Emma Noelle Hiatt

Emma arrived on Wednesday Nov 13, 2013 at 4:18 pm at Madison Hospital.  I started having contractions Saturday night Nov 9 but they were irregular until Tuesday around 4 pm after I got home from work.  I called Andrew to come home from school and we waited until 7 pm to leave for the hospital when they were about 5 mins apart.  I was only dilated to 2.5 cm so they observed me a couple hours while I dilated to 3 cm when they admitted me.  By 3 am I was dilated to 6 cm and got an epidural, around 7 am I was dilated to 9 cm.  We then had to wait for Emma to descend further down to begin pushing.  Around 1:30 pm I began pushing and pushed for over 2 hrs until I couldn't push anymore.  We waited for the Dr to come and he used the vacuum to deliver Emma at 4:18 pm, what a relief!  She was a beautiful, healthy, & happy baby weighing 7 lbs 0 oz and 19.5 inches long.