The Day Molly Arrived (Part 2)

It is 7:30 p.m. Dinner for everybody but Mandy had passed. It seems a bit odd that we, who did really nothing had stuffed our bellies, and Mandy, who was doing all the work or "labor", still had an empty one. But with plenty of juice and an IV, she had enough strength to press on. Lydia was with her grandparents ready to go to sleep. She did great all day, but was ready for a good night's rest.

By this time, Mandy's contractions had finally peaked and they were painful. After about an hour or less of some excruciating pain, Mandy decided to receive her epidural. It was a good decision. Truth be told, getting the epidural was by far the most painful part of the labor. The only thing to do after it was to sleep a bit and that is what Mandy did.  

The nap came and went and the epidural and pitocin did their work. The midwife predicted midnight or 2:00 a.m. Thankfully, Molly wasn't on that time schedule. Around 10:15 p.m., the nurse checked Mandy and "Oh, there is a head!" It was truly an amazing sight to see. All of sudden, after a quick phone call, the room was flooded with nurse working like a machine preparing for delivery. Medical carts coming in and out, the midwife suits up, and all the fancy medical equipment is turned on with bright lights. We won't share the details of what happens next except one thing. 

The midwife's personality was much like Clair Huxtable (she even looked a little like her). Well, during the "pushing" time, she was making everybody laugh with her witty humor. Then, about ten minutes into the pushing, something caught Mandy funny, and she laughed and that made Molly come out! 

At 10:43 p.m., Molly Ruth Stock came into this world. She was 7lb. 5oz. and 21 inches. She had a full head of hair and long fingers and toes.  

One more interesting thing was Molly's outfit. Since it was a full house, it took them a little while to relocate us. So, we dressed her up in a pink, little onesie (Lydia picked it out). We moved to our new room (Room 199) and the nursery came and picked her up. The next morning Molly was already famous as the girl in pink. We came to find out that Molly was the first baby ever to come in an outfit (that is what the nurse said - it is a little hard to imagine). That's is pretty cool!

Here is Nana who also encouraged her daughter through the whole labor and delivery. What a great picture!

There will be one more post on the rest of time in the hospital.