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Reyna's Birth Story Posted: 05-30-08 18:48pm


For those of you interested, I had my baby girl Reyna Adrielle on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 @ 6:13 pm. I went to bed Tuesday night with mild contractions. My water broke at 2:15 that morning and because I was GBS+ I was told to go straight to L&D. They hooked me up to antibiotics right away then they determined that I wasn't dilating as quickly as they liked(check # 1) so they made me walk. My contractions picked up quickly but they refused to check me again because of the GBS and water breaking. At 9 am they started me on pitocin to speed things up. By 1:30 I was screaming for the epidural since my contractions seemed to have no beginning and no end. Sadly, only one side of the epi took and I felt EVERYTHING on my right side and still had to breathe through every contraction. At 3:30 I was feeling a ton of pressure so the midwife came and checked me...I had only dilated to a 6(check # 2) and I had came in at a 3 So not much progress. At 5:45, I felt like I was about to poop all over the bed so the nurse called for the midwife and when she checked(check # 3), Reyna's hair was already visable in the mirror! 18 minutes later at 6:13 pm she was born weighing 6 lb 2 oz...19 inches long She's so tiny! My sister had to go buy a premie outfit to bring her home in...Pics in a minute...

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Posted: 05-30-08 18:54pm

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Posted: 05-30-08 19:48pm


Beautiful!!! Congrats! Amazing story; it must have been hard not having frequent checks to see how far you were!

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Posted: 05-30-08 19:53pm


She is so beautiful! She looks just like you. Is she a thumb sucker? I'll bet she was in the womb. Congratulations on your miracle!

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Posted: 05-30-08 20:17pm


Aww congratulations, she is absolutely gorgeous...my favorite picture is the second one!!!

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Posted: 05-30-08 20:44pm


aww! she's so sweet and tiny! congratulations!

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Posted: 05-30-08 21:04pm


awww congrats hun she is sooo cute

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Posted: 05-30-08 21:15pm


aww she shares a birthday with valkyrie.....HUGE congrats

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Posted: 05-30-08 22:07pm


Congratulations!! Did you go before your due date? I was pretty sure you weren't due for a little bit! She has the tiniest sweetest little face! You must be in complete love with her. Enjoy her, Mommy! And please keep us updated with pictures and info!

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Posted: 05-31-08 00:00am


Congratulations!!! I wasn't expecting you to deliver yet? How many weeks were yo when she was born? She is beautiful btw!

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Posted: 05-31-08 01:28am


She's absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations

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Posted: 05-31-08 06:28am


Congratulations!!! She's just the sweetest little thing. Enjoy this time, she won't stay tiny for long!

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Posted: 05-31-08 07:56am


Congratulations she is beautiful =D

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Posted: 06-01-08 11:29am

Ingi wrote:

She is so beautiful! She looks just like you. Is she a thumb sucker? I'll bet she was in the womb.

Congratulations on your miracle!

Yep...she's a thumbsucker! Very
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She even TRIES to suck it while I nurse her Rolling Eyes

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Posted: 06-01-08 11:32am

AyaMiyaki wrote:

Congratulations!! Did you go before your due date? I was pretty sure you weren't due for a little bit!

She has the tiniest sweetest little face! You must be in complete love with her.

Enjoy her, Mommy! And please keep us updated with pictures and info!

monkeygirl22 wrote:

Congratulations!!! I wasn't expecting you to deliver yet? How many weeks were yo when she was born?

She is beautiful btw!

I was due June 15th and had her May 28th at 37 weeks 3 days

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Posted: 06-02-08 08:50am


Congrats!!! It seems like just yesterday Cheyenne was born and now she is 9 months old! They grow way to fast, enjoy every moment.

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Posted: 06-02-08 09:36am


she is so adorable and i have tears in my eyes. im glad you had a healthy baby...now send me some labor dust for this week lol

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Posted: 06-02-08 10:38am


Whoa...she is perfect. Look at all that hair!!! She is so precious! Congratulations!

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Posted: 06-03-08 04:36am


awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I almost cried!! my jayden is 2 months old today (jun3) and I can remember my moment like that... He was tiny tooo.. awwww! your baby is so so so precious... I love the thumb sucking pics!!

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