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Monday, January 19, 2009

Annika Michelle is here!


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Annika was born at 11:10 am on Saturday January 17,2009. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long. She is a very good baby who does not cry very much so far and let me sleep a lot last night. I loved the hospital which seemed more like a very nice hotel with 100% room service than a hospital. We are both doing good and home from the hospital. But I will miss the excellent nursing services and the incredible room view! We could see the entire San Bernardino Valley and then all the San Bernardino Mountains from our huge 10 by 6 or so picture window.

As far as labor goes being induced is the way to go. I went to the hospital at 4:00 am. It was early. They had to poke me 4 times to get an iv in. The pitocin is given slowly and before I had an epideral the contractions were hardly painful. The only problem was the epideral didn't work everywhere and when I was fully dialated I could feel everything. The doctor barely made it in time to catch the baby! I didn't even push at all!

7 comments:

Barbara said...

Congrats! She is so cute. Let me know when you are up for visitors and we will come and see you guys.

Stacey and Tony said...

I had a dream the other night that Annika looked like a baby kitten, so I am glad that you posted some pictures and she doesn't look much like a kitten at all! Very cute!

Mama Bean said...

CONGRATS!!! She is beautiful. I am so glad that everything went so easy.

Cameron/Melissa said...

I know I made it sound like a very easy labor and it was... except waiting for a doctor to come from home while trying not to push, laugh or cry is not as easy as it may sound. I had many not kind words for the poor doctor who tried to hurry but took much too long for my very in pain self....

Nicole said...

She is darling! Congrats congrats!!! You look great and I'm glad to hear things went *pretty much* without a hitch! What a cute cute family you have!
Love lots!!!

Jenn and Rich said...

Congratulations, to the both of you. She is beautiful. Three girls, I know what is in store for you. I'm glad you could join the girl club. I hope she keeps sleeping for you. Good Luck!

Shar said...

congratulations! She is beautiful and I'm so glad for you that she has been a peaceful baby. That's awesome! I haven't checked blogs or been online in over 2 weeks, so I'm sorry to be responding so late. But I am really really happy for you guys and wish we could see you all more often. love ya!