It was early Monday morning and Mohammad was about to leave for work when we decided I better head up to the hospital. I had felt some contractions throughout the previous day, but that morning I wasn't feeling anything! I only felt very small movements, and I wanted to be sure everything was okay.
We woke up Auntie Kat, who had arrived over the weekend, and left Naveed with her and my Mom. Less than an hour later the hospital's on-call OBGYN was telling us that everything looked great and that I was in labor with contractions every five minutes! What?!?! I didn't even know I was having contractions! We were admitted, given the same room that we labored with Naveed in, and were well on our way to having a baby.
We were settling in for a long day of laboring (between switching rooms and walking down the hallway, my contractions had slowed down) when the nurse came to check on us. I turned down the epidural and asked how far along I was. My OB happened to be there assisting with a surgery, so she went ahead and checked me, and I was already 7 cm dilated! I quickly decided that I would in fact like an epidural, and an hour later my OB stopped by again on her way back to her clinic and decided to check me again. To our surprise I was fully dilated and ready to push! After 5 pushes, and before we had time to get any cameras ready, Helena Rose Tabatabaei entered this world at 12:24 pm, weighing 8lbs 5oz and 20 inches long.
Helena had a very healthy set of lungs and latched on right away. I was feeling great and ready to eat some food myself. Later that afternoon Naveed, Grandma, and Auntie came by for a visit. It was an amazing day that could only have been orchestrated so graciously by The Big Man. Further evidence of The Big Man's hand in all of this, our nurse's name was Lauren Helena! How amazing is that?!?
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