It's a Girl!!!!

Abigail Rose Abide

Born September 21st, 2015 at 11:58 am

1 lb 15 oz

 Length 12 1/2 inches
25 Weeks and 3 days old when born

Soooo a lot has happened since my last post. Baby Abby decided it was time for her big arrival.

Sunday was another great day. My mom spent the day with me and the kids visited for a little while during the day. I started bleeding a little during the day and got the usual check up afterwards. Ultrasound and blood work all looked good. Around 6:20pm that evening I started to feel uncomfortable and jabbing pains in my pelvic from Abby's legs. I got some tylenol that evening and went to bed early. 

The next morning the uncomfortable pain started back up. It truly felt like Abby was kicking herself out! After talking to the doctor in the am we decided to take a quick look at my cervix to see if I had started to dilate. When she took a look she saw Abby's foot hanging out of my cervix! She was footling breach! Things happened pretty quickly after that. I was rushed to the operating room to have a c-section. Bill was not able to make it in time to see Abby born but thankfully my mom was by my side through the whole thing. She held my hand during surgery and took pictures of Abby's first moments.

Abby was much bigger than we all thought @ 1 lb 15 oz

Abby gave us a little cry once she was born. I couldn't see her very well but I did see that she had a full head of dark hair, just like her sister Emma. She immediately was intubated and given surfactant in her breathing tube for lung development. She was doing so well in the operating room that they pulled out her breathing tube and placed her on CPAP. The neonatologist said she was sucking on his finger-she was so awake. Her Apgar score was really good considering her age as well. She is a strong fighter!