Our First Meeting...
She took 5 hours of induced labor and was out in 1 push. I had to redeem myself after being such a baby with the IV {which they had to do twice} and the oh so scary epidural. The nurses were proud ;)
This pregnancy definitley felt the longest, maybe because I had miscarried 5 months before I got pregnant with Lily or maybe because I had 4 other kids to take care of and didn't stop any of their activities or maybe it was because we knew it was our last...Well at least Josh knew from the beginning it would be our last...I wasn't completly on board yet {until furhter into the pregnancy}
However things were going good as a whole until they 'deemed' me with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus {GDM} at 29 weeks. I was crushed. I thought I had these pregnancies whipped. It's my fifth one, I'm still young {enough-28} and I had never had any problems with any of the other pregnancies. So I had a bit of a melt-down, cried for a few days, was mad at Kaiser for sending me to Roseville{40 min drive} for some special appointments until I could get my sugar numbers in control. I took some classes {they made me take} and I learned a lot in the end. In my last 9 weeks of pregnancy I managed to exercise {for as much as a pregnant woman can in her last trimester} eat very well {atkins diet style} and I lost 10 lbs. It actually turned out to be good. I had no swollen feet, my face didn't get 'huge' at the end and I was kicking off this last pregnancy by losing weight! And the best part was they promised to induce me one week early. GDM rule.
So exactly 39 weeks,
Saturday September 4th 2010 Lillian Belle Miles is born.
Weighing 8 lbs 6.7 oz and measuring 19.5 in long
{not my biggest baby either, she was exactly in the middle with Dalen and Deveon being the biggest and Lexi and Noah being the smallest}
Her blood sugar was way low when she came out so they fed her a bottle and tested her throught the night and she was just fine. It was funny to watch the nurse feed her like this and to see Lilypie just chug that bottle. She was a very hungry little girl.
Meeting Grandma Dubois who held my hand while I pushed...
Meeting Daddy who was and has been the perfect coach for each and every birth.
Meeting Tami {mommy's bestie} who was part of our party crew in the birthing room ;)
Lily tested twice at the hearing station but failed. Two weeks later we went back and she passed ;)
Since Lily came at 10:24pm The kids didn't get to come meet her until the next day...
Dalen and Daddy came first and brought me a yummy Donut {since I was missing sugar} They were ready for Church.
Lexi a proud big sister
Deveon one of the big brothers
and Noah who really wasn't that interested ;) he came around eventually
Lily ready for a nap
At Home
My parents stayed for a week to help out with the kids and make sure they had a fun time for their last week off track...
Doting over our Little Lilypie
