Laila Jane

I'm so happy to say that at 4:45pm I gave birth to Laila Jane - a healthy, 6 pound 8 ounce little girl (pictured above with her amazing father). I was induced around 7:30/8:00am and had terrible back labor... the epidural for some reason didn't really work, so that sucked. It worked at the very beginning and for some reason after that did almost nothing. After I finished pushing the Dr tested to see if the epidural was working to see if she should give me a local anesthetic and was surprised to find that it was not working AT ALL. So, that sucked. I was 2 1/2 cm at 2:00 when the Dr broke my water, and at 4:25 I was 10cm dilated and ready (SO READY) to push. I was surprised that pushing was not at all the worst part - it was such a relief to be able to push. After 20 minutes, Laila Jane was born! I'm very lucky the labor did not last a very long time! Thank god for my genes lol
Still working on trying to get Laila to breast feed - we're struggling, but I'm determined to make it work.  Right now she is getting a bath - I miss her!
This whole day feels like a dream almost. Such extreme highs and lows I've experienced! I'm so happy and so lucky. I couldn't have done it without my amazing husband, mother, and father.
Well - I'm off to rest and wait for my beautiful daughter to be brought back to me.