Lydia Rose Jones

Our sweet baby girl Lydia was born! She was born 04-19-2011 at 8:39am. She weighed 3lbs 12oz and was 15 and 1/2 inches long. We only got to see her for a minute bc they took her to a special nursery to do tests and make sure she was ok. She was 4 weeks early and so small! The whole pregnancy they have been worried about her being to small. Around 18 to 30 weeks my amniotic fluid was to low and they were worried about her making it. After a lot of prayers and my whole family fasting for me my amniotic fliud finally went up! She was still to small, so at 32 weeks the Special Perinatal place that my OB's office was sending me to decided I needed to be seen 2 times a week. Mondays were ultra sounds to track babys growth and Thursdays were at my regular Ob office for Non stress testing to make sure the baby wasn't in distress. I went in Monday 04-18-2011 to my regular Monday Dr. appt. It was Camerons first day of daycare and Ryans first day at his new job! The Dr. said she hadn't grown hardly at all in the last 3 and 1/2 weeks. So he was recommending I go on bedrest and that I deliever the baby in the next 3 days. He said she could get more nourishment and care if she was out then apparently I was giving her in. So I called Ryan and told him they were putting me on bedrest. 45 minutes later my regular OB called and said the hospital was waiting for me I needed to get down there so they could deliever my baby! I wasn't ready at all! I did have Lydias bag packed (not that I needed it!) So I came home and was a whirlwind trying to get my stuff together and Camerons stuff together! I only forgot a few things...thank you Braden! I got to the hospital at 10am and they immediately put the baby on monitors. The nurse told me alot of preemie babies get in distress during delievery and they needed to be able to watch her. They wanted me to have a normal delievery but if she was in to much distress they would take her c-section if they had too. After a few hours they gave me something to help put me in to labor. That was supposed to last 12 hours and then after that they would check to see how far along I was. 12 hours later I was only a 4!! They finally gave me my epidural...off and on throughout the night the baby was in distress and they were close to taking her c-section a couple of times. My contractions were causing her the distress so they gave me a shot to try and slow them down...At like 745 am I was at like a 7. Around 820 I told the nurse ok I feel a ton of pressure and she was like well we just checked you but the Dr. walked in right then and shes all lets see, ya looks like this baby is ready to come. She was still in her regular clothes. So they all start running around trying to get the delievery stuff together. THe Dr. is throwing on her scrubs as fast as she can. Their all scrambling trying to get the nursery nurses in there and Ryans next to me I toldhim if they didn't come and deliever the baby I was going to do it myself! So the nurse is all shes having a contraction and the Dr. says ok push (well it was a 3lb baby so it wasn't like she was hard to push out!) THe Dr. only had one glove on so the nurse had to help her catch Lydia! Ha. Britt and Mom were there this is what they were texting people. Ok the Dr is here she is pushing....next second ok shes here! Ha she was ready to be born! SHes been in special care nursery for a week and 1 day now. They said she can come home after shes eating a certain amount of food. They had to put a feeding tube in yesturday bc she was having a hard time sucking, breathing and swallowing all at the same time. They said she shes just needs to practice and her being early it was something she just needed to learn and mature at. Shes passed every test theyve given her! SHe has been in an isolet to help regulate her tempature bc preemie babies have a hard time doing that, Tuesday they took her off the tempature probes bc she was doing fine regulating it herself! Her heart is good, her lungs are good so are her eyes! They think she was so small because my placenta wasn't giving her 100% nourishment it was blocking some of it that was supposed to be going to her.
We love our little small bundle of joy and we can't wait till she gets to come home so we can hurry and fatten her up! She has the cutest little cry almost like a kitten! The Dr. said she does have 2 club feet (you can see them in this picture) He said it was probably cause by the amniotic fluid being so low and not having a proper place to grow. But at least that is fixable! We love our little miracle baby and appreciate all the the prayers and fasting everyone did to get her to us! We love you all. We also want to thank Britt, Mom, and Chad for taking care of Cameron for us! She has the sweetest little face!

I look a fright! Look how sweet she looks! So little!

Proud daddy! She is going to have him wrapped around her tiny little fingers!

Lindsay brought over some pictures that Macie, Tate, and Ty mad for Lydia! She has the best dressed isolet in the place! Thanks guys! Lydia can't wait to meet all her cousins!