Coming home--October 20

We came home on Saturday after Abbie's birthday. My family was there to greet us, which was nice and crazy at the same time. All of Abbie's cousins on my side were there to greet her. She was so thrilled, she slept through it. :-) My sister, Jeannie, had brought dinner and my other sister, Paige, ran some errands for us. Our new life begins!

At the hospital--part 3

We had lots of visitors at the hospital in Abbie's first few days of life. Mostly family members visited, but our friends John and Alison came by as well as two of my yearbook students, Jessica and Emily. I should have taken pictures of them with the baby to post, but alas, my pregnant brain still lingers. Here are a few pics from the hospital.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ABIGAIL RAMSEY APICELLA!

Abigail Ramsey Apicella

October 16, 2007

10:21pm

9lbs. 6oz.

21 1/2 inches long

At the hospital--Part 2

Pre-baby and post-baby! :-)

At 6am on Tuesday, October 16th, the doctors started me on Pitocin, which induces labor. At 2pm, they broke my water and that's when "active" labor started. After about 10 hours of active labor, they checked my progression and I had gotten an infection, had a fever, and Abbie's heartrate had gone up. That's when they decided to do a C-section. We were scared because that was the LAST thing I wanted to do. You know, major surgery and all. But, all went well. She proved to be gianormous, 9 pounds and 6 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Check her out!

At the hospital--part one

So, we are here and it's beginning. We went to the OB today and had a non-stress test. Apparently, Abigail is so good that she doesn't want to move at all. So they are making her come out. (I warned her about this earlier.) They admitted me to the hospital tonight so that they can "ripen" my cervix. They will begin induction tomorrow at 6am. That's when the "fun" begins. We will post more tomorrow.
Be praying that we will remain calm.
We can't wait to see her!!!

40 weeks and still no Abbie!

So, we're at the due date and she is showing no signs of wanting to come out! This is obviously very frustrating for us! We are trying our best to be patient, because I know she'll be here soon enough. Then I might long for these quiet days. I told a friend the other day that if she is anything like us, she'll be late. I WAS JOKING!!!! But she is proving to be our daughter. hee, hee.

I haven't been working since September 28th, so at least I have some time to rest before the big day. I hope it comes soon! Hopefully the next post will be an introduction to our sweet one.