Davilyn Paige

Davilyn Paige made her grand debut on Sunday June 1, 2008 at 11:27 a.m. She was assessed at 34 plus weeks and was a whopping 7lbs 1oz (just like her big sister Piper) and was 19.5 inches long.

They say Christmas is the season of miracles, but it would appear that for our family Spring is the season of miracles. She is beautiful.

I started having contractions on Monday May 26, 2008 (which turned into nothing) and had me stop working at the office early. I finished up my work at home. Then on Saturday morning I woke at 4:00 a.m. to contractions that were 10 – 15 minutes apart. They stayed that way until 8:30 a.m. when they stopped. I had various contractions throughout the day but nothing that told me we were having a baby any time soon.

My contractions started up again on Sunday June 1, 2008 at 1:30 a.m. I timed them myself for a few hours and they were a constant 10 minutes apart. At 3:00 they started coming every 5 minutes. I woke Craig up and he timed them for me. At 4:00 we decided to go to the hospital and arrived there about 5:00. I was 2 cm dilated and only 35 weeks so they gave me morphine for the pain and hoped they would stall my contractions. It seemed to work but as soon as the morphine wore off my contractions picked up right where they left off. As I was scheduled for c-section for June 30, this was a bit early but we headed off immediatly for a c-section.

As far as c-sections go (and in comparison to my last) this was a walk in the park…. I was terribly nervous but my fears were quickly set aside when I actually had to be told that they had started the procedure and my baby girl would arrive any minute.

Davilyn was assessed at 34 plus weeks and is spending some time in the NICU. We are so much more prepared this time since Piper eased us on into these experiences when she was born.