Blair Marie Kelsey!!! Caulbearer?!? Maybe vampire!

Ash is still in the hospital, so I am responsible for blogging (Nathan).

We were supposed to call at six this morning to see if National Naval would have room for Ashley to get induced. At 2:30 in the morning, Ashley started contracting every ten minutes. The contractions weren't very strong, so she decided to wait until six to call. They asked us to come in at 7:30AM. We dropped Easton off with the Bahr family (Thanks!) and made our way to the hospital.

The people at the desk knew we were there to get induced so they asked us to sit in the waiting room. At 8:30, Ashley's contractions were getting worse, so I told the nurse a the desk that she had been contracting for the last six hours. The nurse wasn't impressed with ten minutes between contractions. In the waiting room, Ashley's contractions had picked up and I timed her at nine in twenty minutes! As soon as I told the nurse, there was an explosion of activity and we were in the room three minutes latter. It was a good thing, because by the time Ash was checked, she was completely effaced and 8cm dilated!

Ashley was having a rough time until the spinal kicked in. (see below after happy juice)

Dr. Stephens had met us on our way up to the labor deck and then left for a meeting. He rushed back and was shooting the breeze with us when Ashley got sick and vomited. Dr. Stephens decided to check Ash, and when he lifted the sheet, to our surprise, there was Blair's head IN the amniotic sac! It hadn't ruptured! It looked kinda like she was wearing a jelly fish bowl. The room exploded into action, Dr. Stephens broke the sac and took loop of cord from around her neck. As soon as the sac was broken, she started crying, which was a relief. She came out quickly after that. She was blue, but fiesty.

I have never heard of a baby born without a ruptured sac. According to some legends, a baby born "in the caul" is a sign of luck. It is an omen of a gifted child. In other countries, it is a sign your child will be a vampire! How cool would that be? Kinda the same as lucky if you like vampires. Being born "in the caul" is rare at less than 1 in 1000 births. Such a baby is called "caulbearer." Notable caulbearers include Napoleon Bonaparte, Sigmund Freud, Liberace and the Dickens character David Copperfield. Check wiki for an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caul

Stats: Born around 11:34AM with ZERO pushes, 6lbs 12.6oz, 19 inches lots of dark hair.

And I know you all just came for the pics and video of Blair: