Introducing Avery Kathleen Pohl!

Our daughter, Avery Kathleen Pohl, was born on Monday May 19th at 2:40pm. She was 8lb 1oz and 20 inches long. Andrew and I are absolutely in love with her!!

I went in to be induced that day at 6:30am. Upon arrival, I was 2cm dialated and 80% effaced and was given Petocin starting at 8:45am. Things got going from there and I had 2 hours of extremely painful contractions. I didn't know how much longer I could take. Luckily at 11am, the nurse checked my cervix again because I was in so much pain and found out that I had already dialated to 4cm and was 100% effaced! Talk about quick!! I was just happy because that meant I could finally get the epidural. After the epidural, I was feeling MUCH better! I had some friends visit and was just laughing and joking my way through my labor. At about 2pm the nurse came to check me again and informed me that I was at 10cm and ready to start pushing! It was crazy how quickly everything went! We waited a little while and then I began pushing. Believe it or not but I pushed for a total of only 6 minutes and then Avery was born. The nursing staff couldn't believe that the entire process was completed in one nursing shift! It was a whirlwind but I'm glad that I didn't have to labor for hours and hours. Maybe we're a little biased but Avery is absolutely perfect!! Below are a few photos... more to follow!