Cambria is Born!!

After a long day of being in pain, we went to the hospital around 8:30pm. We were there for an hour and a half and the nurse told us that the doctor was going to have us just go home with a percocet and told us to get some rest.

After being unsuccessful in getting rest, and with the pain getting more and more unbearable as the night went on; we called the nurse who was tending to us earlier and asked what we should do (as the contractions went from every 7-10 mins to every 4-5 mins). 

When the nurses' suggestions did not help the situation we decided to make a trip back to the hospital (now 3:30 am).  We arrived and the nurse checked her to see how far dilated she was.  She had dilated another half of a centimeter since the night before.  The nurse called the doctor and came back in an hour to check her progress (that was a very rough hour, as they were not able to give Jessica anything for the pain).  After that hour we were very pleased to find out that she had progressed far enough to have the doctor keep us at the hospital. 

They moved us into the labor and delivery room and gave Jessica the epidural (which was a BIG relief for her). After that they checked her and she was at a 4 1/2. They let us rest for about an hour and came back in and checked her and much to their surprise (and ours) she had progressed to over a 9.

Family members quickly made their way to the hospital. It was a short hour or so later that Cambria Josephine Tolman was born at 10:18am.  She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches tall.

She was the most beautiful sight to both mother and father and was wide eyed as she got her first look around.

Mother and daughter both were doing very well and the doctor told us we could go home only a day later. 

It has now been three days since the birth of our little angel and we are all doing very well. Skyler is really enjoying being a father and is wrapped around Cambria's finger. Jessica is doing very well with being a mother and loves to just hold her little girl.  Cambria is very easy to care for, and anytime she is fussy Jessica holds her close to her chest and almost instantly Cambria feels relaxed and calms down.

This will be the first of many posts all about Cambria.  We hope that you all enjoy the pictures of her, and of our happy little family.

A huge thanks to everyone who called, emailed, prayed for, and helped us during this miraculous time.