Our New Addition

On Tuesday, June 14th at 12:53 AM our little princess, Bostyn Shae Baxter finally decided to come into this world! She was 5 days late, but definitely worth the wait! She was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches long. We are in trouble because she already has us wrapped around her little finger, especially her daddy! We never knew you could love something so much!

On Sunday I was having really bad back pains and didn't really know what was going on. I had an ultra sound and non stress test scheduled for Monday and decided I would stop by and see the doctor after I was done instead of worrying about it. They got worse and Monday morning back lower back and stomach were aching so bad! I woke up and had some bleeding and cautioned Bart before he went to work to make sure he got as much done as he could because I didn't know if he would be going back after the ultra sound.

We got to our ultra sound and they told us the supposedly ten pound baby my doctor thought we were having was only measuring 8 pounds 1 ounce, much more bearable to give birth to! :) They asked if I was having contractions and said they would cross my fingers I would just be admitted. After that we went to the non stress test and she watched the baby for a while. She passed the test with flying colors and they said my contractions weren't strong enough to keep me and they were 5-7 minutes apart. I sent Bart back to work at this point thinking it might be another day before we were actually in labor. They sent me over to be checked by my nurse who told me I was dilated to a 4 and to get dressed, she was going to talk to the doctor. When she came back she said, "where's your husband? Would you like to go downstairs and check in? Do you need to go home and get some things first? Grab a small lunch?" I was in shock, what? Really? I get to stay! Needless to say we knew our little one would be on her way soon. Luckily Jen was working at the hospital so I called her, we went to get something to eat (ok well I did, Jen was too excited to eat) and then Jen helped me bring my bags in from the car and we checked in. When we got there they put me in Triage to monitor me before admitting me and in the hour from being checked by nurse and being checked downstairs I was a 5+ YAY! So Jen called Bart and said it was time to come back to the hospital. We switched rooms and five minutes later I had an epidural and was ready to have her! I progressed all on my own without any pitocin, however I did get some when I started pushing to make sure my contractions were strong because the baby's heart rate was dropping. I pushed for about three hours and just after midnight she was here!

She is pretty perfect and we are proud parents! Bart doesn't want to put her down, he says she's a keeper!

We love you Bostyn and are so glad you are here! Can't wait to see how much you change and grow and impress us each and everyday!