On October 4th at 12:58 pm, Pressley Danyelle Chapman was born.
After a LONG night of labor and a full hour of pushing she is here! I went to bed around 10pm after watching Private Practice (my contractions about 7 minutes apart) and I pray to God that He would bring her VERY SOON (I was very tired of the pain & couldn't wait to hold her) my water broke at 11:58 pm! I woke up and tried to roll over on the couch when SPLASH--! I had fallen asleep on the couch so I crawled to the kitchen floor to prevent any more water on the carpet and waited there for a few seconds before crawling to the bedroom to wake up Dustin... I told him "WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BABY TONIGHT!" he was so excited! I got my shower and tried to relax a little bit. After showering, I called mom and dad to let them know... and then Maggie-our Doula- to let her know! Dustin and I settled back into bed to try and get some sleep before the real pain came but after laying down for about 10 minutes we quickly realized that sleep wasn't an option. My contractions had began coming about every 2 minutes lasting 45 seconds apart. Dustin got up and called the doctor--he said to GO TO THE HOSPITAL! We finished getting dressed and packed the car up for the hospital and headed that way! Once we got to Hendersonville, I realized I didn't bring a copy of the brith plan so we had to stop and get that... and we also switch vehicles... an hour and a half after leaving the house... we were at the hospital...! FINALLY!
I did my best not to have an epidural but after 6 hours of labor and no progressing I couldn't do it any longer.
Dustin was able to deliver Pressley and cut her umbilical cord... that will be a moment I will never forget!
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