Sylvie June Radford

So... I kind of have this disease where I can't put my newborn down...I think it should be a rule that no newborn should have to be put down except for night time.  So yes, that will be my excuse for not telling the world about my perfect baby girl.
But here it is. (First, the short version).

Sylvie June Radford
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

born at 12:45 p.m.

6lb. 15oz. 19.5 in

16 hours of labor

6 days early

Perfect features. TONS of RED HAIR.

{{Astoria's clone}}

(now for the very long version and a lot of iphone pics)

I had my last Dr. appointment on Monday the 12th. They did another ultrasound because I was measuring 3 weeks behind and they were concerned that the baby wasn't growing. I had been having weekly ultra sounds to make sure things were going well--and they always were. But on that last Dr. appt. they noticed that my fluid was really low and they didn't want to risk it getting any lower and having it affect the health of my baby. So the Dr. left the room and came back 5 minutes later and said "Well I scheduled you to be induced tomorrow night at 8 p.m." 

Say what?? Tomorrow?

I thought I had a whole week left. 

I was pretty shocked/nervous/excited.

So to celebrate we went to Red Robin.

I spent the next day cuddling with Stori and pretty much spending every minute with her. I was feeling guilty I would have to share my attention starting the next day.

When Dan got home from work on Tuesday, we packed up about 7 bags and headed out to my mom's house to have Stori stay the night. 

It was my very first time being away from her and I was kind of struggling with that. I knew she was in great hands though--she LOVES granny's house!

We checked into the hospital a little before 8 p.m. and I was supposed to be put on a light medicine to help start contractions. Well when they hooked me up to the monitor I started having contractions all on my own about every 3 minutes. So they skipped the first medicine and they decided to put me on Pitocin a little after midnight. I decided I needed my epidural around 5 a.m. because I wanted to try and sleep---Dan was snoozin on the couch and I was jealous. 

Sadly I wasn't able to fall asleep because the nurse had to come in every 30 minutes to manage my medicine for Group B Strep. I also had to be put on oxygen for a little bit so the nurse had to be with me for about an hour straight. No Sleep.

Around 11:30 a.m. I called the nurse because I felt like I had to  go to the bathroom. She said that it usually means the baby is getting ready. And she was right. I was complete and the baby was ready to be born!!! The trickiest part was NOT PUSHING! The Dr. wanted me to "Labor Down," which meant that I let the baby work it's way down and not push until the end. It really was SO HARD to not push. Like actually painful. The Dr. finally came to my room around 12:30 and got everything set up. 

I literally only pushed 3 times when the Dr. said, "Wow SO MUCH RED HAIR." I hadn't even seen her yet but I was crying because I was filled with so much love for this tiny human. 

Dan cut the cord, they handed her to me, and I said hello to Sylvie June. When she heard my voice she opened her eyes and looked right up at me. It was such a tender moment. She knew I was her mother. 
I had a hard time believing that I would actually be able to love another tiny human the way I loved Stori. I really didn't comprehend it until the exact moment that the Dr. told me one more push and I could hold my little girl. I instantly knew that my heart had managed to explode and triple in size. {much like the Grinch}. And just like that, I loved another tiny human EXACTLY how I loved Stori Rose.

I couldn't wait for Sylvie to meet her older sister, and I was missing my girl terribly.

My mom brought Stori in right after Sylvie was born and Stori asked to hold her and gave her a "special kiss" without me even asking her to. It couldn't have gone any better. It felt so good to be a family of 4!!!!

I spent that night in the Hospital and by the next morning the Dr. said I could go home whenever I wanted. I was so ready to be home with my family that I decided to go home that day after our Stork Dinner. :) 

A HUGE SPECIAL THANKS to my mom who helped out SOOOOOOO MUCH!!
Now for an iPhone picture overload (dan hasn't finished putting the real pictures on the computer yet. That will be another post)

First picture as a family of FOUR

3 red-headed best friends

riding over to our new room

First moments with my Sylvie June

Getting ready to go home

Bath time at granny's

 

Best friends

Capturing some smiles from my cute lil human

we call this the "Haily hairstyle"  

Chillin on Granny's deck (3 days old)

Some behind-the-scenes newborn pics