Hospital Picture

Below is a link to view Macie's hospital picture. Type in amitchell as the login. The password is rusty.

http://www.deaconess.com/body.cfm?id=12

On a side note, many people are having trouble looking at the smilebox below. Once you hit play, you will have to click on a small arrow that can be found under the left corner of the book. It is really light and hard to see.

Enjoy!!

Macie is finally here!!

Sunday night, Brian and I headed to the hospital for my induction. They took us right into a room and gave me some medicine to prepare me for the induction. After three attempts to get the iv in (I have a big needle phobia by the way) and hooking me up to several monitors, we were well on our way... or so I thought! The next day, they started the pitocin and Brian and I were hopeful that things would progress. They pumped the pitocin up as high as it could go, broke my water and I was contracting every 2-3 minutes but I wasn't dialating. At 4:00pm, I was only 1 1/2 centimeters (when I came in I was 1/2) and Dr. Crutcher walked in and basically said, you can keep trying this or we can talk c-section. I originally didn't want a c-section but I knew there was no way that I could go on like that with no progress. Brian and I said a c-section would be fine and then it was crazy. They prepped me, took us into the surgery room and Macie Lu Mitchell was born at 5:43 pm. She weighed 7 pounds 10 oz and was 20 inches long. Macie got a 9 out of 10 on the Apgar test right away. Dr. Crutcher said that there would have been no way I could have had her vaginally and that we made the right choice. Macie didn't want to come out during the c-section either. They had to put a lot of extra pressure on me and widen the incision just to get her out! I guess she was cozy in there.

The rest of the week was pretty crazy...Lots of visitors and chaos. I am very sore and exhausted, but I was so happy to get to get to go home on Thursday morning around 11:00 am.

The next post has lots of pictures of our beautiful little girl!

Introducing Macie Lu Mitchell

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The Time is Near...

Well, it looks like time is running out! When, I went to the doctor on Wednesday, we had a bit of a scare because Macie wasn't moving enough during our biophysical profile or the non stress test. They were shaking my stomache and poking me repeatedly. Finally, after more than an hour she started moving. Apparently, she was sleeping. I hope she sleeps that well when she comes out! Dr. Crutcher decided that Macie was out of room and that I should come in on Sunday night at 6:00. We will stay the night, and first thing Monday morning, they will start the induction process. Brian and I are thrilled. We had to take one more belly shot. Next time we post, it will be pictures of our little girl!!

38 weeks and 2 days