6lbs 15oz - 19 inches long
Born at 2:15 on June 29, 2011
Finally I have a minute to sit and write about my sweet baby girl! To make it easy I'm just going to add to my posts from facebook! I'm so tired I and have been so tired the last 2 days I know I'll miss details if I don't!
We woke up Wednesday morning at 3:00 to Aybri crying.. Jocko was headed to go get her, but I knew she was going to go back to sleep, so I asked him to wait just one minute and see what she did and sure enough, she went right back to sleep! It was SOOO hot in our room that I had to get up and go into the living room to cool off.. I thought about the time and decided I better just stay up.. I needed to be up by 4:30, so why go back to bed now and risk not getting up on time! We got ready, packed up the kids and headed in..
We got to the hospital just after 7:30, got hooked to the monitors, pit going, and water broke by 8:30! Then, we waited!!
"Well we're here, we're hooked up and just got an epidural.. Still only 3 cm, but should make some progress now!" ~ 9:55AM
"Well, I've only made it to a 5.. Come on baby, mama's tired! LOL.. Up since 3AM, tried to nap, but just too much going on to sleep!" ~ 1:30PMI had the same problems with this labor that I did with Aybri.. We waited and waited and waited with very little change! I'd dilated only about 1 cm every 2 hours! She checked me at 1:30 and I was a 5.. I had spent alot of the morning laying down, enjoying the epidural and trying to get a nap in! After I found out I was only 5cm I'd decided I had had enough! Let's get this show on the road.. I sat up all the say and leaned forward, allowing gravity to help us out a little bit! About 15 minutes later I told Jocko we better see if we'd made any progress and sure enough when the nurse checked me I was at 8cm! Woohoo, finally! She left and said she' be back in about 15-20 minutes to check me again since I went that far that fast! It wasn't 3 minutes later I told Jocko I was wanting to push and to get her back in there! She came in, checked me and I was a 9, the next contraction I was complete and we were ready to push!
The doctor walked in and the show was on the road! Once we got going we found out that she was turned the wrong way! She was face up and babies have to come out face down! I've been told by people before that Dr. Jeppson is the only doctor in this area that knows how to turn them around so you're not pushing for 2 1/2 hours trying to get an upsidedown baby out! I was also told that again after we had her! I'm so thankful for that! There's no way I could have pushed that long! This was most definately my most difficult labor! My kids usually just fall out! LOL.. I know that sounds terrible, but I've never had a problem whatsoever! Maybe 2-3 pushes and they were here! Not this time! I still didn't have to push an extremely long time, only 30 minutes, but it was a long time for me! I was pushing so hard and just couldn't get her out.. She wasn't coming down very fast and I had SOOO much pressure.. It wasn't pain, but the pressure is SO uncomfortable that it might as well be pain! Once I got her head out we realized she'd had the cord around her neck 3 times! That's why I couldn't get her to come down! Every time I pushed the cord was holding her back! I'm not a screamer, but I sure was moaning and groaning with her! And I was EXHAUSTED! It took every ounce of energy I had! When she was out Dr. Jeppson said "It's a girl!" and I didn't believe him.. I sat up, looked down and sure enough, it was a girl! There's no way!! I was absolutely positive this was a boy! Apparently I was wrong! LOL..
Jocko was standing by my side and I could see him trying to stretch his neck enough to see her too! I looked at him and said, "Go be with her honey, I'm fine!" The look on his face, the worry in his eyes broke my heart!"It's a girl.. Brynlee Nichole - 6 lbs 15 oz - 19 inches.. She has a hole in her belly and they r sending her to Primary Children's.. Prayers please!!" ~ 2:36PM
When Dr. Jeppson was finished with me he pulled my bed out and turned me so I could see (kinda) what was going on! I saw her with a mask on her face.. I saw one nurse rubbing.. I saw another nurse listening to her heart.. And I saw my husband crying..
She didn't stay in our room long, maybe 10 minutes, and they took her to the nursery. I already knew she wasn't going to be able to stay, but when they said the words, "We're going to have to life flight her to Primary Children's!" my heart sank! Only really sick babies go there!
I sat there with her for almost 2 hours! Dr. Jeppson had given her a blessing and I also recieved one from my family! I was instantly filled with peace!
Life flight got there a little after 5 and I kissed her and my husband goodbye and went back to my room. Dr. Jeppson came in shortly after that and said as long as I was bleeding normally I could leave at 9 that night to go be with my baby! That was the best news! I was so affraid they were going to make me wait until the next morning!
Jeff and JoDene got to the hospital just minutes after that update and we were off.. We stopped at my house long enough to grab more stuff for me and some stuff for Jocko and we headed south! The doctor said I needed to get out and walk about every 45 minutes to prevent blood clots, so we stopped in Tremonton to potty and grab something to eat and was back on the road! We got to the hospital (after getting lost) at 1AM, found Jocko, I snuck in and saw my baby for a minute, headed back to our room and went to sleep! I couldn't sleep more than an hour without waking up in extreme pain! I don't know why, but standing was about the only way I was comfortable! I had to wake Jocko up and have him go out to the van and get my pills! I was so tired when I got there that I'd forgot my purse! I couldn't lay back down without being in pain, so I decided to go pump.. When I got done I still couldn't lay down, so I went in and sat with BrynLee.. I sat there for 2 hours! Just watching her and talking to her and telling her how much I love her!
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