Aliyah Grace

Aliyah Grace is here! Born on 6/5 at 9:16pm. She weighed 7lbs, 7oz and is 20 inches long. She's completely beautiful, even the nurses said so just like they did with Max (after they admitted again they don't say that to everyone:)). She doesn't look like Max, or either of us really but we think she's just precious!

Well, God was with us Saturday and another lesson was learned to put our trust in him and stop worrying!!!! I was so anxious and worried about another long labor but it all went so fast. I started having some random contractions Saturday around 1:30pm but had no other real signs so I wasn't thinking much of it, put Max down for his nap and laid down and they just kept getting closer. The Dr wanted a few hours of 5 mins apart but after one hour of 5 mins apart and another hour of 2-4 mins apart we headed in without even waiting for the Dr to call back. I'm glad we did too! I got checked in around 6:30pm and was 6cm. The contractions were RIGHT on top of each other, some with literally no break so I was happy to get the epidural (though I did hardly need it but was still nervous I could be pushing a while like I did with Max). After it was over it was nice because even though he told me I was 10cms already we all got to relax a few minutes before pushing (though with all the pressure I was feeling I'm glad I didn't have to wait too long). I probably only pushed around a dozen times, about 15 minutes and out she came. They said I was so close so I just kept going and wow! I couldn't believe she was here already. It was wonderful (and nice to be under the epidural while getting stitched back up too!). Both grandmothers got a chance to pop in too before we got moved to the maternity ward around 11pm. I had none of the post-labor complications like I did with Max so I was already feeling pretty good. I didn't really need pain medication so it wasn't a big deal that I couldn't take the motrin. The only complaint, which the nurse said is often worse with the 2nd, is contractions/cramping still coming, especially while nursing. Even now, 2 days later I still get them pretty bad but the nursing is going well. She nursed right away in the labor room and got the hang of it right away. She gets gassy sometimes afterwards but that's usually the only time she's fussy. We have to watch the diaper thing which is new to us because Max never cared if his diaper was a mess or wet so that was never one of the "why is baby crying" checks for us but its nice if that's what is causing it because that's easy to take care of. The hospital bed really hurts my back badly so we were VERY happy to come home yesterday, especially to be with the Max again. He did great for his grandmothers but I think he's happy to have mom and dad home. He has been good. At the hospital all the grandparents were there so he was more interested in putting on a show than seeing the baby. Now he checks her out often and likes to say her name (he calls her Ally). Its so fun to be all together as a family, we are truly blessed!

She is sleeping a lot which is nice, has her days and nights a little backwards yet but that's pretty normal so we'll work it out!

Pictures are coming....