How to Grow (and Raise) an Alien...or Two

Baby girl made her arrival on Saturday, September 18th at 10:49pm. Her name is Arden Reese and she was 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. The labor was easy up to 6cm and then the doctor broke my water. The contractions hit and after 6 of them, I was screaming for the epidural. Turns out, it wouldn't have mattered the stupid epidural didn't work, but I was only in real pain for a little over an hour. After 10 minutes of pushing (about 12 pushes), Arden came out screaming like a banshee. I felt fabulous. Immediately after she was born, I was starving and I actually had enough energy to hold her and feed her. I haven't been nauseated at all and haven't had heartburn once. I'm still not sleeping at night, but that's only because Arden has mandated it.

Life is good.