Well, I am sorry this has taken me a few days to post, here's how Lorelai's birthday went....
We went into the hospital Monday night for them to give me a drug to get me dilating....after 2 doses there wasn't much change. So the following morning at about 8:00 am they started pitocin to get my contractions going and broke my water. At this point I was still only 1 1/2-2cm dilated and after an hour they upped my dosage of pitocin. I got an epidural at about 11:15 am (which, by the way, I learned to never wait to ask for one....OUCH.) They checked me for dilation every couple of hours but by 3 pm I was only 3 cm. My doctor said she would come and talk to me at about 5:00 pm to see if I was progressing and talk about my options. By the time 4:00 pm rolled around my epidural was wearing off so they gave me another dose of that, which was wonderful but after that I was Completely numb. By the time 5:00 pm came I was starving, (no food since dinner the night before) exhausted, frustrated. I just knew I hadnt progressed and was ready to ask for a c-section when my Doctor got there. She walked in, checked me, said I was 10 cm, the baby was at a "one station" (she was already moving down and out) and I was ready to push! I have never been so relieved. I started pushing at about 5:30ish once they got the room set up and only pushed for about 20 minutes when the nurse told me to stop and paged the Dr to come to the room. For those of you who dont know, my Dr is also 9 months pregnant so she was moving a little slowly....after about 5-10 minutes the nurse started yelling at shawn to push the "page dr" button again....Dr Manning came in, put one glove on and caught the baby! No lie. It was like something you would see in the movies. And so Lorelai Kate made her grand entrance into the world weighing it at about 9lb 5oz and 20 inches long. She is so chubby and the cutest thing ever. I love her so very very much and more and more every day. BUT she would still be an only child if it were up to only me. :)
Here she is all nice and new and fresh:
So precious and chubby...
Daddy's little girl....
We are so thankful that God answered our prayers for a safe delievery and beautiful, healthy baby girl.
5 comments:
SOOOOOO Cute!! I can't wait to hold her again. Jack was excited to see the pics of Lorelai too. I didn't even tell him that it was her, but when he saw that you were holding her, he said, "Hey, there's Lorelai."
YEAH! She is beautiful! Thanks for the pics. I am glad everyone is doing great.
yeah! Im so glad everything went well!!! She is HUGE!!! I think right now she and Gunnar are about the same weight!!!
She is beautiful! Sorry I haven't been over to congratulate you...we have all been sick. She favors you so much!
We are so proud!! Can't wait to see her. Was going to come by last week but I was sick and didn't want to get her sick. She looks like her mommy! Beautiful!
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