It's nothing short of a Miracle! Our beautiful Ella was born Monday, June 28th at 1:50 am at Maui Memorial Hospital! She weighed in at 7 lbs, 15 oz and was 20,5 inches tall. In Eurpoean terms, she weighed 3610 g and measured 52 cm head to toe! She is a blondie with blue eyes! Absolutely gorgeous!
Mommy woke up at 5:00 am Sunday morning and got ready for work. I felt a slight discomfort during the day and it got progressively worse. But I took some breaks, sat down, drank water, went to the bathroom and so on. But it didn't go away. It didn't feel like anything I had felt before so I didn't know what to make of it. I finished my shift and drove home. When I came home the pain was coming at regular five minute intervals so I figured something was the matter. They told us at Lamaze class not go to the hospital right away but to wait it out at home. So I sent Kel to work and tried to nap for a while. It didn't work.. So after two more hours I called Kel to ask him to come home. The bag was packed so we gassed up the car and drove over to the hospital. A painful ride over and we were admitted swiftly. I got to see a nurse who confirmed that we were indeed having a baby tonight and that I was already at 6 centimeters. I went through a series of more painful contractions so they gave me some morphine to take the edge off. It didn't help much.. So as the contractions kept getting worse, I finally opted for a spinal. Now THAT worked! With no feeling waist down I could finally rest a little and we both fell asleep. We were closing in on midnight so Bingo would most likely not be a Sunday baby. I woke up as the spinal was wearing off. We got the nurse and the doctor for more but they said no, it is time to push the baby out! And push I did!! The spinal was really wearing off so I could feel the contractions and knew when to push. Apparently I did something right beacause before we knew it the head was coming! After that I think I pushed just one last megapush and out she came!! A girl!!! We thought it would be a boy for all this time! She surprised us all! But it sure is exhausting! I think I was awake for about 25 hours before I got to sleep a little. Stupid hospital policy says that dads can't spend the night, so we thought Kel would have to go after we got to our room. But luckily no one said anything. The next day was all trying to rest up and learn how to breastfeed. A painful business so far... But Ella caught on right away! Now I just got to catch up.. Next night Kel had to go, so me and baby were alone. The night nurse watched her for a couple of hours so I could sleep and then brought her back to me when she wanted to eat. I fed her end then we slept til morning! A bunch of different people came for this and that and it was lots of information. Eventually we got discharged and could finally go home with our baby! She was eagerly awaited and we are overjoyed that she is here to bless us with her existence! WE can't wait for all of you to make her aquaintance!
