SuperOva does it again! Labor & delivery

Eli Wallace Eberly was born Wed, June 24, at 12:42 pm. Second child. Poor kid. He barely has had any pictures posted, no formal announcement or even email yet, just some sad facebook updates. But he is beautiful and perfect in every way.

The labor was even easier than the one with Clyde. Everyone said the second will be cake, and it was easier, but not quite cake. My water started trickling at about 2 am the night before, and I was bleeding a little, and then regular and painful contractions started at around 2:30. We headed to the hospital by around 4 am, I was 4 cm dilated already, and I had an epidural by 5:30 and was feeling great. The epidural hurt like hell going in, though. Those needles in your spine are hella big.

Then my labor slowed down (contractions but no cervical progress) so they gave me some Pitocin, a small dose, to try to get it started again. It picked up quickly and by about 11 am, I was 8 cm dilated. By noon, 10 cm, and ready to push. Dr. Flagg was our OB, and she said, "Liz, you're going to squeeze this baby out in about 5 mins." She was almost right. Once the pushing started, it took two Blondie songs on the iPod, and he was out. Dr. Flagg told me to put my fingers down near my vaginal canal part way through pushing, and said, "Feel your baby's head!" Then he was out. It burned a little but was really not too bad.

And now Eli is here! A gorgeous, perfect little baby boy. Welcome, Eli!