Diem Ariana Rahl
born September 17th, 2015 at 2:02AM.
Diem weighed 7lbs 1oz and was 19 1/4" long.
My labor and delivery with Diem was a 180 from Brennan's. I labored at home for 5 or 6 hours. When we arrived at the hospital, they said it was up to us if we wanted to stay or go back home to labor more, as I was only dilated to 3cm. I knew that we had to stay. Ryan and I walked the halls of the new life center for an hour. I had progressed to 5cm after that hour. Then, I labored in the tub for an hour and a half. When my nurse checked my progression, she tried not to show her panic, as she left the room, to "call in the troops" as she put it. I could hear her say that I had progressed to 8+cm. When she came back to the room, my water broke and I couldn't fight the urge to push. At that moment, another nurse came into the room and they both convinced me that I needed to get out of the tub, asap. I was able to walk to the bed and with one more push, Diem entered the world! My midwife walked through the door, right as Diem was being born. I was in labor for 9 hours and only pushed twice. Ryan was able to cut the umbilical cord. It was perfect! There is no way I could have had my all natural delivery without Ryan! He encouraged me and said just what I needed to hear. When I said that I couldn't do it anymore, Ryan would say, "You are doing it, you're doing it right now!" Diem and I were doing so well, that we decided to only stay the required minimum of 24 hours. We really wanted to get home to Brennan!
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