Well, it has been a very exciting 40 days and 40 nights!!! Is parenthood the most amazing experience or WHAT?
Okay, let me catch everyone up... Hmmm - okay, the birth! As I previously posted, we started the Pitocin drip around 4:30 a.m. on 11/20/2008. Unfortunately, Emily's cervix was EXTREMELY uncooperative and by 4:45 p.m., she had not dilated even 1cm. The doc gave us two options...
1) we could stop the Pitocin and let Emily get some food in her belly (she hadn't eaten since 8:00 the night before) and then get a good night's rest and start the entire process over again around 4:30 the next morning.
2) we could just opt for a C-section and not put Emily through the potential of another full day of contractions without results.
Well, after MUCH discussion and debate (approximately 7 seconds' worth), we went with Option 2 and less than an hour later, we had a BABY!!! :-) We spent three days in the hospital and got to know the most perfect and beautiful of God's creations to date and the ride has been amazing ever since!
Right now, I am battling the remnants of an upper respiratory infection that I passed on to Emily and Savannah, regardless of my apparently feeble attempts at preventing just exactly that. Savannah has her one-month checkup scheduled for tomorrow, so we'll ask the doc to take a listen to her breathing as well while we're there. Please pray for quick healing for Savannah especially, but also for Emily as she is absolutely miserable right now and the docs don't want her to take anything that could be harmful to Savannah as it passes through from mother to child.
I plan to post some pictures and videos in the VERY near future, so go ahead and make a habit of checking in frequently - Savannah was the primary purpose for setting this thing up and now that she's here, things are going to get FUN from now on!!!! :-)
I hope that all of you had a very merry CHRISTmas and will have a happy New Year as well. Drop us a line if you have a minute and let us know how you're doing!
Love,
The Lobensteins :-)