Addison's Birth

Many have asked how the birth went so I will give you the update. I had a scheduled doctor's appointment on the 26th at 2:00 p.m. where they scheduled me to be induced on the 27th. After my dr.'s appt. I was having closer contractions so we hung around Lincoln for awhile. Once they were about 5 minutes apart we decided to get to the hospital where they put me on the monitors and finally made the decision to keep me overnight and start the Pitocin at 4:00 a.m. From this point on things become a blur as everything went so fast, by 7:00 a.m. the doctor broke my water and contractions were strong and immediate so of course I screamed for the epideral. I went from being dilated to 4 to 8 in a matter of Scottie leaving and returning from breakfast. We were shocked things were moving so fast, by noon I was pushing and Addison arrived at 2:56 p.m.

There were a few scares like not being able to breath because they gave me too much of the epideral, then the baby was in the wrong position so they tried several things to get her to turn but were unsuccessful, once she was born her oxygen level was a little low so they kept her in the nursery for awhile. Apparantly I lost a little too much blood and I kept passing out which prevented me from getting to the nursery to see her so it wasn't until about 6:30 that evening that I got to hold her.

We were finally released on Saturday afternoon after we waited for some tests on Addison. She was a little jaundice but not enough to be under lights so we were okay to go home with specific instructions to get her in to the pediatrician on Monday which we did in Nebraska City where they had to do another blood draw but again levels were low enough to monitor at home.

So now were finally home. We had a lot of company Saturday evening and Sunday and my mom is here now to help out of which I'm very grateful. I don't know how all the laundry and cooking would get done.

It's nice to be home where we're comfortable and can enjoy our time with Addison. Things are going well and we'll keep you updated on Miss Addison.