She's HERE!!!

Hooray...she is finally here!! We are so excited to announce the arrival of our new little bundle of PINK...and yes...we finally have a name!

SOPHIE JANE HAWLEY

Born: Thursday, August 7, 2008

Time: 9:04 am

Weight: 8 pounds, 8 ounces

Length: 19 1/2 inches

Everyone is doing great...and we are all so HAPPY!!! Thanks for all your love and support! We love you all!!!

Here is her crazy birth story...sorry it's kind of long!!!
So like I explained in my last post...we were scheduled to go into the hospital on August 5 to be induced, but that (like just about everything else with this delivery) didn't go exactly as planned. Our check-in time was 8:00 p.m., so we spent most of the afternoon and evening getting all ready to go. I was so excited...to just get there and get started...totally anticipating it ALL DAY!! Finally, we were ready to go, when...DUM DUM DUM the phone rang. Bet you can't guess who it was---the HOSPITAL...calling to tell us that they had NO DELIVERY BEDS available so we couldn't come in. WHAT?? We were so frustrated!! We asked when they thought we could come in and they told us the earliest time was 4:00 a.m. Why in the world you would have someone come into the hospital to be induced at 4 am is beyond me...but...we wanted to get on with everything so we agreed to wait for their call. Unfortunately...Nate and I didn't sleep very well that night because we were so worked up and waiting!!

Finally at 5:15 am, we got the call. We not only got the call, but they asked us where we were, to which we could only laugh and say, "waiting for your phone call." We got to the hospital at 6:00 a.m. ready to get started, expecting to have a baby that day. Well when we got there, it had been so busy that night that there was no nurse for me, no contraction monitor, and no remote for our TV...ha ha...Nate was pretty sad about the last one! Ha ha. They also couldn't find the doctor's orders, so there we sat waiting for something to happen.

A few hours went by (with us in the labor and delivery room waiting patiently...IV in...antibiotics going...waiting) when our doctor came in. Dr. Bohman is GREAT and he was just as frustrated as we were about the situation. He had left orders the night before and fully expected to find us on the road to delivery, so when he found out we had just been sitting there, he did everything he could to make sure things happened faster after that. Originally I was supposed to be induced using Cervadil over night and then put on Pitocin in the morning, but well that was out, so we started right away on Pitocin. He also wanted to break my water, so he had the anesthesiologist come in and give me the epidural...without medication...but just to get it ready to go! (Kind of funny that I hadn't even started contractions...or anything for that matter...yet I was getting an epidural) because once my water broke everyone expected things to go really fast. The only problem was that there was no way that they could break my water! The baby was still really high and I was not dilated at all, so there I was with my epidural and IV...but no labor! The only highlight to the weird situation was that I HATE NEEDLES...and so after getting the IV and epidural needles over with...I thought the rest of the delivery would be SMOOTH SAILING! Boy was I wrong! Ha ha!!

To make a long story short (or kind of short I guess) I was on Pitocin ALL day Wednesday...they even MAXED out the amount of Pitocin they could give me, and yet I never dilated past a 2!! I wasn't even numb...the contractions just weren't that bad!! So by 8:00 pm Dr. Bohman took pity on me and stopped the Pitocin so I could eat and get a little bit of rest.

So that night (Wednesday night) I was given Cervadil to help me dilate. We settled in for what we thought would be a pretty easy night because they were going to give me an Ambien...HEAVEN...so I could sleep. Instead, I ended up spiking a fever, throwing up, getting the shakes, and actually experiencing some pretty painful contractions. CRAZY!! Plus...I am trying not to move too much because I REALLY don't want to have to redo the epidural...I had the needle in and the line running out my back and taped to my gown just waiting to be hooked up.

So we finally make it through the night...by morning...a little after 8 am...I now have three different medications running through my IV trying to help with my fever. Ha ha...epidural without meds...and I AM ONLY DILATED TO A 3!!!! The nurse...with orders from the Dr...breaks my water hoping that will induce...SOMETHING. Ha ha. Dr. Bohman stopped by at about 8:30 am and we all just had to laugh...it was turning into quite the comedy. Soon after I was a 4...HOORAY...progress...but who was getting their hopes up...we thought we still had a long long way to go. He left to go check on another patient at a hospital across the way...and we just waited. The nurse checked me ten minutes later and I was a 6!!! WOO-HOO!!! By now I am really feeling some intense contractions so I decided to finally ask for my EPIDURAL MEDS!! The anesthesiologist hooks it up...and well...it was only making my numb on ONE SIDE...and not even the whole side was numb...just my upper thigh, stomach, and EYE!! Yes...my right eye started to DROOP!! Ha ha. The nurses and anesthesiologist started to discuss the possibility of having another epidural put in when...I FELT THE BABY'S HEAD!!! I told the nurse...I think she is here...and she didn't quite believe me...UNTIL she checked...and then YELLED..."CALL DR. BOHMAN!!!" Yeah...so then for the next TEN MINUTES...I had to hold the baby in with only my right thigh, stomach, and EYE numb! Ha ha.

Finally Dr. Bohman arrived...after running TWO red lights...got his apron on...one glove...and caught the baby!! WOO-HOO...SHE WAS FINALLY HERE!!! I was just glad to have it all over...and still can't believe it took me 24 hours to get to a 3...and only about 15 minutes to go from a 3 to a 10!! Quite IRONIC!! Ha ha.

We were soon moved to a recovery room and were able to bond with our new little bundle! SOPHIE JANE...which yes...it took us two days to finally name her.

We ended up having to stay at the hospital for 48 hours after delivery because I had spiked a fever...and they wanted to watch the baby for infection...but...to make the whole hospital experience even more memorable the FIRE ALARM went off in the middle of the night for about 45 MINUTES and the water to the whole hospital was turned off!! Nate and I just couldn't stop laughing...something like this could only happen to us...seriously!!

Even with her..."SLOW yet FAST" delivery and all the weirdness that came with it...we wouldn't change it for anything...we love our new little GIRL!!!

Special thanks to our AWESOME NURSES...AND DR. BOHMAN!! What a RIDE!!

Daddy and Mommy...Wednesday Morning...not realizing what we were in for!! Ha ha.

OUR REMOTE...yes we finally got one...and look at how big it was!!
Dr. Bohman and Baby Sophie!!
Here I am trying to open my eyes really wide...notice the droop on the right side! Ha ha.
Our New Baby!

Getting checked out!
Snuggly little Baby!
Family of FOUR!
So cute!!
Kisses from BIG SISTER
My favorite PICTURE!
Going HOME!
Grandma Noorda and Sophie
Daddy and Sophie