We are proud to announce the birth of our beautiful baby girl!! Natalee Elisabeth Mitchell was born on December 22, 2008 at 6:55 p.m. She weighed 5 lbs. 9 oz. and was 18.5 inches long. We had our 2 week check up on Monday, Jan. 5 and she has gained 5 oz. and is now 19.5 inches long. She is doing great!
The birth story:
On the morning of Dec. 22, I started having contractions that were 5 minutes apart. Terry & I headed out to the hospital. After being admitted, they checked me & was going to send me home, since I wasn't really in labor. I was dilated to 1 cm so the doc decided to keep me. They started pitocin drip at 12:20 p.m. and my contractions started getting stronger but no closer together. I finally dilated to 3 cm and my water had broken. Natalee's heartrate kept dropping everytime I had a contraction so I was rushed to the OR at about 6:00. I had to have an emergency section. So at 6:55 p.m. our beautiful baby girl was born. Terry got to take her to the nursery while I went to the recovery room. Finally by 7:30 I was taken to my room, however I didn't get to hold my baby girl until about 4:00 a.m.
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