Cali Annette Nettesheim
December 5th – Due Date. 6:00pm no baby – go to Bens work party. 9pm Boys in bed – watch “Pushing Daisies”, “the Office”, and fall asleep. Dec. 6th – 1am – kept waking up every 10 minutes. 1:50am – are those contractions?? 2am – a hard contraction – felt like the baby kicked me and my water broke! Wake up Ben! Pack Hospital Bag. Call Uncle Pete to come stay with the boys. 2:30am – drive to Provo, Register with Hospital on the phone. Ben got to run a red light to get us there quickly! 3:00am – all checked in. Contractions are 3 minutes apart. 4am – Contractions start to require some breathing and concentration – only a 5. I refuse the epidural - in the olden days women always gave birth without these conveniences! 4:20am – Dr shows up – watches me squirm in pain. Nurse says she’ll check me at 4:30 so I say “I can handle that”. But the contractions are killer at this point and if this baby isn’t coming then I need the EPIDURAL! 4:30am – 100% ready to go – Dr says I can push! 4:40am – “WHAT WAS I THINKING!!??!” 4:46am – baby on my tummy not in my tummy! most relief I’ve ever felt! “Hi little Cali”!
 
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So that is the story of baby number 3! We are so excited to have her in our family and very blessed that she arrived in perfect condition – 7 pounds 8 ounces and 18 and 1/2 inches long.
I meant to leave my comment about your baby on this post, but accidentally posted it on the post below. By the way, If you want an invite to my blog I will send you one. I am a typical blog stalker so I found your blog through Jamie’s.
Congratulations! She is Beautiful! You did it Epidural free YOu are amazing!
She is so cute. Congratulations. I’m glad to see that she will fit right in the family in the height department. Good work Jana!
Congrats!! She is beautiful!!
Cali!! WElcome!! WE are so happy to finally have you here! And Jana, you are awesome! It sounds like you did a great job! Congratulations guys! We are so happy for you! Having 3 is so fun! You guys will love it!! Oh, and I love the pics of Ben holding her while she’s searching for some food! hahaha She’s beautiful!
Yahoo! I’ve been checking to see if that baby girl was coming or not. So beautiful. Congrats! Nothing like girls!
Congratulations! Love the name, it’s very cute. You are very brave to go natural. you are my hero. I can’t do it. I’m too much of a wimp! She looks beautiful and healthy. Good job!
Congratulations! She is so beautiful!
I love the minute to minute analysis. What were you thinking 🙂 ??? Sorry about the play room catastrophy 🙂 If you need with anything let me know.
She is darling. I love that you have a girl. I can’t wait for your house to be consumed in pink. Congrats. You do great work.
LUCKY!! What a great labor. But I still believe that even though people did it in the olden days without epidurals, that doesn’t mean that I have to! I am proud of you though. And I love her name, great work. Congratulations.
PS, I love the picture of you with your arms full of your THREE adorable kids!
Congrats! What a sweet little girl.
Congratulations! She is beautiful. I love the picture of you and your three kiddos. Very sweet.
Congrats! I’m proud of you. She is beautiful too.
So adorable! You didn’t tell me you did it all natural! Good job! I am almost there!
Sooooooooo cute. No Jana I’m talking about the baby!!