Olivia is here!!!

Our babygirl who looks just like daddy!

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to share that our princess has arrived! [Well she's a week old today but still ;)] She is amazing and I can't believe she's really here. It's surreal that I'm a mommy and I have a family of my own!
Olivia was born on January 30, 2013 at 12:06 p.m., 8lbs and 22in and after 36 hours of labor (I went into labor January 29th at 12:40 a.m. had 3 shift changes of nurses)! I was dilating slowly so they broke my water, which made me feel like I was constantly peeing myself, and it helped a little.I tried my best to go it natural but at hour 20 I gave in to the juice and it helped my pain but I was also given pitocin so it felt like they were at war with each other by the time I had to push. Olivia wasn't going to let anything or anyone rush her arrival! (I think when she heard the doctor say the work c-section she put some pep in her step! LOL!) I had a great support system of my husband, my best friend and my mom who kept me focused through the pain and I'm so grateful for them! The staff kept saying how good of a team we were and how I was a trooper for going to long without an epidural.

The Moore Family <3

When it came to the actual pushing, for 2hrs btw, I was exhausted but I was determined to get her here! They had a mirror so I could see her head coming down and I even got to finish delivering her, pulling her right onto my chest and bonding with my baby girl instantly. It was an amazing feeling!

Hello World!

I have to also praise the hospital, St. Mary's in Grand Rapids, MI. They were AWESOME! They were so encouraging, caring and helpful throughout our entire stay. I couldn't have asked for a better place to deliver  They were in tune with what I needed and they answered any questions we had promptly and were genuine.
We brought Miss Olivia home Friday, February 1st, with jaundice and a bili blanket. After 3 more heel pricks and 5 days on the bili blanket her jaundice is gone! (Yay!) She's been such a big girl dealing with that nonsense but I knew God would pull her through it. She went to the doctor for her first appointment on Monday and is in the 98 percentile for height, 66 percentile for weight and doing great!
Were still working on the breastfeeding. The jaundice put us off track since we had to supplement with formula but I've been pumping as much as possible to make sure she's getting the extra stuff formula doesn't have.
Right now we're just enjoying our peanut and learning her as she adjust to life outside of mommy. I can't believe it's already been a week! I'll try to continue to update as much as I can so everyone who can't see us everyday can at least be updated!

37 Weeks, We're FULL TERM!

So this week marks 37 weeks for me! That means I'm considered full term and Miss Olivia can make her debut anytime! I'm staring to get very anxious to see her and hold her and just have her here with us. She's moving like crazy and trying to stretch me to the ends of the earth so I'm sure she's ready to be here too! Last week at my doctor's appointment I was already dilated to 1cm! I know, I know I can't get too excited because that's normal. I'm still being the perfect preggy and everything is looking good. They didn't check my cervix yesterday but said maybe next week. I have my hospital bag packed and it's sitting by the door waiting to go to St. Mary's when the time comes.
We also go her car seat and stroller (thanks again granny Jan!) and have installed them in our tiny 2 door car...we will be getting a bigger car this year! But we are soo ready! (Well as ready as we can be!) Just to complete our family and very excited for whats to come!