Emily Hayden

Emily Hayden announced her arrival 1/14/14 @ 8:14am weighing 7lbs 9oz and was 19 1/2 in long. I was admitted to the hospital on Monday at 4pm and was finally induced at 6pm because I was losing fluid. I had no pain until midnight when my contracts were 30 sec- a min apart. The worst part was not being able to catch my breath in between. After 2 1/2 hours of that I was only dilated to a 3 so I got an epidural. Within an hour my water broke and I was at an 8, 2 hours later at a 10. I pushed for almost 2 1/2 hours. While pushing I threw up several times :( It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. Emily had to have IV antibiotics because her white blood cell count was a little on the higher side. The first dr thought she may have an infection but all her other vitals were perfect so a second dr concluded that it was most likely due to trauma of being born. We were able to come home Thur around lunch time.  We are all doing well and adjusting to a whole new schedule. She is a good baby, hardly cries at all. The dogs are really good with her and she doesn't seem to care about them. She sleeps through loud noises (Jill's barking and the vacuum). We've had several visitors so far and we look forward for all our friends and family to meet her.