Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Visit with Liam and Shakira



My bestie just had a baby! He's so cute. And such a good baby! He only cries when he's hungry or has a dirty diaper. Shakira had the worst birth story I have heard so far! She had high blood pressure and for fear of preeclampsia they tried to enduce her a week early. It didn't work! She literally would not respond to the pitocin. So they sent her home after two days of trying.
A week later they went to enduce her again. She went in on Friday the 10th of February and didn't have Liam until the 14th! Enduction started the 10th... didn't progress much until they broke her water on the 14th. She pushed for 4 hours until they decided he wasn't in a good position and did a c-section. Okay, that is not the worst ever, but then she went home on Thursday after recovering from the c-section only to lose feeling in her arm and face on Saturday thinking she was having a stroke! So scary. It was just high blood pressure again from the preeclampsia, but still so scary. She spent the next two days in the hospital and now takes more pills than any human should have to (14 a day!) just to keep her blood pressure down.
So, the fact that he is finally going easy on her is well needed. But she and her husband could not be more in love with this little man. I love him too! He's so stinkin' cute! So glad he is finally here and so glad he got to be their Valentine's present.

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