Our Angel

May 1st, 2010

Islay has finally made her way into the world! I had a scheduled C section on April 26 – she still hadn’t turned, the little stinker. Turns out that I probably would have ended up with a c section anyway. First – it turns out she’d pooped – but luckily hadn’t inhaled any so no MAS issues. Secondly, her umbilical cord was wrapped around her torso, which is likely the reason she was breech. After she first came out it took a while to get all the mucus out and to hear her crying. It sounded quite urgent to me, but I was behind the blue curtain and couldn’t see anything. Until they laid her on me. I couldn’t hold her or anything because my arms were numb from the spinal, but I got to look at her for quite a while. It was love at first sight.

We’re finally home and tired and adjusting, so I’ll try to post more later. Including a picture!