The Crittenden's

It's baby time! 

I got my ice chips and am ready to start the long journey. It was quite the journey too. I went in to the hospital after work one night because I had some bleeding issues. I was kind of freaked out a little but not too bad. When they checked my blood pressure it was pretty high and that was no good. They ended up inducing me which I was happy about because my mom and sister were here already. They were here already because I thought I was going into labor a few days previous but that was false. It was so hard to tell because I did not know what contraction really felt like but now I do. I will know better the next time. 

They had to soften my cervix so that took a little while to do. About 11 in the afternoon they started my pitocin to get labor started. I ended up having back labor which was no fun. It felt like my back was going to break! I eventually just got the epidural because I didn't want to feel it any longer. There was a lady in the room next to me doing natural labor and it made me feel good about the epidural. She was yelling and hitting walls. It was kind of scary! 

Zaylee Rose Crittenden was born at 6:08 in the morning March 9th, 2015. It was such a cool thing see her finally. It's really unbelievable that humans can make humans. She was a whole 5 lbs 15 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. That's about what I weighed when I was born. She is a beautiful baby. 

Family members came to see her at the hospital. I didn't get every picture of the family members that came so there were a few more than there are listed. 

Craig came.

My mom...of course. :) 

My grandma.

Tessa.

Cody's mom.

Cody helping out with the feeding. Zaylee was not gaining enough weight or calories so we had to bottle feed her. She was needing her sugars to be tested because I was on medicine to keep my sugars down for the Gestational Diabetes. She was not really passing them with just breastfeeding so we did the bottle route. Now we do both and it's kind of nice being able to bottle feed when it's not as convenient to breast feed. 

Going Home. Such a cute little premie outfit. 

Look how tiny she is in that car seat. 

:)