Thursday, May 13, 2010

Our Sweet Girls Arrival!

Cannon telling Madison that it is time to COME OUT!

Looking at my beautiful Madison Jane for the first time.

Cannon checking out his new little sister!

I couldn't wait to get this outfit on her!!

Our new family of four!
Madison Jane Mileur made her entrance into the world on May 4th, 2010 at 4:36pm. She was 7lbs 12oz, 20.25 inches long. A head full of dark black hair and dark blue eyes. She is absolutely beautiful! She is exactly as I dreamed her to look like. I am so happy to finally have her in my arms.
The days leading up to her arrival were quite exhausting though. After my first false alarm I had two more visits to Labor and Delivery. The second was because I thought my water broke and the third was to monitor my high blood pressure. My doctor had me come in on Monday, May 3rd to have my blood pressure checked once again. It was still high but I wasn't spilling protein so it did match pre-eclampsia. So she diagnosed me with gestational hypertension and told me I would be scheduled for induction the next day! YEA!! I was so glad. It was only a couple days before my scheduled induction but hey, I was really ready to meet her! So I went in at 9:00am on May 4th. They got me set up in my room at started me on the pitocin at 10:30am. I was really nervous because I didn't want to feel contractions because I never experienced them with Cannon. They told me I had to wait until my contractions were in a regular pattern before they could give me an epidural. Boo! So I waited. It didn't take long for that to happen. Around 12:00 the anesthesiologist came in and gave me the epi! YEA!!! My doctor come in soon after to break my water. Well it had done that on it's own right before she went to do it. My contractions started getting stronger. I was a little uncomfortable because I still felt the contractions mildly on my left side. So the anesthesiologist was called back in and he pumped me with some more drugs. I felt GOOOOOD! after that. The nurses said they would check back in on me in a little while. Well at 2:30 or 3:00 the nurses came in and checked me. I was at a 10!! Whooo hooo! We were just waiting for her head to drop a little lower. Then at 3:30 they checked again, it was time! The doctor got there at about 4:00 got everything ready. 36 minutes and 3 pushes later, Madison Jane entered the world! It was an amazing birth! I am so blessed to have such easy deliveries. I know that some women have to endure so much worse and I thank the Lord for allowing me to birth my children so easily. I am now blessed with two beautiful children. The Lord has shown me so much mercy and blessings. To Him I owe everything.














1 comment:

  1. Congratulations she is beautiful!! Enjoy every moment with her.

    I was one of those not so lucky moms who had very difficult deliveries. I am glad yours went smoothly. My epidurals never worked. I always felt the whole thing, and my labors were always very long. Capri's was 19 hrs before the c-section..... It's always nice to hear about quick and easy births. :)

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