October 18, 2003 - Your Birth!!!

I was induced Friday night at 9:00 p.m. Heavily induced with magnesium sulfate, I was severly swollen. Mommy was very, very sick. After 16 hours of labor, you were born on Saturday at 1:07 p.m. weighing 4 lb. 11 oz., 18 1/2 inches long. And Suprise! You were a girl!! We didn't find out until you were born. We were so very happy. They quickly wisked you off to the NICU. Daddy and both sets of grandparents went to see you while Mommy went back to the room to get over her sickness. I couldn't stop thinking of you. I wanted to see you so badly but I couldn't leave my bed. I was so heavily drugged so that I wouldn't have a seizure or stroke. I missed you. My heart ached. I just had you and they took you away. It was a very hard night. I was able to see you the next morning. It was wonderful! You were so beautiful! Black hair, beautiful skin...all the nurses kept saying how beautiful you were. I knew it too! I got to hold you for the first time. It was amazing!!! What a wonderful day!