Karleigh Marie Mann

Well, she is oficially 1 week old in about 2 hours. Thought I'd blog, since most of you probably haven't heard the details about what happened. So I went in Thursday to to Dr to get my fluid checked by U/S again since it had been very low. The amniotic fluid was, thank-you-Lord, in the normal range and everything looked perfect with her. Then my midwife checked to see if I was any more dialted since I had already been 3cms and had been having some uncomfortable contractions. Well, turns out I was 5cms, which means only 5 more to go! Since I wasn't planning on having this kid without any pain medicine (how revolting ha!) I went over to the hospital to get my epidural. Ahhh, heaven! God Bless anesthesia! Here is what you look like in labor with an epidural:My midwife, Anglea, whom I love dearly, broke my water shortly after and Miss Karleigh was born after 3 pushes at 3:46pm. Despite being 3 weeks and 3 days early Karleigh did not have any breathing issues. She came out screaming and pink - as you can see from the pictures. Thanks so much for all your prayers - I KNOW that is why everything went so smoothly and we didn't have any complications! I also KNOW that Memaw was up in heaven interceding on our behalf!! I sure missed her being in the waiting room of the hospital praying so everyone could hear, though. We are doing well adjusting at home. I have felt wonderful! Maybe it helped having an almost 2lbs smaller child, maybe it was that I was in the best physical shape of my life before this pregnancy and have kept up my exercise routine, maybe a combination of both. Either way, I have only felt occaisionally tired - well, duh, lack of sleep!! =) I felt pretty much "normal" on day 4. Crazy!! For any of you that have had a baby, you understand how amazing that is! Karliegh has been very good so far. She is still sleeping a whole lot. Today is the first day she is staying awake for periods of time looking around. It's nice to see her eyes open! Gabe and Myles are adjusting well too. Gabriel HAS to know where she is at all times. LOL! He wants to hold her constantly - and he just melts when he does. Its adorable! Myles has been very sweet to her and holds her for about 5 minutes, then says "She wants back in her cradle". Heehee. Short attention span! Anyone who knows Myles can understand. This afternoon I took this pictures of the guys because of all the places in the house they could all be, they were all huddled around her. When I put her down on the Boppy, there was no one in the living room at all!! I love it!!