Introducing Leah Katherine Capell

She's here and we are loving having a little girl in the house. Leah was born October 3rd at 7:49 am. She weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. In the hospital they took these amazing pictures... http://live.bellababyphotography2.com/gallery Once you click on this link you have to view photos and enter a passcode 1003leahcapell
Love them!

Leah's Birth Story...
I don't know why mom's feel a need to share all the details but we do and since this is mostly my journal I wanted to record the event. Leah was due on Sunday the 2nd and I had been having contractions Saturday night but nothing constant or regular. Then Sunday my sis in law gave me her famous labor inducing foot rub and about 1 am Monday morning I started having regular contractions. They started about five minutes apart and stayed consistent through the night. At about 5 am I decided they were getting more intense and we should go to the hospital. I called my mom to come stay with the boys. Ben and I got to the hospital about 6am and into a room by 6:15. I was dilated to a 4 and then my contractions started to get pretty intense. My doctor was on his way. The anistesiologist was tied up in a c-section and another wouldn't be there for half an hour. We quickly realized there wasn't going to be time for an epidural. My body was moving so fast. I looked panicked to Ben and he was so calm and supportive. "You can do this". The doctor that delivered Leah (my doctor didn't make it!) was a resident or intern and younger than Ben and I. He looked freaked out, especially when they told him I was a vbac. But everything went fast and smooth thankfully. Leah was born at 7:49 am. After it was all over I was glad I hadn't gotten the epidural. I felt so good. They took me down to recovery. And about an hour later I started hemorrhaging. It was a crazy amount of blood and I was in a lot of pain. The doctor came in and did basically a D&C. I kinda lost it. It hurt so badly and the nurses felt bad they didn't give me any pain killer before all of this. I felt so much better after the doctor left but I couldn't stop crying. I think hormones caught up to me, plus I had been on a high from the adrenalin of delivering Leah. So kind of a crazy day. I am so glad Leah and I are both healthy. We all just love little Leah!