Welcome Baby Chieko

The newest Sakamoto
Chieko
智惠子

February 17th 2009
8:30 pm
5 pounds 10 ounces
18 inches


wrapped around daddy's little finger already!!!

yes I have blue eyes and light wavy hair like big sis Emi

stay right here daddy, don't go anywhere, this is a scary place!

my blood glucose levels were a little low so they wanted to give me a jump start to see how I'd do

Yes, I am Asian, cute and know how to smile and pose already!!!!!

Well we didn't quite make it to full term but 35 weeks ain't bad!!! On Friday I thought my water my have started leaking but then dismissed it. Again Saturday I thought it was happening but kinda dismissed but kept it at the back of my head. My parents came in on Thursday afternoon and were going to watch the girl for us so we could go out on Valentines which we did. While out I kept wondering if it was amniotic fluid. On Sunday same thing. We went to church and then when we got back I said to Jason I think I should get checked out just to be safe. We went to L&D and they confirmed it was amniotic fluid and they admitted me. They put me on an IV with fluids and ampicillin and monitored for contractions. Since it was Sunday and the next day was a holiday I figured I wouldn't be seeing the dr until Tuesday but the nurses kept saying no I think she will come by today. I was right and she came in on Tuesday afternoon. She said she felt the best thing to do was deliver. They had the high risk dr come in and check out the baby's size and all that good stuff. He was going to do an amnio to make sure her lungs were all right but my smart nurse said to me let's collect that fluid that's been coming out and see if we can get enough of that to send to the lab. We were able to and it came back ok. The dr had a plan all ready when she came in to talk to me but little did I know!! She doubled checked the last time I had something to eat and then said "how about we do it tonight about 8:30?" I said "sure!" She was suprised saying "wow, that was easy I wasn't so prepared for that!!" So I called everyone to let them know. (This was one of the few times Jason had left) It ended up that they got me started even earlier so little Chieko made her appearance on February 17th at 8:30 pm. She weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces and was 18 inches long. While pulling her out the dr was commenting out loud "cord around the foot, cord around the leg, cord around the arm, and cord around the neck..2 times! Wow, what a lucky little girl." (Later each time she came to see me she said "she is really a lucky little girl!!")


Well this is all for now. My butt is hurting from sitting (thanks to the spinal!!) so I gotta move but I wanted to get a post up.