Well, I am FINALLY getting to my blog. It has been quite the job updating everyone on Ava's arrival especially with today's technology...email, facebook, texting, blogging, etc. so, hopefully you've already heard the news but thought I'd do my official blog post about our precious little girl!
Ava Lynn arrived Tuesday, May 26 at 5:25 pm (one more minute and it would have been 5:26 on 5/26, hehe!). She was 7 lbs. 10 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. The most common comment I've heard about her is of course 'Look at that HAIR!!!' Both Travis and I had hair but trust me, not that much. It is super long all over - at least an inch and a 1/2 to 2 inches.
We are both doing well and Travis has been there for me through it all! I could not have done it without him!!! We go home tomorrow sometime so I'm enjoying one more night of having the nurses take care of me and taking advantage of the nursery, though if Ava is gone too long, I get a little worried and make Travis go check on her or go get her. ;)
She arrived via c-section, which was unplanned but after what I thought was a perfect induction, little Ava wasn't making much progress on getting out. At 1:30pm, I joked that I was planning to have her by 3pm so I could update everyone at school and the nurse said that sounded about right since I was making such great progress. Unfortunately, after several hours of pushing and her not moving down, my dr. recommended c-section. At that point, I was ready for her to be here, no matter what method! She either was just too big for my pelvis or the nurse said maybe her head was possibly wedged in there wrong making it pretty much impossible to get out. She had a little conehead for a while but its much better now. All in all, the c-section wasn't horrible and I'm recovering pretty well. Please pray that I have a speedy recovery.
Thanks to everyone for all of the well-wishes, cards, flowers, outfits, balloons, etc. We have enjoyed showing her off to everyone. We feel so blessed to have such a perfect baby welcomed into our lives! I will post more pics and blog more eventually!
