Welcome Little Quinn

I still can't get over how quick our little Quinn came into this world!  My labor with Cayman was 24 hours, my labor with Hudson was 16 hours.  Naturally, I was expecting another long day of labor- boy was I taken by surprise.  I know these posts can be major TMI, however, this blog is my closest thing to a journal, so here is a recap of our Quinn's arrival. 

 We went to the hospital Tuesday morning for my scheduled induction.  I was hoping that I would be dilated, but I was only a 1/2 cm.  By 9am my IV was in and my (amazing) doctor decided that before pumping my body with pictocin, she would try a method (folly catheter) to help me dilate.  She said that by 12/ 1pm I would hopefully be dilated to a 2 or 3.  Lucky me- I was dilated to a 4 before 10am.  Off to a good start!  Then she turned up the pictocin and good, strong, frequent contractions came quick.  

At 12 noon, I was still a 4 but baby was getting lower.  I spent the next 2 hours laboring pretty hard and decided to get an epidurial at 2pm.  Then Graham went down the street to get sandwhiches for him and Rochelle (I told him to go, assuming since I was only a 4 and with my previous history he had plenty of time) and my Dr. went to her office to see a patient.  Then things went super quick! 

At 2:30, I told Rochelle I kind of felt like pushing but that I must be losing my mind because hardly any time had passed (so I didn't say anything to my nurse).  At 2:45, the nurse came in to check me and said, "you won't believe this but she's right there, you are at a 10 and ready to push, right now".  Problem- Doctor and Graham were both GONE.  So, the nurse called the doctor and Rochelle called Graham. Graham didn't believe Rochelle at all and so Rochelle had to put me on the phone to convince him we weren't joking.  My doctor told the nurse she would be right there and to have me wait to push until she (and Graham hopefully) got there.  

Doctor and Graham arrived 15 minutes later, I pushed for 15 minutes and baby Quinn was born!  We had a scary moment when she came out, the cord was wrapped very tight around her neck .  Doctor had to cut the cord quick (before I pushed her completely out), she wasn't breathing very well and so they had to give her oxygen for a couple of seconds. She started recovering and breathing better.  Doc said that she only sees cords that tight about once a year.  It was very scary for a moment but they quickly assured me that everything was ok.  When a new baby receives oxygen, it is protocol for them to be observed for 4 hours.  They let Quinn stay with me after she was born and then took her a couple of times throughout the rest of the day/night adding up to 4 hours and during observation, she was perfect and healthy as can be.

Quinn is now a week old and is an angel.  Hudson absolutely loves her and is completely smitten.  He always wants to hold Quinn and know where she is and what she is doing.  If Quinn cries, Hudson is very concerned and wants nothing more then for her to be happy.  Cayman, silly Cayman, how do I explain?  I think he is scared of Quinn, he is afraid he is going to break her or something.  He still hasn't held her.  Cayman will hug her and kiss her head, so so softly.  He keeps telling me that she just came home from the hospital and he is not ready to hold her.  He's not bitter or unkind, quite the opposite, but he just doesn't want to hold her.  For the last 2 days, he has been saying he will hold her on "Friday- then she will be old enough".  I will let you know how things go Friday.  In the meantime, I am in 7th heaven and could just stare at our beautiful, peaceful Quinn all.day.long!  

Party of 5- our first family photo a couple of hours after Quinn was born. Cayman was scared of the hospital (he told me it "smelled funny and was weird in here") so we couldn't get him to really smile or look at the camera. He was fine away from my hospital bed- I think it scared him to see me in bed with the IVs and everything. 

So special to have my sis there with us.  She has been such a BIG help this week with everything!

Hudson was so excited to hold his "baby sister"

Napping on Mommy and Daddy's bed. 

 

 

Her first trip out of the hospital- to the Doctors office.