Born May 9th 2014 at 7:06 pm
Weight: 7lbs. 8.5 oz.
Height: ?
Head Circumference: ?
Cuter than Ever!
Paisley told Grandma Deb to take this picture and posed herself. We all got a crack out of it! She's adorable!
Dr. Jennifer Eggebroten was our doctor and she was wonderful. She was a resident at the University of Utah hospital and actually 6 weeks behind me. Yes! She was pregnant with her first. She was such a good doctor and we loved her. She informed us that we were able to schedule an induction a week early since I had a vaginal birth before. After a lot of chatting and thinking and praying we decided to go ahead and schedule it on May 9th- one week prior to my due date which was May 16th. Dr. Eggebroten didn't think we would make it to that date without going into labor on my own because I was progressing so well. I wanted to have her on my own so I didn't have to worry about making a wrong decision. I felt a little uneasy and worried to be induced a week prior to my due date in case something would go wrong. I thought I should wait it out until I was at least 40 weeks just to giver her more time to grow because a week could make such a big difference. I didn't want to be pregnant anymore but I didn't want to do it for selfish reasons. I trusted my doctor though and she informed me that if it came down to 39 weeks and my body was showing her I wasn't ready then she wouldn't do it.
I made it another week and nothing had happened. We went in again for my weekly appointment and did the usual. Dr. Eggebroten didn't check me but was a little surprised I had not gone on my own. We once again walked out of the office hoping my water would break any second. However, it did not. I guess it was looking like I'd be induced.
I got the induction confirmation call the day before to go ahead and come in at 9:00 am the next morning. I was so excited. Grandma Deb and Grandpa Dean came to stay at the house with us so they could watch Paisley. The next morning came and I called the hospital at 8:00 to make sure there was room for me just like they had said to do and to my disappointment they were full with mothers who had gone into labor and had to push back my induction. It was my worst nightmare coming true. They had me call back around 11:30 and they were still full. I hated to keep bothering them but they said to call back again. The charge nurse told me she would hate to have me come in and not be properly taken care of. I understood but was still bummed. Finally I was able to get in that afternoon around 3:00 or 4:00 and they were so wonderful. We had such a good experience with their entire staff. They main charge nurse who felt bad for putting me off was so wonderful. I told her how I felt bad to keep calling even though they told me to and she was so sweet. You could tell she had had a busy day and was tired but she took care of me and I felt like we became best friends. I must say the whole staff commented on how they loved us.
My parents were on their way up after they finished school and we kept them updated the whole time. It's funny how other than my husband and Paisley I was a little girl again who needed my mom. I was constantly having Doug call asking where they were.
It was time to get things rolling. They gave me my ptosin and my epidural and I was so excited to do this again. I was feeling quite nauseous and didn't want to throw up the whole time like I did with Paisley so they gave me an alcohol wipe to smell which helps some women but for me it did NOT. Instead they gave me some oxygen and that was heaven. I was eating that up. Once they gave me the IV i had my throw up bag ready but it wasn't unitl later that I actually had to use it.
Dr. Eggebroten was at clinic all day and so her friend and colleege would be there until she could arrive. All of her good friends/co-residents came in to meet us and had the nicest things to say. They said that she told them we were her favorite patients and that they had to meet us.
Once the doctor came in and broke my water and all of a sudden I was like "Uhhh?! I think I'm having a contraction!" I wasn't supposed to be feeling this! I could feel a lot of pain on my right side of my stomach. My legs and body hadn't gone as numb as they did when I was having Paisley and I could lift them a little but i was fine until now. They had me roll to my right to let the drugs affect that side while they called the nurse anesthetist to come push more meds. I was shaking when the contractions would come. I was clenching the sides of the beds and it was soo painful. I must admit I was curious as to how bad they were but man that was enough for me. I was ready for the drugs. Once I got them in I was ready to roll. The nurse commented and said, "Ya you were just at the top of a contraction and you were smiling so I think you must feel good now!" That made me happy to hear.
I was dilating fast so they slowed down the ptosin until Dr. Eggebroten got there because she was minutes away. Finally she made it and I was ready to go. {I must quickly and proudly admitthat during labor I did have the entire delivery crew laughing!} Anyways, It was about 3 sets of pushing or 3 contractions and little Ellie slid on out. Her face was pretty bruised but she was the sweetest little thing with the cutest button nose. I was able to see her for about 1 minute but they had to take her to the nursery because she had pooped and they were worried about her aspirating it so they went to check on her make sure she was clear so she wouldn't get infection. An hour later we got to really hold our baby. I was sad I wasn't able to do skin to skin with her because of the bowel movement she had coming out but I was just grateful she was healthy and okay! I was worried when they took her! I wanted to follow her to make sure they brought me the SAME EXACT BABY back. :)
When we got her back family came and it was so exciting to see my Paisley! I had missed her so much and just wanted to hold her in my arms and give her all of my love and attention! I could tell that when she first came I could tell she was a little nervous. She had this look on her face like 'what is going on and why is my mom in that bed and why does she look so rough?' We immediately started talking to her and showed her how happy we were so she became quite comfortable quick. My heart sank as I know truly realized how big she was. My body was filled with so many emotions! A week or two before Ellie came we tried to soften the blow by telling Paisley that Ellie was bringing her a present when she came. We found some princess shoes, a pack of "Hello Kitty" chapstick, a pack of gum, and a sucker. We wraped them all up and gave them to her when she got there. She was thrilled. I think it helped to because she always thanks Ellie and says, "Thanks for my princess shoes, my chapstick and my gum Ellie!" Not to mention she adores her sister.
So because Ellie was born the night of the 9th and they like to keep you at least 24 hours, they were just going to keep us for another night since the 24 hour mark wouldn't be until 7. Well, we were getting pretty homesick and ready to go be with our little Paisley and found out the hospital was switching computer programs at midnight. We took that as a sign to get out of there and so we asked if we could just leave after the 24 hours. Nurses told us that would be smart and they all did what they could to help us get discharged. They told us it would be a mad house the next day with people trying to figure out how to use the new computer system and that if we didn't leave that night it would take forever the next day. We were extremely grateful to go home!
Ellie we love you and are so grateful to have you in our family. You are the sweetest little thing and you couldn't be more loved. Now we are a family of four and we couldn't be happier!
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