AVERY FAITH ADAMS
8 lbs 7 oz 21 in
December 4, 2007
She is seriously PERFECT! I know I am her mom and I am totally biased, but Michael, Mom, and I have concluded that she is the best baby ever. She is so content with life. She makes life so wonderful.
I didn't have my digital camera out during our hospital stay, so we missed out on a lot of pictures. Kiara and Mom took tons, so I will have to track them down and download them so I can put some up of her first two days. This experience has been one of the most exciting, fun, scary, exhilarating, and rewarding of my life. Duh. I thought labor was going to be a beast, but I would do it again tomorrow if I had to, especially if it would get me out of the after-labor pains and troubles....
On Wednesday, Nov 28, we went to the doctor and he said that we were 2cm and 80% effaced and that if I made it I could be induced Tuesday. Everyone we talked to told me there was no possible way I would make it through the weekend, but little Avery knew that Michael and I needed my mom here. She waited until Tuesday, thank goodness.
We went in at 5am on Tues to Orem Community Hospital. They started the drip at 6am. When the doctor checked me at 8am I was still 2 and 80%. He broke my water and I put my name on the list to get an epidural. I got it 10 minutes later and after that life was GREAT! I do not understand why people do not get epidurals. I was able to enjoy the whole experience. I loved every minute of it. At 10am the doctor came back and checked and I was 5cm and 90%. At 11 I went through transition and made it to 10cm and 100%- ready to have a baby. My doctors practice "rest and descend" on first time epidural moms. They say that this makes the uterus do all the hard work while I just sit and wait. It helps cut down on pushing and helps to stretch me out so I wouldn't rip as much. I waited for 4 hours. Mom could barely stand it. I was fine because I was so scared to push out the baby. At 3pm the doctor came in and set up camp. He told me that I had the most prominent tailbone he had ever seen and proceeded to tell me that he would have to use forceps to help the baby over my tailbone and that it would inevitably break. That is when I started to cry. 21 minutes later, 6 pushes, and a few tears I had a beautiful little baby (and a broken tailbone- minor details). She had major conehead and the chubbiest cheeks. The doctor kept her upside down because she was a little more mucusy than what they liked. Her little cheeks were so big that they drooped over her little eyes. It is an image that I will never forget.
It took FOREVER (15 min) for the nurses to get her to me. All I kept asking the doctor was when I got to see my baby. He would ask how I was feeling and I would tell him I was anxious to see my baby. They finally brought her over and she was so cute but beat up. She had red marks where the forceps had been and swollen eyes and cheeks but she was so relaxed. She just looked at everything, taking it in, little eyes blinking with no little whimpers. Perfect.
It is no December 10, Avery is 5 days old, and Michael and I have been married for 10 months! HAha! Life is great. Avery loves her momma, daddy, nuna and aunt Chia. She cries when she wants food (she is a GREAT eater, loves to suck), a cozy sleeper, and she will stay awake for 45 minutes at a time just looking around and hanging out with her favorite people. It is so much fun! We have gotten our sleep on a pretty good system. I have her until 7 in the morning, I feed her and she sleeps with me (don't tell the docs) then Mom wakes up and takes her and I sleep until I wake up. I usually can't sleep for very long. It is dumb, but I hate being away from her, even in the other room. I know that I should take advantage of sleep opportunities, but I rarely can. I just can't sleep! Oh well!
We are doing well at the Adams' house. I am so grateful for Mom and all the help she has given us. If it were only Michael and I we would both be passed out from exhaustion right now. We are able to go to school and take exams and finish school because of her. I just hope that we don't totally bore her, it is a lot more quiet here than in Tulsa. Michael and I can't wait to be done with school so we can dote on Avery all day. Avery is just loving life. Eating, sleeping, and having everyone around her wrapped on her little finger seems to be doing her well.
My two favorite people looking as good as ever.
Me and my sweet baby- too bad I didn't look a little better...
Look at her blue eyes! I love them! She is just so sweet!
She definitely had enough of the picture taking.
