March 11, 2009 IT"S A GIRL

On March 11th at 2:23 AM our beautiful baby girl Maya made her grand entrance.  Here's how it happened... My water broke at 0500 AM on March 10th and after breakfast (priorities!),  showers, and calling Nurse Gayle to make sure she was still working that day, Joey and I headed to the hospital. After confiming that yes, my water actually had broken (we had a false alarm about 3 weeks prior that landed us in the hospital with me having regular contractions for about 12 hours) we made our phone calls to parents and siblings to let them know that it was time. Around 1200 they started me on Pitocin to try and move things along. After cranking it up to 25 (usually they only go to 20) by the end of the day I was having regular contractions, but still not making any progress and not having any pain with the contractions. It is pretty strange to wait around all day be in pain!  So, at 0115AM on March 11th our OB decided it was time for a c-section. So, off we went. It was a pretty sureal experience. I have attened tons of c-sections as a nurse and NNP, but never had I been on the other side! The c-section went well and at 0223- we heard the OB say IT'S A GIRL! We were so excited! She weighed in at 8lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. She is beautiful! We had a good stay at the hospital; everyone was awesome. We headed home on March 13th as a family of 3! Our lives are changed forever- we have a new meaning to life and a new purpose!