Abigail's Birth Story

As most of you know, all my babies have been born via cesarean. After two it's pretty much decided that all future births will be c-section as well. So Abigail was scheduled for early on Sunday morning so that we could have my OB/GYN for the surgery as well as our first pick for the anesthesiologist. The nurses set up a mirror in the corner so I was able to watch the surgery (and catch first glimpses of Abigail) like we did with Sarah. Though my OB doesn't mess around. It was 5 minutes flat from getting numb to hearing Abigail's sweet cries. A little surprise kicker was that Miss Acrobat Abigail had managed a rather large knot in the umbilical cord and had I gone into active labor contractions we would have been in an emergency c-section rather than just a planned one. We feel very grateful for modern medicine and the prayers of our friends and family members.

It's rather different having a baby around family. Everyone at the hospital seemed to have a connection to my family or Nate's. The nurse cleaning baby Abigail happened to be Nate's cousin's wife Crystal. The anesthesiologist is a good friend of my mom's. The first hour was painful and full of nausea but once we got the right cocktail together I have felt great ever since. In fact I was supposed to stay in the hospital until Thursday morning but on Tuesday we were ready to go home so we did.

Abigail means source of joy and we decided to pick that name out of our three main ones because as soon as I heard her little cries my eyes welled up with tears of joy. She's been eating well and growing and sleeping for two 4 hour blocks at night. I say this and now she wont be sleeping at all...