She's finally here!!!!

Kendall Harper Del Angel has arrived!!!

21 inches, 7lbs 9oz

12/19/2011 6:06am

 

So I know a lot of you have been asking about the birth story...it was fast and furious...not at all what I expected it to be...it never is, I guess. Here is some back story to keep in mind:

1. I had been measuring 2 weeks bigger than normal for the last half of my pregnancy...leading every doctor in my doctor group to think that Kendall was most definitely going to be bigger than Madison (Madison was 8lbs 10 1/2oz). Every doctor I saw was confident of it...so the last few weeks of doctors visits, each doctor had asked that I be open to a c-section...they had a fear of Kendall getting stuck for a couple of reasons: one, because she was measuring so big, and two because I pushed for 5 hrs with Madison.

2. I was induced with Madison, so I have had a fear of going into labor at home in the middle of the night and the stress of getting someone over to stay with Madison, etc...so of course that's what happened!

3. I have never had even one braxton hicks contraction...so because I was induced with Madison I had never really felt any type of contraction without being under epidural.

So here goes...At almost 3am on the 19th, I woke up with a contraction...a strong one.  Again, I wasn't quite sure how a contraction felt off of epidural so I second guessed it and went back to sleep...for about 5 minutes...then I woke up with another one...yep, that's right...5 minutes later. I quickly downloaded the contraction app on my ipad that the Griffies recommended...it allows you to just push a start and stop button and it keeps up with the timing and trends of the contractions for you. I HIGHLY recommend this app to any of our pregnant friends!

I quickly realized that they were coming every 5 minutes and coming hard...hard enough that I couldn't do other things...I had to stop what I was doing everytime I had one. So I made the call to the hospital...my dr said to come on in. I woke Jorge up and called my aunt's sister, Donna,(who lives down the street) to come sit at home with Madison until my parents could get there. Then I called my folks and they started heading up from LaGrange.

By that time it was probably 4 something in the morning. The hospital was about 20 minutes away...so as soon as Donna got there, we left. The pain was EXCRUCIATING...like really really bad. By the time we got to the hospital they were coming about every 2-3 minutes and I was barely functioning. They put is in sort of a curtain divided room where you wait before you go to Labor and Delivery. They checked me and I was about 7 cm...I remember a nurse saying to Jorge "why did y'all wait so late to come in?"...We told her we didn't! That my contractions just started a little over an hour ago! When my doctor came in, between the size suspicions, the 5 hours I pushed with Madison and the fact that this labor came on WAY quickly...we mutually decided to go for the c-section.

By the time they got me back to the OR it was 5:30 or so...I cannot even describe the relief when they put that epidural in. Jorge came in, I felt a lot of tugging on my tummy, then I heard that precious cry :) It was so beautiful. Then I heard someone say...she's 7lbs 9oz...what??? That was more than a pound less than Madison!!!  Oh well...at that point I really didn't care. I was thankful for the way everything had happened. I couldn't have done another labor like Madison's.

So, she was born at 6:06am, 21 inches...lots of dark hair (not as much as Madison, but more brown and wavy). She's so precious.

The hospital stay was actually really relaxing...we didn't have many visitors since my family was taking care of Madison and the Del Angel's are coming in a couple of weeks.  So it was 4 days of soaking in our new bundle of joy!

Kendall is an ANGEL. She is sleeping well.  She is fussier and spits up a lot more than Madison did at this age, but I know that will pass.  She's eating well. She got a great report at the dr as well. Jaundice is all gone, she had gained weight, etc. She was about 50th percentile in weight and height and 88th in head (big head like her sister) :)

 Now let's talk a little bit about Madison...she has been AMAZING!!! I am fully aware this may be a honeymoon period with she and the baby, but she has been a dream. I was a little concerned that when we came home from the hospital we'd all be cooped up at home together for about a week because of the holidays...but it was a dream! She is nothing but loving, sweet, helpful and obedient as always. She gives Kendall a million kisses a day, she's very gentle...she has (as usual) seriously exceeded my expectations. If Kendall starts crying she drops whatever she's doing and runs to her and says "don't worry, Kendall, I'm coming...it's ok baby, don't worry"

Most of you know another concern of ours was Madison's sleeping habits...she has always been a horrible sleeper and we weren't sure how this was going to play out with a newborn in the house (I should say that "I" wasn't sure...Jorge always reassured me God would work it out)...and he was right...God is good and she has been going to bed and sleeping better than she ever has before!

You gotta love that hair-do

Jorge, as usual, has been the most wonderful and loving father and husband anyone could ask for! I seriously don't know how this family would function without him. Having two is HARD!!!!! With the ages of our girls, it's like each parent is full time on a child all the time...it is trying and exhausting...but we feel so blessed and we know that every day will get better and better...

It's still hard to believe that little bundle was in my tummy and now she's out...that never ceases to amaze me. God is so good...more pics and updates to come!