Familia Soares: julho 2011

Lyvia is finally here!! I say finally when in all reality she was 13 days early. I was just done being pregnant. I thought that I would share her labor and delivery story more for personal record, so if you don't want to know the details, don't read any further :) Anyway, for the last two weeks my doctor said that he thought I would deliver at any moment because I was already at a 4 and 80% so it was just a waiting game and the anticipation was killing me. Anyway, on Friday my two sisters, Nikki & Kaitlyn decided it was their goal to try to get me to go into labor so they turned into these two inducing drill sergeants and tried to get me to do anything and everything to go into labor. It was quite funny. We settled for an intense walk and I tell you what it wasn't easy, however it was totally worth it. Later that afternoon I thought that possibly my water had broke but I wasn't sure because there was no gush like you always see on the movies and have nightmares about so I kinda ignored it. I really didn't think much about it because I didn't have any contractions at all. Anyway, towards the end of the night I just felt like I had been leaking all day, but since I was induced with Andelyn I really didn't know what to expect. I called and talked to my mom and she and my dad told me to call the hospital and just see what they think. So I did and they said I should come in just to check to be safe. Well I was in no hurry, especially because Vagner was playing soccer in Murray and because I didn't have any signs of contractions, so I decided to wait until he got home so we could just run up to the hospital real quick. By the time we got to the hospital it was about 11:00 p.m. It seriously took forever for them to check me. When they finally did they told me indeed that my water had broke and that I would be having a baby soon. I was actually really releived! We called my family and told them that we would let them know when it got closer so that they didn't have to sit and wait forever at the hospital. By the time we finally got to our room it was about 1:30 a.m. and I was hooked up and ready to go. The first nurse said she predicted that I would give birth anywhere between noon and 4 p.m. Boy was she wrong!!! When the nurse checked me at about 3:00ish I was at about a 3, at about 3:30 she came rushing in and said that she thought I was progressing a lot more than she imagined and boy was she right! I had gone from a 3 to an 8 in less than an hour so we decided to hurry and call my family-still thinking we had a little bit of time, but still told them to hurry. Sadly to say, Brooke and Kaitlyn were the only ones who made it because I went from an 8 to a 10 in less than 7 minutes and Lyvia wasn't waiting for anyone or anything!!! I pushed twice and she was here!! It was seriously so easy!! She was born at 4:05 a.m. on Saturday the 9th and weighs 6 lbs. 8 oz. and is 19 inches long. She has so much dark hair and is just as beautiful as her big sister was. My parents and Nikki were able to hear her first cry because they made it to the door when she came. Woops sorry guys you can definitely blame Lyvia for that one. We are so excited and she has absolutely already stolen our hearts!!

I have been so curious to see how Andelyn is going to act around her. She came to visit and was SO excited!!! We let her sit on the couch and hold Lyvia and she thought that she was the neatest thing in this world. She just kept saying "baby sister" and kept getting everyone's attention to make sure they looked at the baby. She was giving her kisses about every five seconds. I sure hope this lasts!!! Any time someone would try to have a turn to hold Lyvia Andelyn would yell no and pull her back so no one could have her. She eventually let others have a turn, but only if they would let Andelyn sit on their lap while she held her baby sister. It was so cute.

Anyway, that is Lyvia's story of how she came into the world and we couldn't be happier!!! Lyvia will have to thank her inducing drill sergeant aunts later.