Hospital Stay

09-28-2011 to 09-30-2011 

The next few days were spent in the hospital. When Nora was born since she was early she was taken right away to the nursery because she needed some oxygen, This was hard because I only got to see her for a quick second before they took her away. I was not allowed to get out of bed due to my blood pressure and the medications they were on. I was on seizure precautions...no fun.

Finally after 4 hours I was able to hold my baby girl....A Dream Come True!! 

 

Nora, was considered a Late Term Preemie since we were only at 36 weeks. She was doing very well considering.

September 30, 2011 -- We get to go HOME!!!

     Since she only weighed 4 lbs 13 oz when it was time to go home the hospital had to give us a car seat since she was too little for a standard car seat. You never imagine your baby being too small for things. Everyone always talks about their baby being too big for all the newborn they bought...we had the opposite problem, we had to go out and buy preemie stuff because nothing fit! :) 

The Big Day

I  know that I have not updated this a few weeks. But the big day has arrived....today is my due date! Okay just kidding, Nora Mary-Elizabeth made her arrival into this world a few weeks early and was born on September 28, 2011. Here is how it all happened...

Monday 09-26-2011

     Freddy and I went in for an ultrasound to confirm the baby's position since she has been breech but they doctor thought she had flipped. So we had our ultrasound and then met with the doctor. Good news was she was head down, so we were in the correct position. Bad news is my blood pressure was really high again when I met with the doctor. They had been watching this and the Firday before I was in the hospital for a few hours for observation.
     I was sent back down the hospital for more observation and blood work. After about 3 hours they got all my results back and the decision was made that I was not leaving and we were going to have a baby. The first stage of the induction process started that night.

Tuesday 09-27-2011

     At 6am they started the Pitocin which starts labor. We were in for a LONG day...just didnt think it was going to be that long :) After a few hours on the medications my water broke. I really thought that was going to get things moving. After 10 hours I finally decided to get an epidural as my doctor thought that would help speed things up. The epidural only worked for a couple a hours (which was i got about a hour of sleep) and then I started feeling contractions again. They tried to give me more but it never seemed to work. We just continued to wait....and wait....and wait.

Wednesday 09-28-2011

     Finally at 12:50am they tell me I am fully dialted and can start pushing. By this point I had been awake for so long I was SO tired. Pushing was extremely difficult and the longer I pushed the harder it got. At 5:06am after 4 hours of pushing Nora Mary Elizabeth was born.

5 pounds 3 ounces ~ 18 1/2 inches long