Friday, January 13, 2017

happy birthday maggie!

Happy Birthday to our Maggie Mae Vanderveer!
1.2.17 at 12:54pm
7lbs 7oz     20 1/2 inches

Mommy had taken it very easy over Christmas break because we didn't want you to arrive before New Years Eve.  But on New Years Day, we decided it was time.  Mommy spent the day walking and trying to make contradictions start but nothing seemed to be happening.  Then around 10pm, she was having terrible back pain/labor and we decided it was time to go to the hospital.  G and pop came over to stay with your sleeping siblings.  When we got to the hospital mommy was asked to walk to see if anything progressed before we were admitted and finally at 3am we were admitted.  Mommy was dilated to a 5 so they started her IV medication needed for group b strep and we were told to rest until the morning.  At 8am Dr Webster (the on-call dr.) came in and said that we needed to make more progress.  So at 8am, mommy had an epidural and they broke her water.  she slept until about 10am, she was at a 6 and they started a low dose of pitocin. at 11am, they upped the pitocin.  At noon, mommy was feeling a lot of pressure and told daddy he needed to get ready.  at 12:30pm, she called the nurses and told them about how much pressure she was feeling.  they checked her and it was time!  3 contractions and 9 pushes later, you were born at 12:54pm.  You were immediately placed on mommy where you stayed and nursed for around 2 hours.  Mommy was happy with the decision to get an epidural and how calm the birth was.  you were perfect!!!











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