She is here!
Our little Noelle was born on Monday, December 7th, 2015. At 10:59 a.m., she was 7lbs. 12 oz, and 20 inches. She is an absolute angel and I feel like she can do no wrong. We all are head over heels for her. The boys feel so bad when she cries and they try to do whatever they can to make her happy.
Sometime between 37-38 of pregnancy, Noelle decided to turn to a Frank Breech position. We schedule an induction date a few days before my due date and the doctor planned on doing an External Cephalic Version, which is a procedure preformed by pushing on the outside of my belly in an effort to turn the baby out of the breech position. We were all very hopefully that she would turn and were surprised when she didn't!! The doctor, Doctor Sean Haskett, tried 3-4 times and she would turn and then pop right back to the breech position. The ECV, hurt!! I had an epidural at the time, in preparation for an emergency C-section, and all the pressure from trying to turn her hurt so bad! The were monitoring Noelle during the ECV and she has starting to become distressed so it was decided that I would get into the operating room and they would take her out. We were really disappointed that I had to have a C-section. Even the doctors and the nurses were disappointed, but we had no other option and I was grateful that I was in the hands of excellent doctors. I was surprised how quick they got me into the operating room and Noelle was born after about 30 minutes. Dave became sick about as soon as they cut into me and before long could hardly hold up his head and his face became white. They wheeled him out of the OR. The nurse was kind enough to grab my camera and take a few pictures.
I was a little worried about having a baby during the busiest month of the year, but it turned out to be the biggest blessing. It made all of us, especially with needing to also recover from surgery, slow down and enjoy being at home and not worry about doing anything but the bare necessities. She is our little Christmas Angel.
