After several years of waiting for this little blessing to join our family, we are happy to announce the birth of Kinley Ane. At my doctor's appointment on Monday (May 10th) my ob suggested I come in on Tuesday to be induced. I was at 3cm and having contractions, but they still weren't enough to make any progress. We got to the hospital at 7:30 on Tuesday morning and they hooked me up to all the monitors and started all the paper work. My doctor said I was registering some good contractions so he decided to wait on the pitocin. He broke my water at around 9:30 in the morning. By 11:30 my contractions were pretty regular and strong so I was hopeful that my body was working the way it was supposed to. I asked for my epidural and shortly afterwards I was examined again but I had only progressed to 4cm. My dr. decided since I hadn't made much progress even with my contractions, to start the pitocin. They checked me off and on over the next few hours and kept bumping up the pitocin, but I still wasn't moving much. At 2pm he came in and checked me again and I was still at 4-5cm. So he bumped my pitocin again. I was starting to think this was going to be a really long day, so we let Abbey and Brady come in and visit for a little bit. At about 2:30, I had a contraction that was really strong and quite painful (considering I had an epidural). About 3 or 4 minutes later I felt another one and realized I was experiencing a lot of pressure all of the sudden. I told Matthew to get the kids out of the room and call the nurse. When she came in, I told her I was feeling a lot of pain and pressure and I wanted to get a "top off" on my epidural. She said let me check you first. She looked at me and said "Sorry, Honey, I can't top off the epidural. The baby is here and will be born in the next few minutes." Over the next 5 minutes chaos erupted as they phoned for the doctor to hurry and get in here. Seven minutes later little Kinley entered into the world with the most perfect coloring and the most perfectly shaped little head. It was by far my most painful delivery, I felt EVERYTHING! I'm not really sure why my epidural didn't work, but I guess if you're going to have an epidural that doesn't work, it's good to have a 7 minute delivery! We are all doing great. Abbey and Brady are absolutely in L-O-V-E! Thank you for all your prayers!
2 weeks have come and gone. And although we are starting to find some routine and schedules, we still haven't ventured out of the house much. With school almost out, the kids haven't had much homework, so Abbey usually likes to come home and "entertain" Kinley in the afternoon. Abbey likes to sit in the rocking chair with Kinley while vegging out to some afternoon cartoons. And sometimes, the two of them will just lay on a blanket together. It is so sweet to see this bonding time between the two girls! Tomorrow is Kinley's 2 week check up. She is definitely over 7 pounds now! At 2 weeks old, Kinley is trying really hard to "talk" and smile. As with most babies, she prefers to be held, although she is getting better about sleeping in her bouncy seat during the day. At night, she is doing amazingly well. She usually has a 5 hour stretch between her 8-9pm feeding and then doesn't wake up again until around 5:30am, which is fine since I have to be up by 6 to get the kids ready for school. She is finally taking a pacifier during the day, which means happy mom and happy baby!
