Stella

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Two weeks ago today Stella Dianne Grace, unwantingly, came into this world with a loud scream that was to be heard by the whole floor. I went into the hospital Tuesday June 23rd 7:30 a.m. to be induced (thinking it was a large baby) and was sent home serveral times because they were too busy but by 2:00 p.m. things got rolling and I was in labour. They finally got me a room 10:00 that night and I thought things would go fast but all night nothing happened unitl....5:00a.m. when nurses starting scurrying around the room in a bit of a panic as I was bleeding alot and they didn't know what was happening. They called my doctor in and prepped me for an emergency c-section but last minute they broke my water to see where the blood was coming from and it was clear, the doctor left the room for a minute and then I felt something, the nurse looked and there was Stella's head, 5 minutes later she was here, just had to give one little push! I looked over at her and everyone said "she doesn't look 9lbs." and nope she wasn't 7lbs. 12ozs. She was perfect!! We were suprised she was a girl, girls are hard to come by in both our families. We feel very blessed to have 2 girls and of course to have our one special boy. Our family feels complete.

Stella and I had a rough first week. She was born with a tongue tie which makes it hard for them to latch on when feeding. They did snip it the day we came home from the hospital but that first night home was horrible. She still wasn't feeding right and by morning I was bleeding, very sore, and extremely tired from being up all night trying to get her to eat which she eventually gave up trying. When the nurse checked on me the next morning I was pretty much a complete mess, I hurt so bad I didn't want to feed her and all Stella wanted to do was sleep. She ended up losing too much weight, we ended up back at the hospital for an afternoon and they decided to have her tongue clipped again. We had lots of help from the nurse who came to our house and we started feeling better, Stella started eating better and now things are good.

Cecil has been off helping me out with the kids. All I do is hold Stella, I know how fast they grow and I don't want her to get bigger. This is probably our last baby and I plan to cherish every little second I can holding her and cuddling with her. Cecil goes back to work Monday so back to reality I go!!