The Cole Family: 2012

Catherine's Birth Story:

My contractions started about 5 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012. Matt and I took the kids out to our favorite Mexican Food restaurant. While we were at dinner I would have a few contractions that were 5 minutes apart and then they would be 20 minutes apart. We went home and put the kids to bed. The contractions continued sporadically throughout the night, but never close enough to go in to the hospital. The next morning Jacob had a basketball game. While we were there the contractions were closer together and really started to hurt. After the game about 10:30, we went to Einstein's Bagel with Matt's parents, OD and DD. The contractions were coming every 4 minutes and then they went back to 10 or 15 minutes apart. OD and DD took Jacob, Hannah, and Elizabeth to their house so Matt and I could go home and decide if we should go to the hospital or not. I called my doctor and she told me to go ahead and come in since it was baby #4. I was 3 cm dilated at my appointment on Thursday. When I got to the hospital I was 5 1/2 cm dilated. They told me I would definitely have a baby today. My contractions were really far apart for a while, but did start to get stronger after my doctor broke my water. I quickly progressed to a 7, but then stalled out for about 2 hours. Since I was having a VBAC, they could only give me a small dose of pitocin which quickly progressed me to 10! Nana made it in from Rockwall, and Aunt Kim was there too. Matt and I had a great afternoon watching Baylor basketball and the 49ers and Saints playoff game. When it was time to start pushing, the Saints had just pulled ahead and my doctor was so excited! She is a Saints fan! I started pushing at 7:05pm and she was born at 7:09pm. Unfortunately for my doctor, the 49ers won the game in that time! The cord was wrapped around her neck, so she was a little stunned, but did start crying and has a very healthy set of lungs!! We are so blessed to have another healthy baby! We thank God for Catherine!