I am WAY behind, but as many of you with children know, I now have 3 very good excuses. I went into labor the night Brian's parents left for Aruba. Aside from that, Britton's timing couldn't have been better. I finished up the last of my scheduled shifts at work, cleaned the house, and got a day off with Hannah and Maddie. My contractions started around 2am. I felt really restless but wasn't in pain. The contractions were really weird - 5 minutes, then 20 minutes, then 10 minutes apart. I couldn't figure out what was going on. By 5am I called in the reinforcements. My mom came and stayed with the girls as Brian and I made our way to the hospital. Turns out my water had broken but I wasn't dilating due to previous surgery. Hence, the nearly painless and irregular contractions. They had to give me pitocin to advance the labor and I was sure I was going to the OR for C-section. But my doctor respected my wishes and was aggressive about moving things along. By 4pm we had a baby. My active labor phase was under 8 minutes. I pushed and she was out. I might have pushed a total of 4 times. It was easy. I'm pretty sure I told Brian I could do it again (even though we won't be doing it again). And there she was - Britton Collette LaPointe, 7lbs 15oz. We borrowed the name (with permission) from a friend of ours in Maine.
Britton is an amazing sleeper and such a good baby. She's got quite the head of hair but it will be awhile before we know if it's going to be curly. How my other girls got straight hair I will never know.....There is next to no sleep deprivation here. Juggling 3 though is challenging. Butch finished Hannah's room so we could complete the nursery just in time. I will take pictures and post them soon. Meanwhile we are working on getting the kids new swing set up. Can't wait.
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