Wow! May 9th sure was eventful! It started out early. 5 am and I thought my water broke. I called the doc who told me to go to the hospital. So we did. Luckily Stacy, Ryan, and the twins were here to help out. I called my mom (Stacy answered) and asked them to come over to stay on our side to watch Otto and Trevor and I headed to Cedars. We checked in at 7am and the nurses did a bunch of tests and told me that although my water hadn't broken I was in early labor with contractions 10 minutes apart. Their advice was for me to stay close to the hospital because I'd most likely have the baby later in the day. Trevor and I decided to get some breakfast so we went to the SLS Hotel-the most comfortable close by place we could think of. And boy did we ever choose the right spot. When we walked in with our Cedars badges and bracelets the hostess asked us if we wanted a couch or a table and I said that a couch would be wonderful because I was in labor. She spread the word and before we knew it everyone was coming up to us and congratulating us and treading us like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie! They comped our breakfast and kept bringing us what ever we needed. It was an incredible breakfast! Trevor had a meeting scheduled that day-his salary negoiations-and since his office is so close to the hospital and we had time to kill he decided to go and bring me along! I waited in his office and watched Game of Thrones on the IPad and Trevor hopefully got his raise! By the time he was finished I felt ready to get back to the hospital. I checked in and the nurses checked me out again only to tell me that I was only 3 cm dialated and needed to go walk around a bit more to progress things. So Trevor and I did and about an hour later I could no longer stand it. We went back to the room and I made Trevor go get the nurse who checked me and declaired that I was 5cm and 80% effaced and could get an epidural! Yippee! I was so happy. They transfered me at 5pm and gave me the epidural and by 8pm Tsui checked me and said that I should get ready to start pushing. After getting the room ready and all the necessary people gathered I started pushing and about 10 minutes later at 8:56pm Rae Marilee Groth was born weighing 7lbs 9.5oz and was 20in long! She was perfect and was able to lay on my chest right out of the womb. Trevor cut the cord and she started nursing right after being cleaned, checked, and swaddled. What a perfect dreamy day!
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