The Warren Family: She's Here!!

Many of you already know this, but in case not.....Payton Shea was born on July 19th at 12:32 am. She weighed 7lbs. 6oz. and was 20 inches long. We came home yesterday, about 36 hours after her birth, and are all doing well and adjusting well too!

Since many of you may want to know the details, I will quickly give you the run down. My water broke at home about 5 pm and once Riley and Diesel were picked up by mom we headed to the hospital and got there about 6:45ish. When I arrived they checked me and I was barely a 1. They also said that my tests for amniotic fluid were inconclusive, so we walked the halls while we waited for the ultrasound. After my ultrasound, my levels were low so they decided to keep me and my doctor was going to come in and begin a procedure that would hopefully have me ready for pitocin the following day. The procedure was not working and the doc discovered why...I was already at a 4! (The procedure's goal was to get me to this point.) So she said I was well on my way and could get an epidural when ready. I labored for a bit longer through some strong contractions (nurse said I had been contracting like I was on pitocin since arriving) I said when and asked for the anesthesiologist to be paged. He arrived, not soon enough, and after receiving my epidural I was already at a 7. I got a little relief, although still felt some pain, but then I really started to be in pain again. At this point, I was an 8 1/2 and they felt that I was going too fast to have time for the doc to come back. The rest is a pretty painful blur but fortunately it moved along rather quickly (maybe 40 minutes or so) and she was here! She also gave daddy a scare when she was born. As the doc was shocked to find the cord pretty tightly around her neck and they were talking about her needing oxygen. Fortunately she pinked up rather quickly and did not have any other problems. (Total time from start to finish, about 7 1/2 hours. Not too bad for showing up barely at 1 cm....the same as the previous 2 doctor visits.)

Here are some pictures that Mike and I have taken since her birth. Dad took some awesome one's when they brought Riley to meet her and I will add those once I have them, plus so many more to come I am sure!