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Main Page Site Index Getting Pregnant Pregnancy Parenting Pregnancy and Parenting Journals Fertility Nutrition Pregnant Moms Morning Sickness Women's Health Child Health	Brooke Marie's Birth Story By Jo       I would like to announce the arrival of our baby girl. Yes, a girl, even though the ultrasound doctor said that it was going to be a boy, and it looked obvious on the screen it was a boy, I guess it was just the umbilical cord :)       I was admitted into the hospital on friday morning at 5:30 with contractions that were two minutes apart. Unfortunately they stopped and I checked myself out at 10:00am the same day.       Last night I went to the hospital for a water leak that happened a few days earlier and they checked and it was my amniotic fluid. Seeing that we didn't how long the water had been broken for, my doctor thought it best that I be induced. They used the gel first which worked very slowly, but at 5am this morning brought on some intense contractions.       At 5:30am I was moved into the labor ward and they started the drip to bring on even more stronger contractions. I was getting tremendous pain in my back and the midwife told me that it was back labor. I got a shot of pethidine that didn't work. And when the pain got so unbearable, I went ahead and got the epidural which was a total dream! From whining and crying about the pain to laughing and telling jokes during contractions.       I was checked and was 2 cm dialated and an hour later was 8 cm. So she called my husband and my doctor and they both came in. I was then able to push, halfwy thru pushing her out, my epidural wore off and I thought for sure that I was going to die of pain right then and there. So they had to quickly top it off again because I was no longer able to push.       After an hour and 15 minutes of pushing, her head came out, and soon followed by the rest of her body. She is doing just fine. 6 hours after I delivered her, I checked with my doctor and we came home. Stats: Name.. Brooke Marie Due Date.. June 6th Date of Birth.. June 8th (2 days late) Length.. 20 inches Weight.. 6 pounds 10 ounces Time of Birth.. 1:47pm (Australian Time)       She's a very beautiful baby that took to breastfeeding right away. She's very quiet. The only time she has cried today was right after birth. All she does is eat, sleep and poop in her diapers :) We took some pictures, when I get them developed and scanned, I will put them on her baby page for you to see. I am very very sore and exhausted, but otherwise doing fine! Search the Birth Stories Match All Terms Any Term and show results in Standard Form in Compact Form Hint! Enclose phrases in quotes. For example "home birth" [ Return to Section Five Birth Stories Index ]