Olivia Lori Birk
So I am finally posting about the arrival of Olivia Lori Birk! She totally surprised me by coming a week early on October 24. At about 8:30 I started having some painful contractions, but continued with my day and had a bowl of cereal (which I saw again about an hour and a half later). I was absolutely in denial though because I was so convinced she would come in November. I sat down on the couch and started timing contractions at 8:50 and they were three minutes apart. So I called Adam and he, remembering how fast things went with Emily, got home right away. We dropped Mini and Emmy off at my wonderful neighbor's house and were walking in the hospital at 9:44. I went to the triage room and was at a 4. From there it was get my IV, get fluids and antibiotics, answer a million questions, all the while dying with the contractions. I got my epidural around 11 and they checked me right after and I was at a 9. My water broke at 11:50, and after 4 pushes Olivia Lori was born at 12:11. Now