Miss Harper

On October 11th I went to my doctor's appointment feeling miserable.  At the appointment my doctor decided that he would induce me on Monday the 15th at 7am, which would be a little less than a week before my due date.  He also stripped my membranes hoping to possibly start labor on Thursday the 11th.  Well basically that led to me having contractions on and off for the next couple of days and continuing to feel miserable.  Well on Sunday the 14th my water started to "leak".  Marshall and I left for the hospital around 2 and were all checked in and on the OB department around three.  It took three tests before they determined that my water was leaking.  It hadn't actually broke it just had a high leak.  This pregnancy had so many firsts.  In the past my water never leaked or broke until the doctor did it.  My labor was slow going at first until the doctor came and broke my water all the way just before midnight.  At 1:29am on Monday October 15th Miss Harper Mathison was born weighing 7pounds 7ounces and was 20.5 inches long.  She is our first little girl to have hair and it is dark.  She is just beautiful and we love her so much.  I will post pictures from our hospital stay soon but here are some of her just over a day old.  (yes, crazy me had her pictures taken as soon as we left the hospital)