Happy 1 Day Birthday, Hailey

Our first day was great. It started with a much needed nap, and ended with a trip down to the nursery so Steve and I could get some more sleep. During the day, we had TONS of visitors. Good thing we have a big room because this girl is SO loved.



We're not sure when we're going home. We had planned to go home sometime today, but Haily just had her bilirubin levels checked and they are a little high. She's spending time under the lights this morning and will be checked at noon today to see if her levels go down. I sure am going to miss that little girl while she's under those lights!
Steve's dad, Andy, came to visit her, but wasn't sure about holding such a tiny baby. I LOVE this picture. :) Don't worry, Steve doesn't hold her like this.
Steve's grandpa Woods also came to visit. He has SEVERAL children and grandchildren, but Hailey is his first great-grandchild. You can tell he's been around a lot of babies. He's a natural. Check out those giant hands. They are as big as our little girl!

She's FINALLY Here!

Hailey Paige Woods
Born:2:12 am 11/4/10
Weight: 7lbs 9oz
Height: 19 inches

Update!

The last post was from Steve. I apologize for the lack of info, but there really wasn't much.

By 11:15 I was begging the nurse to check me again to see if I was at a 4 in order to get an epidural. BEGGING! Of course, I wasn't so she checked me again at 12 and I was at 4!

The nurse went to get all of the epidural stuff as well as my new best friend (aka anesthesiologist), but by 12:45 she wasn't back yet and I was near death (ok, it just seemed that way). As I sent Steve out to look for her, she was walking in with the stuff.

The nurse went ahead and put a thing on Sprout's head to keep track of her heart rate and then my bff gave me the epidural.

After that, it's a bit of a blur. What I DO know is that I had THE BEST NAP EVER!

Later the nurse woke me up to put another probe in me to check contractions internally as well as the cathedar. So now I am hooked up to the epidural (with a patient release button, thank-you-very-much), internal heart rate probe, internal contraction probe, iv, pitocin, and cathedar. Basically, I have no worries. :)

At this point, my nurse is working on increasing the pitocin so I continue to dialate while I am sleeping and relaxing. My contractions need to be closer together, but they're getting there.

My doctor just stopped in and she's going to FL for a conference so she won't be delivering the baby, but I have met the doctor and he's a great guy. She's thinking that she'll come this evening, but we'll see! :)

stuff is happening........kind of

3cm dialated, the doc broke her water a little before 8 this morning

Who Needs Sleep?!

Apparently not this girl!
My nurse gave me a sleeping pill at 9 that worked wonders until about 12. Then, I was waking up with every contraction. So they agreed to give me tylenol 3 at about 3 am which might have worked for an hour but I was still waking with every contraction.

When I was in elementary school I used to cry every night before the first day of school because I was too excited to sleep and just KNEW my day would be horrible. It never was. So I hope this one is the same. I hope somehow I get a rush of adrenaline that pulls me through the long day coming up.

Luckily, Steve is sleeping right now. I had him up rubbing my back from 12-3 but since then he's been sleeping.
Sprout, on the other hand, is having a party. She sure does like it in there. :)

Tonight's News

My doctor just checked me. I am still one cm...bummer!
BUT she is happy that I am now contracting, baby is coming down, etc. So there is progress, but not a ton.
The plan is to get more cervadil tonight and get some rest before a busy day tomorrow. Sprout is loving life...and her current home.
Seriously, Sprout....get out!

No News is....No News.

Steve and I got into our room at 8 and saw the doctor around 8:30. My doctor gave me cervadil in hopes that it would start contractions. Now, we are just hanging out in the room...waiting. So far, I have had contractions, but nothing that I can really feel.

They take the cervadil out around 9 tonight and decide if/when to give me pitocin at that point. Hopefully, I will start contracting on my own, but you never know. I think she really likes it in there.