Sophie Carlene Brunswick was born at 12:04 AM on the 18th of October, 2014 at Dublin Methodist Hospital in Dublin, OH. She weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. From the beginning, Sophie was very alert and awake. She began lifting her head right away to look at Mom. She came out with a full head of long hair!
Andrea's water broke around 3 PM on Sophie's due date, the 17th of October. Sophie must be a polite and considerate little girl, as she waited to make her entrance until Daddy had finished midterms and Grandma Jayne had returned from a seemingly endless string of trips that basically dared Sophie to be born while she was out of town. We finished getting everything together and went to the hospital around 5:30 PM. Andrea's contractions began getting worse as we got closer to the hospital. Once we were there, we were admitted and Andrea was given some pain medication. After being at the hospital for an hour or two, the anesthesiologist came and administered an epidural. After this, Andrea barely felt the contractions. In her words "epidurals are awesome." For the next couple of hours, things progressed as a steady stream of visitors visited Andrea. Some of Sophie's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were anxiously waiting her arrival in the waiting area along with some of Andrea's friends.
Andrea and I were joined in the delivery room by Sophie's grandma Delee and aunt Maria. At about 11:15 PM, the nurses and doctors agreed it was time for Sophie to make her grand entrance. Andrea began pushing, and around 50 minutes later we were finally able to meet our little girl. Throughout the whole process Andrea was great. She never complained or screamed, and barely made a sound right up until the last few pushes. During the delivery the nurse and midwife delivering Sophie both agreed that the baby had to be a girl because it would not be fair to waste all of that hair on a baby boy! Sure enough, they were right. Once Sophie was born the midwife asked me to announce to the room whether we had a baby girl or baby boy. Despite most people guessing boy throughout the pregnancy, I was elated to announce we were the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl!
After a few minutes (it could have been longer, after Sophie was born I basically had no sense of time until we got home), a steady stream of visitors came to meet little Sophie. Everybody was very excited to meet the newest member of our combined families. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends were all anxious to meet our little bundle of joy. There were a few tears, hugs, handshakes, and even more smiles. After 9 months of anxious waiting and some baby room decorating, we finally got to hold our little princess.
-Dad
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