Well, our baby girl finally made her apperance into the world after a rough 50 hours at the hospital. Here's the quick run down. I was due Oct 29th, but that day came and went with no baby arriving and nothing exciting happening. So at my dr appointment that week we scheduled an induction for Nov. 8th. I was admitted to the hospital at 10pm on Nov 7th to get things started (Cervadil). At 10am on Thursday the 8th we started Pitocin to get contractions going. In short Thursday was a pretty rough day, lots of contractions, yet still nothing going on. After about 10 hours and no progress on Thursday, we discussed several options with the dr., they included go home and try again next week, stop the contractions and let my body rest for the night and then try again in the morning and see what happens and if nothing happens then do a C-section. We decided that we weren't going home so they let me eat, since I hadn't since noon on Wed. and let my body rest and then started things again at 5 on Friday morning.
Friday my contractions got stronger yet there was still no progress from when I had checked into the hospital on Wednesday evening. After a rough day of contractions we decided to get an epidural since we were not leaving the hospital without a baby, she was coming one way or another!! So at 4:30 I got the epidural. Oh what a relief!!!! At that point I had a little progress, but still nothing significant.
At about 7 pm the nurse checked me again and I had made a little progress, anything at this point was better than nothing. I was tired but happy to have a bit of something happening. I continued to try to rest, but at about 9 pm I started to get a fever. The nurse checked me again and to our surprise I had made massive progress. At 10 pm the nurse gave me some medicine to help my rising fever, at that point it was 101.5, and checked me to find that I was ready to start pushing. I had to wait a bit to start pushing to let the tylenol absorb. At about 10:30pm we started pushing, this was tough because I was exhausted, after 2 nights of very little sleep, all that pit, and those contractions my body was TIRED!! At 11:15 the Dr came in to start getting things ready. After more pushing and the vacuum to help her out she was born at 12:04 am on Sat 11/10/07. She weighs 8 lbs 0 oz and is 20 inches long.
There was a bit of concern about her body temp, she couldn't seem to get warm and since I had such a high fever before she was born, (right after she was born it was 102.1), but she is doing great now! She is also eating like a champion.
We are so happy to have her here and to have survived the labor and delivery. We will be at the hospital til monday because of my fever, but all is well. Both her and I are doing great! She was a bit dehydrated so they gave her an IV and gave her some fluids. The IV didn't even bother her, but the tape that was on her head holding it on made her really mad when it pulled on her hair when they were trying to take it out.
She's a doll! She has daddy's round cheeks and nose, mommy's lips, long legs, long toes and fingers, and a mellow disposition.
Here's some pictures for now:
Daddy's favorite picture because he thinks she looks like she is planning something already!
The new Daddy and his baby girl.
Not a happy camper when she has be be naked.
Daddy giving Maya her first bath.
She's a sucker, she loves to suck on everything, including her fist.
Grandma Flores & Maya
Auntie Sonia & Grandma Oliver with Maya
Beautiful Baby Girl
Mom & Baby Girl
Proud Papa
My cousin David, his wife Heather and me visiting.
Scott's parents and Scott and Angela visiting with guests.
THE FOOD!
Had to throw in a picture of the center pieces my mom and I made, I think they turned out cute.
Vanessa enjoying some yummy food!
Getting ready to cut the cake.
Cutting the cake.
Scott, Angela, and my mom.
Their first dance.
Paul chilling!
Ricky and his star wars calendar
