This was taken the morning Kate was born. We were gathering things up, getting ready to take Leah out to Grandma Mary and Papa Joel's house for the day/night? Contractions had been getting stronger for the last few weeks and really strong the last week. Around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning I could no longer ignore that the baby was coming that day. Contractions were still 20-30 min apart so I knew there was plenty of time. After we all got up and Dave left for work, my mom and I took a few pictures before we headed out. As soon as we dropped Leah off my body and mind relaxed enough to get down to the business of birthing. Contractions went from 20 min to 6 min apart within the hour. Then after a quick visit to the chiropractor they were about every 4 min. We stopped in at the midwifes office around 2:30 and I was dilated to about 3 cm. I was admitted to L&D and my water broke around 4. Dave met us at the hospital along with Claire my doula. I could not have done it without them! Kate was born at 9:43 thursday night, April 5. Hooray, so glad she is here!!!!
