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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Introducing...

Malan Kelli Rabe
08/21/11
7lbs 10oz 19 inches

 Blake and I are so excited to announce that our little girl is here! She is such a blessing to have around our home and we already love her little spirit.
I was scheduled to be induced on August 19th...but the hospital had other plans. We went in at midnight to be checked in and start the process. But someone dropped the ball while scheduling me AND the rooms were full with girls that were actually in labor. Our doctor was less than thrilled to say the least. So, Blake and I drove the hour and a half home. I was so disappointed. I expected to have a baby that day and instead, went home. I was rescheduled to come in at midnight on the 21st.
I didn't sleep the entire first night in the hospital.. the anticipation was killing me! I've always been so afraid of labor and I was only hours away, or so I thought. I ended up going into labor on my own! My doctor planned to start the pitocin that morning but I had already started pretty intense contractions after my water was broke. They were coming only a minute apart and starting to put stress on the baby. Malan's heart rate would drop and my blood pressure would go too high. So the anisthesiologist insisted I get an epidural to seperate the contractions. I had 1/8 the amount of a regular epidural because I was too afraid to go all the way numb. It spaced them out to only 2 mintues apart.
A few hours later, it was time to push! I pushed for almost 3 hours. A few stretched ligaments and an episiotomy later, Malan was here! She was born at 5:57pm.

She is a very healthy little girl and has the funniest faces! I can't tell who she looks like yet, but I know she is a gorgeous girl! Her eyes are so light, her skin is olive like her daddy's and she has the best sounding cry. That sounds funny, but she is squeaky, and I love it!!