I know I don't post much, but I still thought I'd share about my special delivery! Isabelle Nicole was born on July 11, 2009 (17 days early)! She weighed in at 6 lbs., 10 oz., and is 19.5" long
For those of you that are (or aren't) making as much progress as you want, believe me, things can happen a WHOLE lot quicker than expected. My last weekly exam was last Thursday, and I was only dilated at 1, effaced at 60%, and the baby was at a station of -1. 3:15am Saturday morning my water was breaking!

Now at that point, I had not lost my mucous plug, or noticed much of any contractions, so needless to say, I was quite surprised, and still thought I had about another 2 weeks to get ready for everything to be in order.
I'm going to spare you all the details of my delivery as it was a long and painful one, that I wasn't necessarily prepared for. The short of it is that I was admitted into the hospital at 5am, and did not deliver until 5:54pm, through means of vacuum extraction. She was sunny side up, and the doctor really didn't want to do a cesarean because she thought I could deliver just fine on my own. She is jaundiced pretty bad, and has to use a biliblanket, but at least she's at home with us. Even though it wasn't the best delivery, the end result is all what it's worth.
Good luck to everyone!