Maya is here! She came early and surprised mom and dad. She is 1,000 more times amazing then we could have ever imagined. She is already 6 days old! :( She likes to sleep a lot so far and she is so tiny. She was 6 pounds, 8 ounces when she was born and 6 pounds when she came home. Mommy had not prepared for this, and all her clothes are way too big!
~Maya's Birth Story ~
October 19, 2011
I went to my doctor's appointment on Monday thinking it would just be a normal appointment. Well the doctor saw on the sonogram that Maya's tummy wasn't growing as large as it should. He decided at this point to induce and told me that I would be going into the hospital the next day. Needless to say, I was shocked but ready to meet her. We went into the hospital on Tuesday night and I started Cytotec to get my body ready to get this baby out. I started the Cytotec at 10 p.m. and then the contractions followed shortly after, they weren't too bad but kept me up most of the night. In the morning they started the Pitocin and I was on my way. Thankfully I decided to get my epidural early, so most of the labor was spent chatting with family. It was slow going at first, I went about 1 cm every hour or two. Well when I got to 5 cm the nurse decided to try and get things moving along and put me into a new position on my side with one leg up in the air. She said this helps the baby drop more into the birth canal. She got off on her shift at 7 and wanted to see me have this baby! After being in this position for about an hour, I started to feel a lot of pressure during the contractions and I called the nurse. She checked me and said I was at 10 cm and we were ready to have this baby. I couldn't believe it was already time!! A lot of people started coming into my room and bringing in all the supplies. They told me it was time to push (which I was the most nervous about). The nurse told me the average time was 2-4 hours and I was way too tired and weak from no food to even think about that long. Well it ended up being about 45 minutes that I had to push, and the baby was about to come out and my doctor wasn't even there yet, I thought the nurse was going to deliver my baby!! Maya was ready to meet the world. Well I had to wait 5 minutes for my doctor to get there where I could not push, and boy was that hard. The doctor finally arrived and it was time to meet you. They put you on my chest and you let out a big cry. You were so beautiful and your little fingers grabbed mine. It was an amazing experience!
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