Welcome to the World Natalie!

Well as most of you know I was induced after getting my final sonogram. The on call doctor decided that we should go ahead with it since I was a week overdue and the placenta was starting to deteriorate. Long story short, I was induced at 11:30 am on Wed and after 26 hours Natalie Marie was born! The labor went fairly well, although the contractions started getting really bad around 7 am on Thursday and it took 2 hours before I was able to get the epidural. Oh sweet relief, I admire any woman that decides to go drug free, but that wasn't for me! My water broke at 8:30 and after that things progressed fairly quickly. I was dialated 2 cm and was at 10 cm in less that 4 hours. Natalie's official birth time was 1:21 pm, she weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. We were in the hospital until Saturday and are now comfortably settled at home.

I am feeling pretty good, better every day. Thanks to all the help from Matt, I am able to rest and Matt's parents visited us for a week which was also helpful. Natalie had her first doctor visit on Friday and everything came back great. She has gained 4 oz. since being born and grown a little too! Dr. Olivo says she's very healthy and a beautiful baby. We are thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers throughout my pregnancy and labor. Our little family is a happy one and we feel so blessed and thankful for such a miracle! We'll try and update this blog with pictures and the latest news. Love you all, Matt, Ann & Natalie