The first contraction I had at 2pm on Thanksgiving. But at the beginning I wasn't sure if this is the real deal, so we continued watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade, which we had recorded that morning. After that I was pretty sure it started, so we called our doula Conny to let her know that we will need her soon. We decided to spend the time like every Thanksgiving, which means going to our little movie theater watch a movie and have a pizza.
We watched Burlesque. It was the perfect movie, easy to follow even when you are in pain.
After the movie it was time to call Conny again and tell her to come by. Around midnight we decided to drive to the hospital. There was no traffic so my biggest fear having the baby on the Bay bridge didn't come true.
Also the hospital was very quite, we got a huge room which even had a jacuzzi tub. From that moment on my memory is a little bit blurry, but I spend my time in this room somehow and then gave birth at 1:26pm to a healthy super cute little girl. I did all natural, meaning no pain medication or intervention.
Gerald and Conny were the whole time with me and helped a lot.
The rest of the day Mona slept almost all the time:
But every now and then she was awake:
The second day was busy with a lot of feeding. I guess that's how it will be for the next weeks.
In the evening we had our celebration dinner in the hospital: Filet Mignon:
Right now it's 2:26am and I'm feeding her with one hand and typing this post with the other hand on my phone.
Here's a last picture:
1 comment:
Hallo Ihr drei,
unseren herzlichsten Glückwunsch an alle Beteiligten. Wir freuen uns, dass alles so gut geklappt hat. Wir freuen uns auf weitere Berichte über Mona.
Grüße von Martina, Nina, Harald, Marlies und Sascha
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