that frequent she stayed at a 4-5 for about 18 hours, then her water started to leak around 9 AM and the doctor came in to finish the job by breaking it completely. Then after being completely drained of all energy she got an epidural so she could sleep.

The labor continued until 2:00 PM when she had reached 10 cm and began to push.
So from 2:30 PM Saturday to 2:30 PM sunday, a grand total of 25 hours of Labor ( yes I know how to tell time it was Daylight Savings) our beautiful baby Norah was born at 2:30 November 2, 2008. Weighing 5 lbs 14 oz, being 19 in long. HERE SHE IS:

This is her just after delivery.


This next two are of her first bath.



THis is her just after her bath. She is sooo cute!!!