I can't believe my little baby girl will be 5 weeks old on Wednesday! It has gone by so fast, and it has been one heck of an adventure so far. Motherhood is absolutely amazing, and yet very challenging. I knew it would be hard, but it is one of those things you have to experience for yourself. We've started to get a pretty good routine down. Ellie's days consists mainly of sleeping, eating, crying, and going potty. She has pretty much outgrown newborn size diapers, and a few of her newborn clothes. She is growing so much everyday!!! Despite the challenges of being a new mommy, it really is the most wonderful feeling in the world! Ellie brings sooooo much joy to our lives. She is the most beautiful baby girl. I don't know what I would do without her.
Kenton has been an amazing daddy so far. He has had one night of dad duty while I was feeling sick. He did a great job! Every day when he comes home from work I give him Ellie, and I go take my bath.... its very important to have some alone time!!! Ellie just loves her daddy. She likes to touch his face, and smiles whenever he holds her. I can safely say that she is a daddy's girl. She loves her mama just as much though, don't you worry ;)
I've been meaning to post my birth story... here it is.
Lets see, where to begin. I was induced because Ellie was a week overdue. I would have LOVED to experience going into labor on my own, but God had a different plan for us. I got to the hospital the morning of April 13. I was induced right around 8:00 am. They started my IV, got the pitocin going, and my doctor broke my water. When my doctor broke my water, there was hardly any fluid that came out, and when I started having contractions, Ellie did not do very well, her heart rate would drop with every contraction. Right away, they put me on oxygen, lowered the dosage of pitocin, and did an amnioinfusion (insert water back up into my uterus) to help with cord compression, and to see if Ellie's heart rate would improve. After a while, things were somewhat back to normal. Ellie was doing much better with the contractions and labor was progressing like it should.
After a few hours of very painful contractions I decided I wanted an epidural. I think I could have gone without it, but I wanted to enjoy the experience of labor, so I made the decision to go ahead and get the epidural. Unfortunately, I was one the those "lucky" people that got the epidural that didn't work. I felt relief for about 20 minutes, right after I had gotten it, but within an hour I was back to having horrible contraction pain. They brought the anesthesia guy back in, and he gave me some medicine that should have helped, and if not, he was just going to replace the epidural. Again, being the lucky person that I am... the medicine he gave me made me feel very lightheaded, I had ringing in my ears, I threw up, I was as white as a ghost (Kenton called me Casper), and my blood pressure elevated. Meanwhile, I had a contraction that lasted about 3 minutes, and they couldn't find Ellie's heart rate AT ALL. That was probably one of the scariest moments I've EVER experienced. They paged an emergency to my room, and right away, a bunch of people came in to help in any way they could.
After a few minutes, they found Ellie's heart rate, it was at a whopping 60 bpm (it should be anywhere between 120-160). Her heart rate slowly started to get higher and higher, but she was again not responding well to contractions at all. After a few minutes, my doctor decided it was best to go ahead and get Ellie out via c section. I never in a million years, EVER thought I would have a c section, but like I said... God had a plan for us. They rushed me back to the OR, and within just a few short minutes my doctor said "are you ready to meet your baby?" and at that moment my heart was bursting with joy. "It's a girl!!!!" was the next thing my doctor said. Kenton and I both just started laughing, we were sure we were having a boy. We were both filled with so much love for our baby girl. We fell in love instantly!!! It turned out that Ellie had her cord wrapped tightly around her neck, which is part of the reason she wasn't doing well during contractions. Plus, she was faced up in the pelvis, instead of down. Had I delivered naturally it would have been an ugly situation.
I have to say, not finding out the sex of our baby, and being surprised is the coolest feeling EVER!!!! There is no surprise as great as that!! Even though labor was not at all what I expected, I am so thankful I have the most amazing and healthy baby girl.
Ellie Kathleen Cornett was born on Wednesday April 13, 2011 at 2:15 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz, 20 inches long. My precious angel!!
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| right before Ellie was born |
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| Kenton cutting the cord |
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| she was so little, especially for being a week overdue |
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| happy family! |
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| I finally got to hold my baby! |
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| cute face :) |
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| she is the sweetest baby girl! |
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| mommy sleeps when Ellie sleeps! |
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| daddy and his baby girl! |
