Right after being born
Here she is all hooked up in the nursery, the orange and white patch is the patch they were about to shock her with.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Clara Pete
In case you have not got an email from us or seen Margo's facebook updates, we are now a family of four. Clara Pete was born yesterday at 8:25pm yesterday. 9 pounds 3 ounces and 22.25 inches long. She is a big baby but a little less than we thought she would be. It was a stressful delivery. Margo pushed for 3 hours, which is super long. Everyone was impressed. Clara was not making progress and we were basically a contraction away from doing a c-section and she came out. It was very hard on Margo and she is going to be sore for a while. Clara had some issues right after birth and they wisked her to the nursery. She was having a hard time with getting enough oxygen and her heart rate was really high. They put all kind of tubes in her. Her lungs had some junk in them and they did not know what was causing her heart rate problems. By this morning her lungs had cleared which was good but her heart rate was still high. They spent a good part of the day trying to figure out was causing it and finally concluded she had an abnormal heart beat. The fix for this is to electrically shock her into a normal rhythm and hope it stays that way, otherwise we would have to go to Arkansas Childrens Hospital. They told us we could come see her before they shocked her. So we went down there to see her for only the second time. And right when we went in to see her, she coverted into a normal rhythm all on her own. This was the first time she had been in a normal rhythm. The nurses and doctors were all in awe because they were just about to shock her. They did a big EKG to verify she had converted and it came back that she was for sure in a normal rhythm. So they are just going to watch her and keep her here for 5 days or so to make sure she continues to do well. It has been very emotionally draining but we are so thankful everything is looking better. We go home tomorrow. It will be sad to have to leave her here without us. Here are some pics.
Right after being born
Here she is all hooked up in the nursery, the orange and white patch is the patch they were about to shock her with.
Right after being born
Here she is all hooked up in the nursery, the orange and white patch is the patch they were about to shock her with.
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5 comments:
You & Margo sure make a pretty baby! Can't wait to see her in person! Thanks so much for sharing this amazing part of your life with us.
She is beautiful!!! Can hardly wait to love on her!!! Congrats to all!! Margo, you ARE the woman!!
Oh she is so cute! She looks older than a newborn! She is so pretty! I can't wait to see her! Praying everything continues to improve and that she will be safely at home with y'all soon. So sorry this has been so hard.
Oh I'm in tears and so happy for the both of you. She is so special and amazing all she needed was her mamma and daddy near her.Yall must be so proud and Ester too she has a beautiful baby sister to share her life with and make memories with.!! Beautiful family!
She is just precious!! I've been praying that she will get to go home with you soon. So glad to hear that she is making improvements and was able to BF last night! I hope these next few days go by quickly for you all and that your family of four is reunited soon!
PS: Margo, you rock. I cannot imagine pushing for three hours.
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