Lillian Carlita

This is my favorite picture of her ever. Scott took it- and no we didn't pose her. She just sleeps with her hands like that a lot. :)

 Well- after 41 weeks, our little Lillian finally made it here. We had not decided for sure on the name Lillian until we saw her. We had a narrowed down to a few names, and that's the one that won in the end. Lillian is just a name we both love, and Carlita is my grandma's name. And I couldn't think of a better person for her to share a name with. If she turns out to be as sweet and good as my grandma, the world will be a better place.

She decided my womb was much to comfy to come on time, so on April 24, a week after my due date, we went to the hospital at 6am to begin the induction process. We got there, got checked in, and by 6:45 or so they had started the pitocine (not entirely sure how to spell it?). At 8:30, my doctor came in to see how I was making any progress and decided to go ahead a break my water to try and speed things along and so she could put the internal contraction monitor so it was more accurate.

Breaking my water did make my contractions much more regular and stronger, (and I ended up getting my epidural around 11:00am) and by noon I had dilated to about a 4, baby was waaay low, I was mostly thinned out and things were looking good... and then I proceeded to make no progress. We waited and waited, and around 4:30 or 5:00 that afternoon, a midwife (who I'd never met before) came and had me do some crazy positions to try to get labor started. Well- unfortunately Lilli did not take kindly to these positions and started to stress. Every time I had a contractions, her heart rate would drop down to the 60's.

My doctor (who didn't know the midwife had talked to me or given any authorization for her to do anything) then came in and was quite worried. The midwife then insisted on trying one more position, so they put more fluid in me to replace the water that had been broken for most of the day, and tried one more. Lilli did not like this one either, and evidently neither did I since it made me feel very light headed and almost pass out, or throw up. Neither of which I wanted to do. The doctor then told me that she was going to be honest with me, and things were not looking good for a traditional delivery and if the baby continued to stress after a little more monitoring we would proceed with a c-section. I had Scott call my mom, and my parents came over at this point. Glad they were there too. :)

So- they made me nice and comfy again and laid me on the side that I had been making the most progress on before. Thankfully, Lilli's vitals went back to normal, and I suddenly felt a very funny urge to push with each contraction. It was really weird. I hadn't felt any of my contractions for the most part up until that point, and all the sudden I felt that. I let the doctor know, and she came in and checked me, and I was suddenly dilated to an 8! She said she was going to go home for an hour (because she lives 5 minutes from the hospital), and by then we would probably be ready to go.

About half an hour after that, I had Scott let the nurse know that I really felt like I needed to push and it was getting unbearable. So she checked me, and low and behold I was at a 10 and ready to go, so we began the pushing process while they called Dr. Falk to come back in. I probably started pushing at about 6:00pm, and at 6:46, Lillian was born. Pushing was exhausting and not the most comfortable expeirience, but it was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. I would try to describe how cool it is, but I don't really know how. So we'll leave it at that.

I think one of the coolest things about the whole experience is right as I was about to push the baby's head out, Dr. Falk asked Scott what size of gloves he wore. They got him some, and he got to be the one to deliver the rest of the baby after the head and put her on my chest immediately after delivery. It was so cool for him, and for me! He was officially the very first one to hold her. :) And then he, of course, cut the cord and helped clean her up while they stitched me up and all that good stuff.

Right after they wiped her off and weighed her

Proud daddy immediately after cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first family picture. :)

We got to come home on Friday afternoon- so we have been home for a few days now. We are so happy. Its funny how much drool and being pooped and peed on doesn't bother you at all like you thought it would. Lilli is so beautiful and perfect, and we can't do anything but love her. :) Even though our nights have been a little sleepless, we are happier than we've ever been and we seriously just fall in love with her more every day. Didn't know it could happen like that. :) I am sure you will all see TONS of pictures on facebook between Scott and I. We are a little picture crazy with the little girl. But she's just so cute.. we can't help it. :)