Brooklee Michelle is here!!!

Here she is!
She came to us on May 22, 2008

She weighed 6lbs 15 oz and was 19" long

Such proud parents!!

The Story:
It was just a regular Friday morning, and I was scheduled to go to my regular OB appointment at 9am. The hope was that baby girl had flipped around because she had been breech the whole pregnancy. If she hadn't flipped, then we had a version scheduled the following Tuesday. Well after a extremely long wait in the office, I finally got back to Dr. Erickson, and that's where we found out that she was still breech, which I already knew. We also found out that my water had broke, and I had a slow leak for a couple of days. The doctor admitted me to the hospital and there I waited for a phone call from Alex.
For Alex, this day was far from regular. He woke up super early to get ready for his MCAT exam. Around noon I got a call from Alex, and after briefly hearing about his test, I invited him to the hospital. He was quite surprised when he heard that we will be having the baby that day and responded, at least Heavenly Father answered that prayer (waiting until after the MCAT to have the baby). Alex and his mom, and then shortly after my mom and grandma showed up to the hospital and we waited again for Dr. Erickson to finish up at the office.
When the doctor arrived we attempted to do the version. There was little hope for success because I had little amniotic fluid in me, but I wanted to try. The version procedure was interesting. For those who don't know, the only medicine you are given is to relax your uterus. Other than that, they push on you and you just have to deal with the pain. It was quite uncomfortable, and although it was unsuccessful, I'm glad we attempted. Next, on the to do list- the C-section.
The C-section, was well a c-section. In my opinion a c-section is super easy. They numbed me all up and within minutes the baby was out and then they sewed everything back together again. It was extremely neat experience. Alex would want me to add that "Babe" by Styx was playing in the operating room while they were delivering the baby! The first time I saw Brooklee, I was filled with joy and tears. It was so hard to believe that after so long, our little girl was actually here! Alex then followed the nurses around as they did the quick clean, and when he was able to hold her, he brought her over to me so I could give her lots of kisses- something she will be smothered with for the rest of her life!!!