Adrienne Elizabeth has Arrived!

Well the day finally came! After what felt like a very quick 9 months (aside from the last few weeks) we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl on September 22nd!
Adrienne was born at 38 weeks and 6 days. She weighed 8lb 1 oz and was 20.5 inches long!
She came out big, healthy, and screaming and looked just like her daddy!

So a little story about how she was born... in the last few days before her birth we discovered that i had developed Gestational Hypertension (not a surprise since i worked until the very end). Typically this diagnosis can  be grounds for an induction before 39 weeks. We didnt want to have an induction if it was at all possible to avoid.
On Saturday the 21st i started going into early labor and coincidentally i had an appointment/ check up that day. So we went in and had the check up, went home for a few more hours and then ended up going back in for an induction/augmentation later that day. Miss Adrienne didnt look super happy at the appointment in the morning so after some discussion we decided that it would be best to have a baby! and about 14 hours later she was born!
We were very well taken care of by our nurses and Doctors on labor and delivery and also later in the NICU and on 3s. A big thanks to my 3S ladies who made our stay comfortable. Especially Michele, Annie, Julietta, and Natalie who all took care of me very well (im sure i was their easiest patient of the shift) lol. I would have been a lot more work for them if they didnt let my husband stay the night, that was a huge help. Brad was wonderful and supportive the whole hospital stay, he walked to the NICU with me almost every trip and was a overall a huge help!
So.. NICU, lets talk about that. This little girl decided that it would be really fun to through us for a loop and aspirated some amniotic fluid on her way out. This earned us 48 hours of IV antibiotics, some respiratory support, and IV D10 (sugar water) all in the NICU. She was quite possibly the biggest, healthiest baby in the whole place towards the end of her stay but we started out a little rough.

 Daddy holding for the first time in the NICU.

 Mommy holding for the first time in the NICU.

 I was super excited about her little hat!

 Iron man baby! Brad loved this..

So a big thanks to Susan, Janelle,  Molly, and Misty for taking great care of us in the NICU. Susan is the mother of one of my friends and coworkers. She took very good care of us and helped to set us up for breastfeeding success. We are incredibly thankful for the time she spent caring for us on her very busy shift! Janelle took care of us 2 evenings in a row and was also amazing! Molly and Misty discharged us, so of course we love them because they let me take my baby home!

Taking baby home pictures!

So as you can see the name of our blog has changed... we are transitioning the blog because we have had many requests to keep it going. I make no promises for timeliness but we will try to update as often as we can.

Until Next Time,
Brad, Shyla, and Adrienne