March 19 was the due date. The little perfectionist came on her due date! Madison Elise Evans weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz and was 19 inches long. That was our first shock...so tiny. We have big babies in our family usually. She has reddish hair and white blonde eyelashes and eyebrows. Will she be our redhead? That would be wonderful.
The story went like this: Erin and Brad ate at Scalini's on Tuesday night...legendary place for making women go into labor. Sure enough she lost the "plug" during the night and water started leaking Wednesday morning. She went to the doctor but tests showed that this was not amniotic fluid. Ugh...we were so frustrated. That evening it happened again so she called and went on to Labor and Delivery at the hospital. This time tests were positive and she was having contractions even (she didn't know about these). They started Erin on Pitocin at midnight and by 3:00 she got an epidural due to them trying to break her water and not being successful...her pain went up then. I wandered into the room around 4:30 a.m and both she and Brad were asleep. At 5:15 I got a call from Brad to get back in there...that it was time! Erin was ready to push. She pushed for 45 minutes and Madison was born at 6:17 a.m....it was an amazing experience watching that baby come out. Erin is my hero. We are so blessed and happy. All are doing well and now John and I are enjoying being grandparents to that little sweetie.
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