Our newest little bundle has finally arrived! I was supposed to be induced on Monday morning, but because of how busy the Maple Grove hospital was, we were unable to get admitted. After some initial frustration, we enjoyed the day (and one more night of rest) and then were admitted to Southdale Fairview hospital in Edina on Tuesday morning for induction. Olivia Rose Owens made her debut on November 4th, 2014 at 1:43 pm weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 22 inches long (wow!). She is the perfect addition to our family and we love her so much. Labor and delivery were a bit different this time since I had group B strep and had to get 4 hours of antibiotics prior to delivery. Nick and I watched a lot of TV for those 4 hours :) Once my water was broken and pitocin started around 11 am, things progressed quickly. I asked for my epidural right away (to be proactive, ha!) Little Olivia was in a bit of distress (heart rate dropped very low and then shot up really high over and over again) so we were nervous, but she was just stressed from coming out so fast. The nurse texted the Dr. when I was dilated at a 7, and she made it just in time to deliver. Here are a few pictures of Olivia at the hospital and her first few days at home.
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| Doesn't like the cold |
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| Mommy is in love! |
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| Much smaller than her brothers, she surprised everyone |
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| Look at that face! |
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| Meeting her brothers for the first time |
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| Lucky girl has such great big brothers |
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| Proud daddy |
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Mommy kept dressing her up at the hospital,
she doesn't think she likes being the only girl in the family :) |
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| Getting dressed to go home (not a fan) |
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| Still not a fan of getting dressed |
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| That's better |
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Waiting to go home. The computers were down so we couldn't check out.
We couldn't get over how ridiculous that sounded. |
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| Happy (partial) family |
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| We are out of here! |
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| So much (maybe sometimes too much) love from her brothers |
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| Checking her out |
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| Lots of kisses |
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| Shhh, the baby is sleeping! |
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| Our three sweeties |
Welcome to the world, Olivia, we hope you are ready for our crazy family! :) We love you so much already!
