Kiersten's First Photobook

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Kiersten is Here!!

July 12th, 2011 at 1:03pm, Kiersten made her oh so awaited appearance.  We are so excited she is here! She has been a dream come true.  Beautiful baby girl.  Precious as can be. We are blessed to have her. God has given us a true angel.  We love her so much and couldn't have asked for anything more. 

The photo to the right is a photo from her first photo shoot. :)  Yes, thats right, the photographer  mommy in me has started already, but can you blame me?

I'm sure she'll get used to it over time.  ha! She's too precious to not photograph!  How can you not take a photo of that face?  The hat helps too huh?

She was 7" 15oz and 20 inches.  Good size baby, not too big, not too small, but just right.  She caused mommy a lot of stress though. Labor lasted about 37 hours.  Started 11pm Sunday night on July 10th.  I had every intentions of doing it naturally, with no meds, however, by 11pm Monday night I couldn't take it any longer.  We headed to the hospital.  I was scheduled for a 5am induction for Tuesday anyways, but wanted to go ahead in to get some meds.  It would have been different if I had actually made some progress...but nope, nada, only 2 cm dialated in a 24 hr period.  yikes!!!  So,  they gave me something to help me relax and maybe get dialated some.  They said I was too tense to let the contractions do their job.  Everything I thought I was doing with my breathing and positions only made it worse!!!  Had no idea!  But now we know for next time. 

Finally, around 6am after dealing with a night of painful contractions (but atleast I could sleep in between them due to the love drugs)....I was ready for my induction and oh so wonderful epidural!   Once those were administered, Kiersten was quickly on her way.  By 1:03pm, she popped out with only 30 minutes of pushing! I was ready to get her out!   Epidural wore off quite a bit, so I still to some extent was able to feel the contractions to know when to push and could definitely feel her coming out....OUCH!   If I had the option of doing it over again or differently, I wouldn't change a thing.   Ryan was FANTASTIC!!!  Amazing he was.  I couldn't have done it with out him.  Ryan was a true blessing and got me through the worst!  He even stepped up when she was born and took care of her right away.  What an awesome dad! Go Rybear!

Well, now we have the rest of our lives to experience with Kiersten.  Love you hun!

Just a Few Days Away!

Well, today marks July 5th, only two days away from our due date.  Will she be on time or late?  Part of me thinks...late? lol fun fun!!  For those of you who thought early....me being one of them...not so much.  If Kiersten is born between now and Thursday, sounds like right on time to me.  We are so excited to meet her, its so hard to wait!!!  We're trying all we can to get her out. lol  Wish us luck and please pray for a healthy and happy baby!!! yay!!!