On Christmas morning I was exactly 36 weeks pregnant. I don't know why but we were both up at 6 in the morning. My six other kids were still sleeping (two sets of twins and two individuals). So my husband and I decided to have sex. It was 8 and we were downstairs opening presents when I felt some cramping. I thought it was nothing so we continued opening. When it was about 9 I started having heavy cramps. I went to the bathroom and my water broke right when I walked in.

I called my husband to the bathroom and he was like, ummmmm OMG. So we told the kids that mommy was going to have a baby soon. My in-laws showed up an hour later and took them to their house. It was now 11. My husband is a pediatrician and he checked and saw I was 10 centimeters. He was helping me up the stairs (so we could go to our bed) and I felt the urge to push. He told me to just hold it and we had three more steps to go.

I got into my bed and I let out a yell. My husband told m he could see the head. One more push and the baby's head was out. Apparently the shoulders were in an awkward position so it made it extra hard for me to push the baby out. When the baby finally came out we were both so happy to see it was a girl. We had been trying for a girl for years ... that's why we have so many kids. So she was born weighing 9 pounds on the dot. She has six brothers and couldn't be happier!

We are done having kids by the way! Hahahahaha!