Quinn Camille McDowell

 Well, She is finally here! Quinn was born Thursday morning, May 26th, at 9:04 A.M. She weighed in at 7lbs 6oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. My smallest so far, but lucky me wasn't a week overdue this time. Here is the story!

 I went in on Wednesday afternoon to my Dr's appt. at 2:30 with the plan of being induced right after at around 3:30. My Dr. was so kind to agree to induce me on my due date because of our School/work situation. Ian took his last final on Wednesday morning and has been planning on working starting as soon as he's able, so that is the reason my Dr. allowed it. So, everything was looking good and I was already dilated to a 3 so we proceeded to the hospital! After waiting a little bit for everything to get going my nurse finally came in and started the process. There was ALOT of waiting for the i.v. because my vains were not ideal, it took a while for her to even attempt to put the i.v. in and I think it made me extra anxious and plus come to find out, my iron levels were low (big suprise). Long story short, I passed out after she was done giving me my i.v. Fun times!

 So, they decided it would be best to let me recover a bit before starting me on pitocin and opted to start me on cervadil that night at around 10 p.m. Cervadil is an insert that helps to thin the membranes and can put you into labor. It worked on me very well for sure. I started cramping pretty badly around midnight and started having regular contrations around 2-3. At 3, I couldn't sleep at all and needed to cope somehow with the pain so Ian and I walked the halls, I eventually got in the shower and then into the jacuzzi. By then it was 5 and I was in ALOT of pain. I started to ask about an epidural but there was no anesthesiologist there at the time, so I had to stick it out till about 6 when I felt I couldn't deal any longer and my nurse gave me stadol to help ease the pain a little. That was AWESOME! At that point I was dilated to a 7 and around 7 a.m. I was able to have an epidural. After that, I was finally able to rest a bit and progressed rather quickly.

 The epidural was probably the best one I have had in that it wore just enough towards the end to where I was really able to feel quite a bit of pressure. I had never experienced that before with any other of my deliveries. She came out in 2 contractions/pushes and was perfect! She has been a dream baby! Our time in the hospital was great and we tried to enjoy it, her being number 3!

Right now, were are just trying to adjust to our new and growing family! 3 is definitely a struggle but I know in time we'll figure it out! I am so grateful for the wonderful spirit that Quinn has brought into our home! I am excited to see the person she will become and the dynamic she will bring to our family! We are truly blessed! p.s. Aren't I lucky to be married to a photographer in these moments, a pretty awesome one at that! Love you Ian!