And she came early….a week and a half early.

Here’s her birth story:

Labor was interesting..the one thing I learned from this whole birth process is nothing ever works out the way you plan it and so is life right?

I wanted to do a natural birth but on Tuesday the 16th I had the “labor signs.” We got excited but then I started leaking Amniotic Fluid…..a lot in fact so we went to the hospital and sure enough my bags of water was ruptured. Because of the increased chance of infection they want people to deliver within 24 hours of your amniotic sack rupturing…so they sent us home hoping natural labor would ensue, but if not we had to be checked in at 5pm on Wednesday, February 17th and we wouldn’t be leaving the hospital until I delivered. I had some contractions but nothing crazy. When we checked in they gave me a pill to induce labor and it worked too well…I had too many coming, so they gave me a shot to stop it, then it stopped it too much, so they they gave me potosin and upped it slowly but when it kicked in it was not like regular labor it was intense and I had a couple of contractions at the same time and they were coming frequently….so I said screw it give me the epidural…..that was the best thing I did….we were all able to sleep for a little while and rest and then it started to wear off on the right side of my body but still stayed on my left and I started to feel contractions again, but we were at the point of pushing so I had them turn off the epidural so I could feel the contractions to push….I was still numb in the areas that counted, but I was like, “I’m pushing her out before this crap wears off”….so I was able to push her out in about an hour, I also barfed a bit, it was rough…..and I had very little tearing which was good…I’m healing well. Anyways the pushing part seemed the hardest but the easiest if that makes sense and having my mom and Peter there was awesome…they helped so much, much more than they realize…..I had a lot of anxiety about labor beforehand, but it worked out although I never imagined it like it happened.

So Selena Elisabeth Voigt arrived on 2/18/10 at 2:34 pm, she weighed 7pounds 1 ounce and was 19 inches long with a full head of dark hair and she’s a cutie. I’m so lucky to have her and Peter in my life….I feel like the luckiest person alive and I truly think that labor was the most intense experience I’ve ever had!

Welcome to the world Selena!!!!

Lisa posted some pics from the baby shower and the Superbowl….there’s some good ones.
Here’s the Superbowl

Went to the doc. on Friday….says Peli is really engaged now…deep in the pelvic region, my cervix is soft but hasn’t opened….so she says probably not this week which is sort of a relief since we still have to get the house ready and we need to get a few things on our registry too….and have another date before we get no sleep for a while.

I’m ready for her to come though. My legs are starting to hurt and collect water, so that’s not fun by the end of the day and I’m getting less mobile, just want to chill.

In other news….it’s Vday this weekend, the Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger and President’s day and I’m going to enjoy my three day weekend.

Wow….what a game! Hell has frozen over and I of course could not fly home for the festivities. We were representing here in Seattle though. I finally got to see the Saints win a Superbowl and it was fantastic!!!! WHO DAT BABY! This is our year 2010!!!! And even better we have a Peli on the way.

Our friends threw us a shower the day before the Superbowl and it rocked. We had a great time hanging with friends and eating some yummy food Rachele made. Peli got lots of fun presents and it was really nice to hang with friends. You can check out some of the pics here. Lisa and Spiz took a lot of pics, so I’ll link to their pics when they post them.

In other news I had a doc. appointment last Friday….she said Peli is engaged and my cervix is soft, but that she won’t come this week. So we will see…the countdown is on.

It’s now Tuesday and I’m getting more practice contractions….a few real ones too and I’m exhausted…..so we’ll see if this is a sign of what’s to come or just a random day in the life of a really preggers chick.