Kaia joins the family
It's been quite a while since I posted to this blog, but I thought that with the latest addition to our family, I have just the excuse I need to start blogging on some sort of regular basis. Thanks to Dooce.com, I got the idea to create a monthly newsletter to Kaia about what's happened in the month before, which, if I keep it up diligently, perhaps she'll be able to read someday and enjoy.
This first post comes a little late for "Month 0," but it's been pretty busy.
On August 19th, 2007, Jason and I headed to the Northern Dutches Hospital's birthing center so that I could be induced. My official due date, August 9th, had passed uneventfully 10 days earlier, and my doctor's felt it was time to induce. We spent Sunday night in the hospital just in case the Cervadil they gave me caused me to go into labor on my own (no such luck).
On Monday morning, they started a pitocin drip to get the contractions moving. It was quite a while before anything substantial happened (although the contractions started right away, I didn't dilate very quickly). It wasn't until about 5 in the afternoon that I hit 5 centimeters (when they finally could give me an epidural!). My parents, as well as Nick and Kay, were all in attendance all day long, waiting for babygirl (who was still nameless at the time) to arrive.
By around 11pm, I finally was fully dilated and could start pushing. With Margie, a nurse (Lisa), and Jason there helping, I pushed for close to two and a alf hours. Although we got very close (they could tell she had dark hair), by 1:30am on the 21st there was still no baby, and after consulting with Helen, Margie felt we needed to get her out via c-section. Within 20 mintues, a full surgical team was on hand, and at 2:09 am babygirl was born!
This picture is of her at about 12 hours old. At any rate, we finally settled on the name Kaia Quinn Adams (two days before we left the hospital), and we are both now desperately in love with her. She's very sweet and doesn't cry much (at least so far - but I don't want to jinx anything). More to come soon!
This first post comes a little late for "Month 0," but it's been pretty busy.
On August 19th, 2007, Jason and I headed to the Northern Dutches Hospital's birthing center so that I could be induced. My official due date, August 9th, had passed uneventfully 10 days earlier, and my doctor's felt it was time to induce. We spent Sunday night in the hospital just in case the Cervadil they gave me caused me to go into labor on my own (no such luck).
On Monday morning, they started a pitocin drip to get the contractions moving. It was quite a while before anything substantial happened (although the contractions started right away, I didn't dilate very quickly). It wasn't until about 5 in the afternoon that I hit 5 centimeters (when they finally could give me an epidural!). My parents, as well as Nick and Kay, were all in attendance all day long, waiting for babygirl (who was still nameless at the time) to arrive.
By around 11pm, I finally was fully dilated and could start pushing. With Margie, a nurse (Lisa), and Jason there helping, I pushed for close to two and a alf hours. Although we got very close (they could tell she had dark hair), by 1:30am on the 21st there was still no baby, and after consulting with Helen, Margie felt we needed to get her out via c-section. Within 20 mintues, a full surgical team was on hand, and at 2:09 am babygirl was born!
This picture is of her at about 12 hours old. At any rate, we finally settled on the name Kaia Quinn Adams (two days before we left the hospital), and we are both now desperately in love with her. She's very sweet and doesn't cry much (at least so far - but I don't want to jinx anything). More to come soon!
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