Madison Mae, born 5/15/10 at 12:50pm weighing in at 8 pounds 1 ounce, and 19 inches long!
Friday night (5/14) I prayed and prayed that Maddie would come that night, it was perfect--I would have exactly one week without tests, major projects, or papers. This would give me time to get used to my new baby. Around 11:20pm that night I was not giving up hope that she would come when I asked her to. I had completely cleaned my apartment, this entailed mopping every tile by hand, scrubbing the bathrooms, cleaning walls, the molding, the windows... you name it I cleaned it. (Wishful thinking to induce labor!)
At 2 am my water broke and we were so excited! This meant they had to keep us at the hospital and not send us home! It was pretty funny when we left for the hospital, Neal had me sit on a plastic bag as to not "wet his seat." It totally cracked me up.
After about 2 hours I hadn't dialated, they started up the Petosin and those contractions started kicking in pretty hard! Once actual labor kicked in, I was fully dialated in a little over 2 hours. I was excited to start pushing, and the nurse came in to tell me that the doctor had an emergency C-section and that I needed to wait. WAIT? What? So we waited, about 2 more hours... and waited... We started pushing and an hour later Madison Mae came out!
We think she is super cute, and we are having a lot of fun with her. I am doing well, it has been pretty hard with school, I tried to go to school 3 days after giving birth and I was pretty uncomfortable, to say the least. But after about 6 days I was ready to head to class and hit the books. I just finished two pretty awful tests, these are two of the hardest classes I have taken at BYU and I think this will be a good test to see what I am really made of!
well, without further adieu, here are a few pictures!
Maddie and Mom-check out her hair!
Maddie and Daddy
Maddie's first bath
Maddie Chillin in her crib
First Pedicure
Man Dad is Good!
Visits from Grammy
Visit from Aunt Michelle
Awwww Michelle! What a sweetie! I'll be back on June 20th. Let me know if you want a babysitter!
ReplyDeleteYeah! I've been waiting and waiting for you to post pictures and they did not dissapoint. She is absolutely GORGEOUS and I wish I could just hold her and give her lovin' in person! Yeah for you and Neal...we're so happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteShelley, you have a TON of faith! I love that you prayed Maddie into the world! I somehow knew that would happen so you could still plan it all perfectly and graduate and all. Also, I will call you soon... I want to hear all about her and how you're doing. Love you!
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