She's here and came starting with plan 4, and finished out with plan E. We just joke now that when the doctor finally chooses a way (which ends up not being any of the original plans), then they plan their own escape instead.
On Tuesday at the doctor's appointment from the ultrasound we learned that she had turned breech. This was a little of a relief for me because it took away all the inner struggles I was having. We then got an appointment for a c-section at the hospital for Thursday morning.
Wednesday morning she was going crazy in my belly waking me up. So I was up for like an hour sitting there, getting some water, etc. I went and laid back down even though she was still wiggly. All of a sudden I feel a large kick, and then a huge gush of something. She had broke my water!
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Can you tell it's 4 am in the morning?
Me at 40 weeks and 4 days |
We called a ward friend up at 4 in the morning to come over and watch Dexter. Then we went on over to the hospital. We got all checked in and then just had to wait because it was a really busy morning in L&D. So they ultrasounded her one last time...transverse. Than there was lots of meconium in the amniotic fluid. Plus I wasn't having contractions and was overdue. As the nurse said...3 strikes she's out.
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| Waiting all hooked up. Baby heart rate good, no contractions. |
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| Kyle all ready, and this time it's for real. |
Surgery went smoothly. Although they had a little struggle pulling her out (according to Kyle's description) since it was by her bum first. Kyle followed her as they cleaned her up, and he even got to pick out the bow.
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| Getting all measured out |
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| The cute teal zebra bow Kyle picked |
So introducing:
Eleanor Hansen
7 lbs. 12 oz.
21 inches
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| Freshly cleaned up |
The hospital was pretty uneventful. My nurses were all really great and made my stay nice. I was by myself for most the time. Kyle would visit me every now and then with Dexter, but the kid would go crazy after like 30 minutes in the room. I spent my solitary time reading and sleeping. It was kind of nice. Audrey drove up early to see her niece and also watched Dexter so Kyle could spend Friday dinner with me.
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| My first time getting to hold her. She's so little and cute! |
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| Dexter's first look at "baby sister" |
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| We did a gift exchange. Dex picked out this baby toy especially for him. |
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| Little Ellie gave him a Star Wars 123 book. |
The c-section recovery seems to be a little better than last time. Maybe it's because it is, or I just know what to expect. Although I did go a little crazy cause I was bed ridden for 1.5 days this time.
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| Audrey came and visited us |
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| A little worried about holding Eleanor |
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| First family photo! Everyone awake and alert compared to the one with Dex. |
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| Daddy with his new baby girl |
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| I see some of her brother in her |
She's been a great baby so far, and Dex has mostly loved having baby sister Ellie around. He loves looking at her, and kissing her, and giving her stuff. However, holding her he politely refuses saying: "No Thank You." It's kind of funny because he doesn't say that for anything else.
We had a little photoshoot with her, and as a family.
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| Cute little feet, and long toes |
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| Mommy and her baby girl |
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| Wrapped around her finger already |
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| This was him saying..."NO THANK YOU!" |
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| Convinced him by having him give her a kiss |
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