Baby Girl Arrives

Our baby girl (as yet unnamed) arrived at 10:10 pm on March 20, 2008, weighing in at 8 lbs. 13 oz. She was born at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. We arrived at the hospital to induce delivery around 8:30AM. However the hospital was very busy - almost at capacity. So we had to wait for a room, and then wait for Pitocin (the drug that induces delivery), and then wait for the anesthesiologist to start the epidural, and then wait for the OB/GYN to finish with some other deliveries. It made for a long day. Jen seemed so perk though. She was ready to walk home after the baby was taken care of. She's getting to be a real pro at this baby thing.

Baby did very well. Her blood sugar plummeted shortly after birth (as expected), which sent the nurses scrambling to feed her and get an IV of glucose going. That sort of thing is normal with babies of diabetic mothers and happened with Sydney. As you can see from the pictures, baby is pretty aware and already looking around. She grunts a lot in a complaining sort of way. Its very soft and cute.

Jen and I are still debating names, but we have a few in mind. We're waiting for the baby to get cleaned up and for some of the swelling to go down so that we can see what she looks like. (Don't all babies look alike?)

Jackson and Sydney spent the day with April White and Valerie Thompson, two very charitable women in our ward. Thank you ladies! And thanks to their husbands for sacrificing their wives for a day to watch our little princess diva and martial-arts expert.

After I've edited some video, I'll post some clips of baby doing some arm waving and crying (about all she does at this point).

For baby, the next couple of days will be spent in the intensive care ward as her blood sugars even out. She'll be on a glucose drip and under UV lamps for jaundice. As for Jen, she may do a marathon tomorrow. Perhaps write a book or something. She's so strong and glad to have the baby that she's ready to take on the world. I love you babe! Congratulations.