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Finally!!! This has been quite an ordeal…a 56 hour ordeal. Since I am sitting here at the hospital, I’ll keep this short.

Stats:
1. Cute, chubby girl.
2. Born at 1:10pm on May 8th.
3. Born via C-section.
4. 8 lbs, 4 oz
5. 21 inches long

Here’s the time line:

5:30am Friday – Strong contractions began, about 7 minutes apart. They didn’t stop until the baby was born today at 1:10pm.

10:00pm Friday – Kerrie finally convinced herself that she could go to the hospital.

11:00pm Friday – The nurse hooks Kerrie and the baby up to monitor them. The baby’s heart rate dropped below 60 beats/minute for 2.5 minutes. The Dr. decided to monitor Kerrie for a few hours.

3:00am Saturday – The hospital releases Kerrie with a morphine shot. Kerrie finally can relax. Her contractions slowed to every 10 minutes. She was dialated to a 2.5.

1:00pm Saturday – Kerrie having a hard time feeling the baby. We go back to the hospital for a check up. Kerrie is only dialated to a 3.

10:00pm Saturday – Kerrie’s contractions average 5 minutes. She is in serious, tearful pain. Unfortunately, she’s not dialated any more…still a 3. Three nurses confirm that Kerrie’s pelvis is very narrow.

1:00am Sunday – Kerrie is still having serious contractions, but she’s not progressing. Luckily, another one of Dr. Judd’s patients came into the hospital, so he decides that he’ll take two at once. Otherwise, Kerrie would have had to get induced on Monday.

2:00am Sunday – Kerrie is still only dialated to a 3. She gets an epidural and some pitocin.

4:00am Sunday – Kerrie’s water breaks on its own.

5:30am Sunday – Kerrie is dialated to a 4.5. Dr. Judd remarks that her pelvis is very small, but that our little girl might fit through there. Kerrie tries to sleep and the nurse checks her every hour.

11:00am Sunday – Kerrie hasn’t progressed in six hours. She’s still having serious contractions, now every 3 minutes. Dr. Judd wants to monitor for one more hour. If no progress, he suggested a c-section.

12:30pm Sunday – Dr. Judd checks again…he asks the nurses to prepare for a c-section. Kerrie gets a lot more drugs.

1:10pm Sunday – Dr. Judd takes out our little girl. She screams for 15 minutes straight.

We haven’t decided on a name for her yet. She’s got very blue eyes and short brown hair. She’s got the typical conehead, with some bruising high on her forehead from banging against the pelvis. She’s very alert and has a very loud cry. We love her already. Thanks for your love and prayers.

Jake and Kerrie