SHES HERE!

Abby is here! I went into WB General to be induced on 3/14/07 after having a great breakfast with Canio (per the docs orders) at Bob Evans. We arrived at 11:20am where we filled out paperwork, I got an IV and antibiotics, and had blood work done. At 2pm the doctor came and broke my water and slowly started pitocin. I got my first contraction at 2:30pm. At 2:40 the doc attached the internal heart monitor to Abby. At 4ish I got my epidural - though it took about 10-15 picks of the needle to get it in. The doc checked me at 5pm and I was 8cm. They checked me again at 6pm, and I was 9cm but stretchy so they had me try to push through a contraction. The doc said he would be back in 30 min. Again, wasnt quite ready. At 6:40 I called for the nurse (Allison) who said I was still only 9cm but stretched to 10. They called the doc back to the room and after pushing through 3 contractions, Abby was born at 6:51. Canio cut the cord! Abby immediately started crying (and didnt stop for at least an hour). They called out that she was 7lbs 11oz. Interesting because those numbers are reoccuring in our family.... Canios bd, my bd, Emily's bd...

She is beautiful. She's had a bad bout of jaundice....we went to the hospital every day for 7 days... then had one day off and went for another 4 days in a row. The day we didnt have to go for Abby - I fell down the stairs and hurt my tailbone and back so we went to the ER. It is very painful!

Abby sleeps like a dream! She gets up at 3:30am to feed. She is a WONDERFUL baby and we know that our family is truly blessed. Emily had some really rough times but we are already seeing that she is getting better....we still have a huge hill to climb but it is not fighting her 24/7 ( just 22/7 hehehe).

Here are some pictures!

Oh - our neighbors/friends/church/family have been great - gifts/food/phone calls for support. Which was needed because our little Abby was much smaller than they had told us to expect her to be (Canio had to run to Wal-Mart for a premie outfit for her hospital photo). We received such generous gifts... and for those of you with extra tight budgets...your generous gifts to Abby & Emily are very appreciated (you know who you are).