It's a GIRL!!!

It's a GIRL!!

Kathryn Cristina Rincon,

Born August 23rd, 2010 at 12:37pm

8 lbs. 4 oz.

20 inches long

WE ARE SO HAPPY!! I still can't believe that I have two girls! I am so lucky!! I really thought this baby was going to be a boy because my pregnancy was so different. Eduardo thought the whole time it was going to be a girl because of a dream he had. I remember when the nurse yelled out that it was a girl, I was just in shock!
(Here is the birth story...more for my memory!)
Monday morning, August 23rd I had an appt. with the doctor at 8:30am. Eduardo was going to go with me because we were going to make a big decision about whether I should be induced Thursday or not. Ana Maria was going to my friend Catherines house so she would be taken care of. That morning, around 4 I woke up with a cramp feeling in my stomach. I walked around and felt my first contraction. I couldn't believe it! I would lay down and then get back up again to see if it was false labor. They never went away! Eduardo and I just laid there and talked about what the game plan should be from 4-6, then got moving when we knew this was for real!!
We wanted Ana Maria to sleep as long as she could because we knew her day was going to be long. We made sure we had everything we needed for the hospital and planned to take Ana Maria to Catherine's house a little early to be able to be at the clinic when they opened. I was having regular contractions but nothing too painful.
We dropped Ana Maria off and even went to open up the tennis courts for the guys before heading to the hospital, haha!
Once we got to the hospital at 8:00 we didn't know where we should go, the clinic or to triage. The nurse came out and talked to me and sent us upstairs to be evaluated. I was 6cm when we got there at 8:30 and 90% efaced!! We knew this was going to go fast!
They got me in a room right away and not even 2 hours later I was at 8cm and 100% efaced. The doctor came in to break my water and immediantly the pain began! I wanted to do a natural birth and I did!! I am so proud of myself!! Once she broke my water it all happened so fast. Within the hour I became complete and started to push. I was in a lot of pain but the hardest part for me was the pushing. I pushed for almost an hour and out she came!!

Ana Maria was at Catherine's house all day and after her nap and all the commotion ended, Eduardo brought her to the room to see her sister. It was an emotional moment and one we had waited so long for! Her reaction was a laugh and a smile :) I will never forget it!

Kathryn is named after my grandmother who I was very close to growing up as a child. It is also my mothers middle name, my aunts name and a cousins name. Cristina is Eduardo's sisters name :) I have always wanted a Kathryn and now I have her!!