Life of Hootie Hoo #3--Kyrie Eleison: Happy Birthday, Kyrie Eleison!

Well, Kyrie Eleison has made her entrance! We got up early Thursday morning...like 5am early to get ready to go to the hospital. The plan was to go ahead and turn Kyrie if she hadn't already turned. When we got there and the doctor finally came in, she said Kyrie was still breech. She was going to have to go ahead with the external version. She asked if I had made a decision about getting an epidural and I told her I still didn't want one. So she went ahead with turning the baby. She got her head turned down, but for some reason couldn't get it straight down. When the doctor did an ultrasound, she saw that her feet were down where my cervix was. We had to wait four hours because I had eaten, so even though they were talking c-section they said she might move her feet in that time. Well, she ended up not moving her feet and started laboring some, so it was off to get ready for the c-section. I am so against having an epidural that I even asked to be knocked out during the c-section. There were too many big risks to be able to do that, so I had to just trust the Lord with this whole situation. The c-section was so quick from start to finish...we were walking into the OR around 12:05pm and they were pushing me into recovery by 12:40pm. Kyrie Eleison joined us officially at 12:24pm weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz. and measuring 19 inches long. We are so thankful that she is here safely and is absolutely healthy. Please pray for us as we transition to being a family of four to a family of five.

Here are some pictures from our very busy day!