Adelie Elizabeth's Arrival

Adelie Elizabeth Jourdan

Born September 1, 2010 at 9:44 pm

8 lbs 4.4 oz and 20.5 in long

On Tuesday Aug 31st, Bliss' mom Vicki arrived in the afternoon.  She took Bliss and I out to eat that night then we packed up and headed to the hospital so they could start my induction.  We got there about 11 and they checked me in and got me ready to go.  They started the softener just before midnight and Bliss and I settled in for the night.  That part was ok.  I was hooked up to a machine that checked my blood pressure every 15 min to that was a little annoying.  My back was killing me so they gave me some meds to help with that.  They were strong enough to put me right to sleep so I went though the rest of the night with no problems.

The next morning they started the pitocin.  Everything was going fine at first.  I'm not positive of the order of things anymore.  I guess there was a lot going though my head at the time :)  The nurses were increasing the amount every 15 min to keep things moving along.  For whatever reason, I was having non-functional contractions meaning that they weren't doing their job.  Also, I wasn't getting any break between the contractions.  As soon as they started to pass, another one started again.  Things were not moving like they should and I was dilating very slowly.  I wasn't able to get my epidural yet so they gave me some other meds that worked fine.  The doctor checked me again after awhile and he was able to break my water.  When the meds that they had given me had worn off, I asked for some more, but decided to wait a bit for the doctor to check me again to see if I was far enough along to get an epidural.  When Dr. Evans came back to check on me (like an hour and a half later!), I was 4 cm and 80 effaced.  You'd think with how low I had been carrying that the baby would be ready to go, but no.  She was -2.  Way up there still.  Since it was around 9:00 pm, the pitocin and contractions weren't moving things as quickly as they should, and that baby wasn't doing what she should, Dr. Evans suggested we do a c-section.

All ready to go!

Waiting for the party to start

At 9:21pm I was rolled in to the operating room.  Let me tell you....my daughter is stubborn.  I've seen these on tv.  I've had friends and family have c-sections.  They are supposed to be easy.  You cut the mom open, you take the baby out, you sew the mom back up.  Not so much in my case.  So I'm laying there with the arms out to my sides.  Dr. Evans was on my left and was all up in my armpit pushing and moving me around.  I was moving all over the place and just knew I was going to fall off the table.  I'm not a little girl and that was a little table.  Not a good combo.  The other person (I'm assuming a dr) that was inside me asked for the table to be lowered so she could get better leverage.  I heard some popping noises where they had to use a suction cup to try to get her out.  AND they had the anesthesiologist, who was standing by my head, push from the top of my belly.  FINALLY at 9:44 they were able to get her out!  She started crying and I fell in love immediately.

She's here!!!

Dr. Evans showed her to me over the curtain then they took her away to clean her up.  Once she was cleaned, Bliss brought her over to show me my perfect little girl :)  As they closed me up and took me to recovery, Adelie was getting her tests done and a good washing.  It was great that I had her so late.  The three of us were able to spend some time as a family and love on each other.

Daddy and his little girl

Already yelling at Mom...but so much sweeter than it will be in a few years :)