Savannah Grace

On October 21 we welcomed girl #5 to our family! This birth was long awaited, not only the regular 9 months, but an additional 12 long days after! Because this was a Vbac birth we had to wait until I was 2 weeks overdue to be induced. She came a day before the induction. I had been having irregular, painless contractions for several weeks before, but Mon and Tues they were becoming more regular. 

During the day on Tuesday it was about every 15-30 min, but still not painful so I wasn't sure if it meant anything. That night I went to bed with some discomfort thinking it might progress, but didn't want to get my hopes too high. I woke up a little after midnight and could tell that they were getting stronger. Unfortunately I wasn't able to sleep anymore so it made for quite a long night! We headed to the hospital around 3am and things continued to progress. She was born at 8:17 am weighing a surprising 11 pounds 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. We are so grateful that everything went smoothly and my recovery has gone very well. Even after seeing and holding her right after the birth, I was still shocked to hear her weight. Wow! Do babies really come that big? The newborn diapers were a joke so luckily the hospital also has size one.

Not only is it traumatic for the mother to have such a big baby, but it is also difficult for the baby. After she came out she still had a lot of fluid in her lungs and her oxygen level was lower than it should have been. They took her to the intermediate nursery to get all the gunk out and watch her breathing and oxygen level. Sometimes her breaths per minute were too high as well so they just wanted to make sure everything was ok. She was put on a little oxygen Wednesday afternoon until Thursday morning, but then was fine on her own. They still kept her in there until we left Friday afternoon to keep watch on her breathing, but it was fine. We were all excited to be coming home together. All the older sisters couldn't wait to have her home so they could hold, hug and kiss her!

minutes after she was born

We didn't get a picture of her initial weight, but this is with her diaper and hat on.

Proud daddy!

Happy and tired mommy!

The big sisters came Thursday afternoon and since Savannah was in the nursery, they each got one on one time with her.

With Savannah coming so late, grandma was sad to have little time with her. She came to the hospital on her own Wednesday and brought the girls on Thursday so we were glad she could see her a few times before heading home.

Our little pumpkin

Coming home!

Savannah's first bath... with lots of helpers!

"Good morning baby!"

Adriana made Savannah a new bracelet.