The Moxley Family: Harper Shea!

Harper Shea was born July 10th, 2013 at 10:44 a.m.

My due date was July 4th and I had been stuck at about 2 cm dilated since June. So I went into the hospital the night before to have a balloon put in to hopefully help me dilate some more but it fell out before I went to sleep. So I slept peacefully all night until they woke me up at 4:30.

I was started on Pitocin at about 6 a.m. but it didn't kick in until about 8:30. Around 9:30 they checked me and I was at 4 cm. I had planned on a natural delivery but the pain had gotten pretty bad from the Pitocin so I asked for some pain relief in my I.V. to see if it would hold me over until she came. That dose didn't really do anything and I was hurting! Little did I know, it was show time! I told the nurse, "I just can't do it, call the anesthesiologist, I need an epidural!"

While I was waiting on him I told the nurse I felt like I had to pee really bad and she said Uh, oh! They checked me again and it was time to push! They wheeled the epidural cart back out and called for the doctor. About 6 nurses came in to prep the bed and get everything ready. It all happened so fast that it doesn't even seem real.

They kept telling me to wait for the doctor but it was really hard to not push! When he finally got there, I think I only push for about 4 minutes and she was here! It was amazing! I got my epidural-free delivery like I wanted after all.

My recovery has been amazing, I wanted to go home that night. I never felt like I had even had a baby. It was so much different from my first child. I never thought I'd recover from having him.

Harper was completely healthy and only had to was a bili-light for a few days at home to take care of her jaundice.