Backtracking! Sophia Lillian Phares

Well, my due date for Sophia was December 25th (yes, Christmas). But, she decided after 8 weeks of bed rest (27 weeks on) it was time to come. 2 weeks before her arrival I had a checkup at the D.R and was dilated to a 3 and slightly thinning out. No huge concern, but on alert at that point. The day before Thanksgiving I started having stronger, longer and really close contractions. Contractions were no new thing for us. They were the reason I was on bed rest after all. But, these were the real thing, I could tell right away. It hurt to walk. Jaxxon kept asking me what was wrong so I just told him Mommy had tummy owies. He said " oh no, you OK?" it was sooo cute. Bryan was out running errands before work and came home. Jaxxon ran to him to tell him mommy had owies. ha ha. So, we took Jaxx to Bryan's brother's house and dropped him off there. At the hospital I was at a 4 already. It had only been an hour since my contractions started. They weren't bad as long as i layed down. Walking was difficult. I decided I was going to take advantage of the huge tub. Bryan had to make an appearance at work since it was the day before a holiday or he would lose his holiday pay( at his work, it was 2 days of holiday pay). I took a bath for a while but wanted to lay down and my nurse decided to check me even though i wasn't complaining about pain. Turns out in an hour and a half I was at a 7! She was coming, and coming fast. So I texted Bryan right before I got an epidural for the pushing process, not something I want to feel! He got there pretty quick! The epidural was being a pain and for a bit only half of me was numb. and They gave me some medicine (i forget the name) and it made my blood pressure drop super low. I told my nurse I was really light headed and she had to go get the Dr and get me another medicine to stabilize my blood pressure. But, they got it all figured out just in time. They broke my water and checked me again and I was at a 9. Just after the doctor left the room Sophia's heart rate dropped really low during a contraction.. And I was at a 10 that quick. nothing was wrong with baby girl though. I pushed like 6 times and there she was. She scared me though since her cord was wrapped around her neck, but she didn't lose any oxygen from that. She was gorgeous! and looked just like her brother! She was born at 35 weeks. was 6 pounds even and 18.5 inches long! Tons of hair and long legs!