She's a Lady.........Our Miracle is here!

We welcomed Cecelia Raine Allen into the world on Sunday, November 23 at 6:56am. She weighed 6 lbs, 14 oz and was 19.5 inches long. We had a wonderful delivery! I started having contractions at 1am, water broke at 1:30 and about an hour later we were off to the birth center. We arrived there at 3:15am and I was dilated to a 5. I labored for a little bit while our midwife was getting the bath ready. I was in the bath for a little over an hour and in that time I dilated to a 10 and started to push. She wasn't descending so I had to get out and push squatting holding onto the bed post for what seemed like forever. I think this was the hardest part of the labor because I was running out of energy (having been awake for almost a day at that point). I pushed her down enough to where she started to crown. They transferred me to the bed where I delivered her a couple of sets of pushes later. Josh caught her, announced she was a girl (we couldn't believe it!) and put her on my chest. We left the birth center for home at about 4:30 that afternoon.

We are adjusting well...taking it day by day! We feel truly blessed to have such a sweet daughter.

Here are some pictures:

First Bath

Car Ride Home