On Friday February 6, 2009 Kayla Grace Pico was born at 9:17pm weighing 8lbs 9ozs and 21inches long. John and I woke up this day ready for the induction to begin. We left for the hospital at 5am and I was started on pitocin at 7am. At 8:20 the midwife broke my water and about one or two in the afternoon I FINALLY received my epidural. Problem was it only worked on the right half of my body! After two "boosters" and nubane given through the iv I was still in terrible pain. Something was not right. At about 8:30 it was decided I needed to have a c-section because Kayla was stuck and labor could not progress. After 14 hours of labor Kayla Grace Pico was born! Her daddy followed her to the nursery where he assisted in giving her first bath and feeding her first bottle (she had low blood sugar and I was still in recovery). Two hours later I finally got to see her! They wheeled my bed by the nursery window and John came out holding her so I could kiss her and then they took me to my postpartum room where I waited for John to meet me. She didn't join us for another hour because the nurses wanted to make sure her body temperature was stable. Finally the nurse brought her to me where I held her for the first time! I would go through every minute of pain and recovery again she is totally worth it and John and I love her with all of our hearts. Here are a few pictures from her birthday!
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