Welcome Maya Elizabeth

Finally an UPATE!

Well it has been a week now since Maya has been in the world and I figured that it was time for an update to let you know just how Maya entered the world… of course G rated b/c who wants to read about gross nasty stuff.

On Friday March 30th about 6:30 I started noticing contractions and from all of the false alarms I really felt like this was going to just be another time of getting my hopes up. So I timed them for about 3 hours and then I called the doctor on call and it was Dr. Brown and he said that I should start packing. He said that if by the time I'm "ready" I’m still having contractions then it's time to come in. So I thought that was kind of funny since I had had my bag packed for almost 2 months. So Tait jumped in the shower and I sat in the chair with the passed out Lehna on my lap.

I called Helen in the meantime to let her know that we were going to go to the hospital so she could make plans accordingly since she was the person we had arranged to pick up Lehna. I told Tait that I wanted to wait to have Helen come b/c I just wanted to make sure that she wouldn’t make a wasted trip.

After we go to the hospital it was about 10:30 p.m. and Lehna was sleeping peacefully on Tait’s lap and I was strapped to the different monitors and we waiting patiently for things to progress. I talked the nurse who kept asking about Lehna and if we had made arrangements for her and we told her that we had talked to them and they were on their way.

We had a couple of good hours of contractions close together and things moving progressively. My nurse would come in and talk to me about the monitor and what the “contraction machine” (I know it has a more scientific name but I don’t know what it’s called) and she would tell me what was happening. At one point my contractions were getting pretty strong and I had some pain medication and unfortunately the pain medication did slow me down quite a bit my contractions started spreading out and they lessened quite a bit.

Helen, Tanna, & Landyn arrived and they pulled Lehna into the waiting room with them just to kind ‘wait and see’ what would happen. I had talked to my mom on the phone and told her not to come b/c I was afraid they were going to send me home and I didn’t want her to drive all the way from Wisconsin only to have to go back home. So by the time 4 o’clock rolled around the pain medication had worn off and my contractions were slowing down. Helen, Landyn, Lehna, & Tanna left to go to Williamsport to sleep for a couple of hours. I was pretty sad by 6-am b/c I figured that they were going to send me home, still pregnant!

When 10 a.m. rolled around the Dr. Brown came in and said that he was waiting all night for the call that I was ready to push and he said that he wanted me to get on with it already. I told him that I was ready to “get on with it” but the baby was being stubborn. He said that if I lived near the hospital then he would have no problem sending me home and waiting for the baby to come. But since I didn’t live in near that he would feel better if he broke my water b/c he didn’t want it breaking in the car home. I of course was VERY excited to hear this b/c I knew that I would have this baby in 24 hours or less! And I would DEFINTELY NOT be going home pregnant! So I called my mom and told her they were going to break my water and it was time for her to COME ON DOWN also we called Helen and let her know what was happening and they said that after the kids woke up they would come back.

By noon I was asking for the epidural b/c my contractions were so strong and they hurt pretty badly. I nurse said that we would have this baby by 3 o clock and I was excited she felt like it was going to be so soon.

2:30 p.m. rolled around and the nurse was starting to get frustrated she said that my contractions were starting to spread out. She said they were between 2-5 mins apart and they just weren’t staying anywhere near a “steady rate”, so she was perplexed she and increased my potocisn again. We waiting to see what would happen, and just like the nurse predicted by 3 p.m. it was time to push.

By that time everyone had arrived mom, Terry, Helen, Tanna, Lehna, and Landyn which I was excited about. The nurse checked me and called for Dr. Brown, a tech, and a table. Tait of course had just left the room to go eat… So I asked the nurse if they could call for Tait and she did. By the time everyone was assembled the doctor said that he wanted to see if I could push the baby out in one push since she was right there. Well I didn’t get it accomplished in one push it took three then Maya Elizabeth was in the world, and I was GLAD to finally see it come to an end.

So after a total of 21 hours from start to finish we had another beautiful baby girl. She is 8 lbs., 19 inches long. She has blonde hair and blue eyes so far. I think her hair looks a little wavy but it’s hard to say if it will stay that way or not. I do have a ton of pictures to put up but I have to wait to use Tait’s laptop since my camera won’t talk to the computer. So as soon as I get them up…

So Tait and I have been utterly spoiled this week I have had my mom all week she has been taking care of us and it has been so nice! Lehna has been pretty good with the new baby she wants to talk to her and play “tickle” her which is kind of funny. Today was the first time when I was holding the baby Lehna demanded attention from me at the same time so I held both babies at the same time. Which wasn’t too bad since Maya was fast asleep and Lehna wanted to watch T.V while laying on me. So overall it’s been kind of crazy around our house. I have been feeling really good overall I think that by the time Tait goes back to work in another week I will be ready to accept the challenge of having both kids for at least three days a week. It should be interesting; I’ll keep you posted on the progress. Until then have a great day and wonderful Easter!