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Today , what day is today? I don't even know.. today is December 8th
Ohhh. November 8th, 6:55am, I am starving
My water broke.. .what time honey? 6:15am
6:15am, I felt literally a POP sound. literally. And I was laying down, sleeping, and opened my eye
as a matter of fact I have no make-up on, that is why I have my sunglasses,
I opened my eyes, and slapped Ricardo and said: My water broke
Folks, a lot of water came out, I took a shower and I am going to the hospital!!!!!!!
Ricardo is here, Isac my step-dad, and my mom! Ohh!!!!!!!! it is now!!!
I don't know what to say...It's funny I am calm now. Ricardo: You were crying...
I was crying because we were praying and I was emotional, but ... that is it... it's hard to imagine a baby will just come out...
but, she will come out, and I am not having any contractions or any kind of pain....
she moved a little, she raised her butt a little bit, but now it's back down. but her movements are very smooth...
so that is it. 7am, she woke us up early, get used to it honey... It is a gorgeous day, Sunny
A fall day, look how beatiful
The car was frozen, look a little bit of ice.
That is it, let's see what is the next step. Look what a beautiful day. Do you think she will be born today? I hope so.
Hello. The nurse came and checked up on me...
the baby is super high still, there is nothing going on. so I have time to make a little make-up
I am putting some concealer so that it stays all day. it's early, what time is it?
So let's see how long this will last?
And you Love? How are you feeling? Ricardo: I'm fine.
He is super quiet.. poor baby.. so that is it...
Now it is 10:05am, and they gave me a medication called Pitocin, to speed up the labor
because although my water broke, nothing is going on, no dilation, and with just a little bit of the medication I am having contractions every 4 minutes.
It's 10:05am, we got here at 8am , actually time really flew by... No?
Ricardo: You Still got 10 hours to go. Nothing Flew by
but it is funny... not a lot of pain.... I do feel some cramps on my back, but nothing too strong. So far all good.
her little heart beat .. it's there, about 130 beats per minute, OH it's coming...
It's starting to hurt a little bit during the contractions..we are in a huge room, very pretty
beautiful day, sunny, God is good. God is great.
Wow, now the fun is over...it's not an unbearable pain... it's like when you are getting your blood pressure taken, that it gives you pressure in the arm, that is the pain
Exactly when you measure your blood pressure, maybe someone doesn't agree... at least for now is...
Look how high it went.... wow... that is a really strong one...
It's amazing how the medication works fast... they gave to me about 30 minutes ago.... and my back hurts
The contractions started to be strong now... deep breathing really helped me...I couldn't even open my eyes during the contractions... not sure why...
Let me tell you a story. When we took the baby class, they taught us to massage, touches to relax
and there when I had no pain, I was loving it... but now, when the pain comes... he touches me, I go: Don't touch me.
but he wants that, because it is tiring doing massages after a while.
What time is it? Noon. I think time is flying by...Oh another one coming... it's a cramp cramp...
I got try to stop grabbing the chair, I need to try and relax.
It is so funny, when it stops... it still hurts a little... but it is such a relief... now my back hurts, like a menstrual cramp....
that cramp was really high on the monitor.
I'm having lunch for the 3rd time, another Popsicle
The contractions were very strong and I was only 1cm dilated.
Now it is 4:00pm, and they just check and no progress, I am 1,5cm , but no progress. but a lot of contractions.
I am exhausted. We are here since 7am and now it is 4pm, and the pain is too much, so I am going to give up and ask for the epidural
just to see if I can rest a little, I am about to fall asleep, but I want to have strength when..... when the time to push comes.
We learned on the baby class that applying counter pressure on the hips, helps alleviate the pain.
Ricardo: Is it good? Is it helping? Flavia: yes, it helps.
If I don't dilate, if all of this doesn't help, I will have to do a C-Section. So we don't know what is going to happen.
since my water broke, they can't let the baby stay there without the amniotic fluids, so let's see what happens.
the goal is that she comes out perfect in good health, so let's keep moving...
my brother and sister are on the iPad, just watching the party, Fernanda and Rodrigo...
Turn on the sound.... You can talk now...
Just when the nurse comes in just put on mute
Fernanda: We are here, 24 hours. Letting the entire family know what is going on
Flavia's mom, Janete: I love you guys. Flavia: So great that we can do this... kisses
Oh honey.... no no no no no
Ohh. check it out. They said before giving me the epidural, she was going to hydrate me because the epidural , drops the blood pressure
The heart beat, and here is the contraction peaks...
Wow! This epidural is awesome! It's life! It's happiness! I am another person !! I am feeling excellent
I can still move my leg, he said I wasn't going to be able to, I feel little tingling on the leg but that is all . The epidural is supposed to numb from waist down....
I feel the contractions, I feel my tummy tighten , but I don't feel any pain at all and she is going to check the dilation in 45 minutes.
Now it's 5pm, we are here since 7am. the Doctor will come will come to see me too, because there is another person in labor and she will check me after that.
But no, I have no pain, I can feel a contraction right now, but no pain. Now I am starving...during the pain, I couldn't eat.. now I am hungry
and I can only have liquid and clear. Jell-o, broth or water. And I don't want that! so just ice cream for me
Now that I can think clear, and not just think on the pain, I am anxious, I want her to come soon....
during the pain I couldn't even think I was here for labor, I could only think focus on the pain... now all is good.
now we enjoying, talking to our family, and now we just have to wait. Come Baby V
The nurse just left, 20 till 8. She just checked me, and I am 4cm dilated. So she is excited, despite the fact that is taking a long time.
it's progressing. If doesn't progress after several hours, then we should be worried...
She put me on my side, because she wants the baby to move lower even more... and my leg is absolutely dead, so she helped me turn
and she wants the baby to align better, and moving to the side will help the baby move more and help
I am getting sleepy, on my side, feels so comfy, and I am feeling great, with no pain at all, so we just have to wait... have to wait..
9:15pm, the nurse was back, and she said between 5 and 6cm and since we are optimist, you have to say 6. Then she said, ok 5 1/2
but this is a great progress, it took one hour to dilate 1cm, and she said after 6cm, it usually speed ups
but so that we don't feel frustrated, let's hope for 1cm every 1 hour, so we don't get overly excited.
and the baby girl moved her head, she seemed to be looking up, and the correct thing is to have it down so it comes out right
and she moved the head to the side a bit, so for sure she is moving, so since we still have 4cm , she has a lot of time to line up
they turned me on the side, I showed that , I have no movement on my leg, on the hips , it's very strange
it looks like I am a sand bag, just dropped . Like a heavy sand bag, so that part is bad.
it's strange, I got scared a little, but zero zero zero pain. so you need to choose one or the other...
(say she is getting born now) I am 10cm dilated and........
Our lives are going to change forever.
(ricardo: she is almost coming...)
I pushed for about 15 minutes.....
(Flavia's Mom: My love your daughter is being born!!! Praise the Lord)
Mommy is here , don't cry princess...
oh my love, come here, you are so pretty,
mommy is here, are you cold? my love
look at how much hair she has in her arm
Vitoria Vitoria.... (editor's note: Victoria in Portuguese is Vitoria, which also means Victory, we did that on purpose.)
You can touch her honey.. she smiled...
looks at your nails!! princess...
oh my love you are so pretty.... (whispering) mommy is here... mommy is here
Hi... I have hiccups, today is November 10th, and I am super emotional, it's hard....
1:05pm, and we are going to take her home... she has hiccups... I'm so happy, she is so perfect , she is perfect...
It's a beautiful day, sunny, it's cold, but we are going to take her home... she just want to eat....
she turning her mouth towards me, all the time... right daughter?
So pretty, it is a enormous happiness feeling, everything was so perfect. We got here Friday, and Sunday we are going home.
Say: I'm going home... see Rollie (our dog), Nina (cat #1) and Lucky (cat #2) , and she is gorgeous...
she is perfect...... let's go home baby..... say to daddy: Let's go home daddy....