Katherine Elaine Sigler came into the world on Thursday 26th of January 2012 at 11:22am. She was 8lbs 9oz, and 19 inches long. Delivery was
very fast, and threw every one of our carefully laid plans out of wack.
I felt good enough to drive to the Doctor's office myself , to be checked, since I wasn't sure if I was having real contractions or if they were something else. I picked up Little Mac from preschool on the way, about 10:40ish am. When we got to the office, they had to fit me in, so we were out in the lobby for a little bit, where things started to get more intense, to the point that I couldn't sit down comfortably. Little Mac was well behaved thank goodness this entire time. When I was called back, the contractions were coming close enough that it was impossible to get an accurate blood pressure reading for me. I went to get a urine sample when my water broke . They heard me, since I couldn't help from making some noise at that point and they got me to the examining table and went to find the doctor. Little Mac was a trooper and concerned about me, enough to stop playing with the things in the room and stand next to me and ask "mommy?" while we were alone. Dr. Evens came in and checked me and said I was ready, that we had to go and to have the hospital ready with a wheelchair. The clinic took Little Mac, for me and told me they would call Mac while I was wheeled down the hallway and into Dr. Evan's car. He rushed me to the hospital, which is just a block away from the clinic, all the time telling me not to push. He help me through the contractions while we waited for the hospital staff and wheel chair. I was wheeled upstairs into the room where everything was set up and two minutes after I arrived at the hospital, Katie did as well.
I held her for a minute and then they took her to the infant warmer to clean her up while I was officially admitted along with all the questions and changing that goes with it. I changed from the shirt I had been wearing all morning to the nursing hospital gown and got Katie back. She had been very vocal the whole time. Mac came and took care of the paper work and phoned around the ward, working with the Relief Society to find someone to pick up the kids from the Doctor's office and watch them until my mom could come down. Everything settled down and we spent two days in the hospital, since there was no time to give me the medication for group B strep during labor and Katie needed to stay an extra day just to be safe.
We came home Sat. afternoon and we are all doing well. Katie has some jaundice, so she is tied down to a BiliBlanket until her daily tests indicate she can come off. This restructs her to our room in her bassinet or the rocking chair, which is slightly annoying, but its for a good cause. Little Mac loves to hold Katie, when I can take her in the living room, and Clara likes to look at her. They both get concerned when she cries.It will be nice when we can all be together in one room, even if it does mean I have to watch the toddlers don't go haywire over the baby.
We got our bags that first evening, and we were so out of sync, we forgot to take pictures for a little bit, so the ones we have are small in number, but we do have them. Enjoy!
Katie's first day home
4 days old
