Saturday, March 01, 2008

BABY LONDON IS BORN


BABY LONDON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 21 AT 8:03 IN THE MORNING. SHE WAS A SCHEDULED C-SECTION BUT JUST BECAUSE THINGS ARE SCHEDULED DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT PERFECTLY. WHEN WE GOT THE HOSPITAL I WAS PREPPED AND READY TO GO BUT THE DOCTORS WERE RUNNING BEHIND AND MY ANESTHESIOLOGIST DIDN'T CHECK ME TO MAKE SURE I WAS ALL THE WAY NUMB SO WITH THE FIRST CUT I LET THEM KNOW I COULD FEEL WHAT THEY WERE DOING. IT WASN'T THE FULL LEVEL OF PAIN BUT IT DID HURT ENOUGH THAT I WANTED TO SCREAM. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE BABY WAS OUT BECAUSE THE MEDICINE WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO HER SO I GRABBED ON TO CHIPS HAND HARD AND THE DOCTORS WORKED FAST. AS HER HEAD CAME OUT THEY SAW THAT THE CORD WAS WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK 3 AND A HALF TIMES. AS SOON AS THEY GOT HER OUT SHE WAS FINE AND SO WAS I. THEY PUMPED ME SO FULL OF MEDICINE THAT I COULDN'T WALK UNTIL 4:30 THAT AFTERNOON. BUT BESIDES THOSE LITTLE KINKS WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL WEIGHING 7 LBS. 2 OZ. WE CHOSE THE NAME LONDON BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT FIT THE PRECIOUS, ELEGANT LITTLE GIRL BORN INTO OUR FAMILY. OUR HOSPITAL STAY WAS SO WONDERFUL WITH ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO CAME TO VISIT AND THE SPECIAL CARE WE GOT FROM NURSE CINDY. WE ARE SO FULL OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS WITH THE BLESSING OF THIS SWEET LITTLE GIRL AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

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