Welcome Baby Eden

All week I wondered whether the baby would ever come. I was bigger and more uncomfortable than either of my two previous pregnancies. Not only that, but the baby was so low I thought she would fall out at any moment. So toward the end of the week, I began making calls to my doctor's office to schedule an inducement, but I never got any callback. I figured it would be another week, at least, before I'd have the baby.
Saturday, my sister and I took Autumn and Aspen to the pool for a nice, relaxing morning of swimming. The weather was perfect and I was in need of some R&R. While Austin was out running errands and I was relaxing at the pool, my doctor finally called back and said that he had been trying to get a hold of us. In fact, he said he had the hospital already to admit us to have the baby the night before but he couldn't get a hold of us. He told us we could head to the hospital at anytime and have the baby. I think Austin was more anxious to have the baby than I was. He couldn't get me out the door and to the hospital fast enough and I wasn't even in labor!
At about 2:00pm, Austin and I arrived at the hospital and had began the process of inducing labor. I hadn't had any mentionable labor pains for the whole week, but within a short time, I began feeling the pressure of more frequent and substantial contractions. It was nice that I had an epidural early on and could barely feel a thing.
However, at about 5:30pm I asked Austin to look at my chart and tell me how often and strong my contractions were. They were about a minute apart and I could really start feeling them. We called the doctor and nurse in and 20 minutes later, we had a baby. Even though the baby started out posterior, she quickly turned and made it the easiest delivery I've had.
Eden Lynn Lee was born at 6:17pm, 06/07/08, at 21" long and 8lbs. 1 oz. (later weighed at 8lbs. 4oz., just for the record, not that this is a fishing story). We finally brought her home Monday afternoon. Recovery is going well and we couldn't ask for a more perfect experience and baby.