Baby Rachael is here

Well this weekend just turned out not as planned but WONDERFUL.

I received an email from my SIL on Friday saying she was having some odd pains (her due date was August 11th). So I knew right from there it wasn't going to be the "quiet" weekend.

Friday around 6:45 we got the call she was headed to the hospital. We got Avery to bed and got a neighbor to come sit with him, and Adam, Theresa, AJ and myself headed up to the hospital about 8:30. Mariah was having contractions about 2-6 minutes apart but was not "moving" at all... so a little before 11 they decided to send her home. SO we all went home to try and get some rest. When we got up on Saturday, Adam's mom told us Mariah went back to the hospital about 3:30 in the AM.. and she was dialating. I dropped Theresa off at the hospital around 6:45ish and I also went in for a minutes to visit before heading off to work.

That DARN ROOM 13

By 11:30 Mariah was calling me at work she was 6cm, and due to her blood count couldn't get an epi... she was confused on what to do. I left work, to meet her over there, and Adam and Avery were headed up as well. Thanks to our friends the "Caleb's" who watched AJ for us that day so we could focus on Mariah.

Here is where the long wait begins. What a WOMAN she is, so strong, so beautiful, she found a strength I could only dream of. It was determined that since she couldn't have an epi, that they would do a C-Section at 4pm, (couldn't do it earlier because she had crackers that morning to take meds. Well... at 4pm, they came back to do blood work to take her back but her levels were even lower so the Spinal was now out. They decided to get her some steroids to see if it would boost her levels.. after an hour wait... it didn't. So it was determined that she would be put under and a C-Section would be done to take the baby.

Mariah was taken back about 7:10 that night, and Rachael Raye (aka BGP, aka Gerdie) was born at 7:29. She is absolutely beautiful. A FULL head of hair, wide eyed... I don't think there was a dry eye when they annouced her arrival and when they brought her out. It had been such a long day for Mariah and Chase, (and the rest of us bystanderards). But what a WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL reward. Adam took Avery home and picked up AJ after Rachael's arrival and I stayed with Theresa so she could see her daughter before heading home.

Sunday we went up to see the new family, and Mariah was doing WONDERFUL. After some sleep she was doing much better... but was still waiting for a real meal. We got to hold little Rachael, how sweet and innocent... we look forward to going over on Friday and getting to spend some family time with them... and enjoy our new neice!