Lydia's Birth Story

Our new baby girl Lydia Ann was born on Sept 7th at 12:01pm. She weighed 7 lbs 2.6 ounces and was 20 inches long. She had a unique birthing story and ended up being delivered in my doctors office since my labor was only 4.5 hours long. When I called my doctor to tell him that I thought I was ready to go to the hospital after only having contractions for 2.5 hours he told me I had better come into his office so that he could check my cervix before trying to check into the hospital. So 45 minutes later when I showed up at his office and he made me wait  another 15-20 minutes to see him. He told me I was fully dilated and could have this baby now if I really wanted to. I had only hoped I was 4-5 centimeters dilated so that I could go to the hospital and have an epidural started because I was in so much pain. I told him I would rather go to the hospital since it was only a few minutes away from his office. After my doctor told me they could not give me any pain medicine at the hospital and calling a rescue squad to take me and waiting another 15-20 minutes I felt the urge to push. I gave about 8 good pushes and Lydia ended up being born at the doctors office on an exam room table. This was the first time in over 37 years that my doctor had delivered a baby in his office. A few minutes after I delivered we were sent in the ambulance to finish up in the Labor and Delivery at Bergan Mercy. Lydia's Echo cardiogram was done on Thursday and they found 2 minor heart abnormalities a PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) and a PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) that are common in infants and should fix themselves over the next 6 months. Our Pediatrician reassured us that she has clean bill of health. Big sister Claire is very proud of her new sister and still continues to be a good gentle helper. We had a lot of friends and family come visit us in the hospital and came home on Friday afternoon.