my little lady

so here it is... thursday the 17th i went to bed at about 930. tyson apparently left at about 950. i woke up at 955 thinking i was peeing my pants but there was no stopping it. it was quite funny really. so tyce came back home and we got going to stl with contractions starting. we got to the hospital and settled in to a delivery room a little after midnight and i was dilated to 3 cm (i was 2 cm 2 days earlier at the dr). they started my iv and pitocin around 140 am. the contractions were very close with the pitocin... about 2 minutes apart. at 320 am i was 4 cm and we decided to get an epidural and get some rest. 2 hours later i was 7 cm and they broke another bag of water that was sticking out in the way. 2 hours later i wascomplete and ready to go... except the dr must have decided to take a morning walk around forest park b/c we waited for an hour and half for her to come and then a completely different dr showed up. thank God I had an epidural while we waited. i pushed for about 20 minutes and out she came! the dr said i was the best first time mom pusher she has ever seen! they immediately put her on my chest and tyce and i just enjoyed some quality time with our little lady. it was a wonderful birth experience! she was born at 936 am and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz and was 19.5 in long.

being a mom is so absolutely wonderful. but it is definitely the hardest job in the world. my little lady loves to blister up my nips and make me in horrible pain... so breastfeeding has been quite a challenge but is getting better. and she was born with a sacral dimple and had to have an u/s when she was 5 days old to make sure her spine was okay and that the dimple was closed.. she is trying to give me a heart attack already! now we are into our second week and breastfeeding is getting easier and the u/s showed she is just fine. thank you, God! we are still walking zombies running on very little sleep but it is all so fun! seeing her big smiles all the time makes it worth it at 3 am!

thanks everyone for your prayers along this journey! our rainbow baby is here and she is perfect! here is hazel rose~