We have a new addition to our family! Hattie joined us Nov 21 at about 9 am. She is seriously a perfect fit to our family and a pretty good baby!
The Before/After pictures
On Tuesday I woke up to some pretty bad contractions and a small water break. I waited about 10 hours for the contractions to get regular, and then called Kyle. We got to the hospital about 3 pm and I was only about a 1-2 but since it was a trial of labor after c-section (tolac) they wanted to keep me and monitor me. Anyways once I got there the contractions started to become irregular again. Anyways after a while Hattie was having trouble getting enough oxygen due to how I was laying so they put me on oxygen and kept turning me. After about 12 hours at the hospital, and an epidural (thank heavens for anesthesiologists right?) The baby wasn't descending and my contractions weren't strong enough to get her to come down or for me to fully dilate. So they started to talk about a c-section again. After TONS of praying we felt like a c-section would be best, and of course the Lord was looking out for us! Just before 9am Hattie was born, 9lbs 3oz! Her head was turned sideways so she was having a hard time descending. And who knows if I could push out that big of baby! Although it wasn't the birth I wanted, I still got what I wanted out of it - a beautiful baby girl and we are both healthy and doing fine.
Of course Bailey is thrilled to have her. She loves to hold her and cries every time she leaves the hospital. It has been a huge blessing that my mom flew in on Monday morning to help when we have her. Hopefully we'll be discharged Friday or Saturday so that we can go home and eat all the food we bought for Thanksgiving!
