August 2, 2001
I woke up this morning with really bad cramps. It was 2:00 AM and everyone else was still asleep. I didn't want to wake anyone up if I wasn't in labor, but after I got up and started walking around, the pain got worse. I woke Grandma up, and she said that she thought I was having a baby! The cramps hurt so bad that I laid in bed with Poopie and cried. At 4:00, we called the hospital and Dr. Duda said to go ahead and come in even though she doubted that I was really in labor.
On the way to the hospital, Dad and I were stopped by a train. Then, the main hospital doors were locked! We walked around the building for half an hour looking for an entrance.
After I was admitted, things went slow at first. The nurses kept asking me questions while I was having contractions and got annoyed with me when I couldn't answer. All I wanted to do was to curl up in a ball, but they wouldn't let me because of all of the straps. They finally gave me a shot of Demerol and I went back to sleep until I was able to get an epidural.
Once the epidural was in place, I went from 4 to 10 cm in 45 minutes! After an hour of pushing, you were born -- a baby girl! Grandma and Dad were so surprised that you weren't a boy. You were our daughter, our little Kaelin Blaire.
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