Madison Olivia Brown is finally here!

Well, again, I am only two weeks late, but we had our beautiful baby girl, Madison Olivia Brown. She entered the world on November 26, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She was 7 lbs 9 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. The details below are more for me, so in the future when I look back and read my blog, and remember this experience, I won't forget the smallest details.

My original due date was December 14th, then it was moved after my ultrasound to December 6th. The doctor decided to induce me on December 1st since my labor seems to go so quickly and they were afraid I could have the baby at home. On Tuesday, November 25th, I went to my final doctors appointment. Because I was dialated to a five, my doctor said I would probably be having the baby that evening, otherwise he wanted to induce me the next morning.

The next morning Chris and I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 a.m. and checked in. They hooked me up to the I.V. and the machines. They told me I was already having contractions three minutes apart, but I couldn't feel them. That is why my doctor was so concerned and wanted to induce me with this pregnancy. Within the hour, they started me on the petocin, and a few minutes later, they gave me the epidural. Since the contractions after an hour or two were still about two to three minutes apart, Dr. Watts decided to break my water. Within the next two hours Madison had arrived. It was actually a nice, almost pain free labor, which was completely opposite from my first labor.

When Chris first brought Ashley to the hospital, she was really reluctant to come sit with me in the hospital bed and to meet her baby sister. After a half hour or so, she wanted to help feed her, change her diaper, and hold her. She has been great with her ever since.

Since the next day was Thanksgiving and Chris' parents were coming into town, I decided to come home the next day instead of staying for 48 hours. Since my doctor gave me permission to do so, I was home on the evening of Thanksgiving, enjoying the comforts of my own home. It was so nice to have Chris home for a few days, and especially nice of Chris' parents to make the last minute drive up to Utah to help us out. I have the best inlaws in the world!!