<p>...or Nico.<br>
...or Bean.<br>
...or Monkey Bean.</p>
<p>She has been called all of these.</p>
<p>She was born Thursday the 13th at 1:48pm after 5 hours of active labor. </p>
<p>I started having contractions around 9pm the night before and they came ten to fifteen minutes apart around eleven. Then they were at 7 to ten min apart at 4 and that's when we called Marilee.</p>
<p>She came, as well as her assistants Leanne and Camilla. They were all in our room watching me so my contractions slowed down. I should have gotten up and baked the almond energy muffins like I was intending had I not gone into labor. </p>
<p>I went on a couple of walks which resulted in more contractions.
Then Mike and I popped in Despicable Me and watched that until the contractions were 5 minutes apart and really intense.
That's when I hopped in the tub.
I wanna say I was in there for 2 or 3 hours breathing through the contractions. I totally agreed then and there that we weren't having anymore children, ha ha.
Mike said I mastered the Kung fu. Marilee said she wasn't sure how far along I was because I just breathed through the contractions.
I told her that I knew if I didn't, the pain would only be worse- and dude... It was insane.
On every contraction, I focused on feeling my cervix open and her coming down.
This proved to be the thing to do because she came out in 3 pushes and as Marilee said to me, Your bottom looks great.
Ha ha.
I feel great.
And Ollie is amazing.
So far she is chill and awake, alert, a great nurser.
She was 6.8 pounds and 19.5 inches long w short little legs!
Even though she weighs as much as Ami did and is shorter than Ami was, Ollie fits the onesies Ami didn't because her torso is longer.
