Life with the Lynchs: So much to be thankful for

Around 9:30pm on November 20th, I started pre-labor. Pain wasn't terrible and so I fell asleep about 10:30pm with the contractions about 20minutes apart. Around 1am I was woken from sleep with a sharp contraction and from that point on I didn't sleep much. About 3:30am I woke up Matt after I had taken a shower without any relief and told him that I thought I was in labor. He suggested I call the MD on call, while he jumped in the shower. My contractions were about 10-12 minutes apart and she advised that I stay at home until they were about 2 minutes apart. So, Matt went back to sleep and I tried to doze off between contractions if I could.

I had an MD visit the following day 11/21/12 at 11am. When the NP examined me I was dilated 2-3cm and contracting but still not 2 min apart. She told me to come back in 1 hour and she would check me again. So, Matt and I ran some errands and then went back. When she checked again I was 4cm dilated, so she sent us to the hospital to OB triage. The NP there would check me again and decide to admit me or send me home. About 2pm on 11/21/12 she checked and said I was 6cm dilated and so she admitted us. Matt and I were excited that we were going to meet our third little munchkin. What we didn't know was that the baby would hold out until early Thanksgiving morning to be born. At 4:25am 11/22/12 (Thanksgiving morning), I gave birth to a 8lb 12 oz little girl. She measured in at 22 inches long and was Perfect. She looks just like her big sister, brother and daddy. However, she has dark hair which is new for us. Her own little trait. We are truly blessed and have so much to be thankful for. This was by far the best Thanksgiving we have ever had.