She's Here

Samantha Anne Luchenbill joined us this past weekend at 12:12 AM Saturday morning. She decided to show a little of her personality right from the beginning too. Elizabeth was checked by the doctor at around 8:30 and was dilated to 3 with the head down. At around 11, after the epidural, the doctor broke her water and suddenly noticed the head was no longer down. Within that 2 hour period Samantha pulled a 180 and was suddenly sitting breach. At that time they decided to do a C-Section.

They took Elizabeth into the OR around 11:50 and I joined around midnight after she was all prepared for the procedure. By 12:10 they had the bottom half of Samantha out but had a little trouble getting the head out. The doctor told us that she had to grab Samantha's foot three times because she kept pulling it away from her. Due to the stress with getting the head out Samantha had a few problems taking her first few breathes (the chest and lungs came out and were able to expand before the head and mouth were clear to inhale). She needed a little assistance for the first minute and a half, however by the five minute mark she was doing just fine breathing on her own. However due to the breathing issues they kept her in the nursery over night for observation and to run some tests. Unfortunately for us that meant we couldn't see her or spend any time with her until the next morning. After all she had to go through Elizabeth had to wait 8 hours before she got to hold her little one. We went into the nursery and were able to spend a little time with her in the morning. The nurse brought her up to us around noon on Saturday and she was able to stay with us from then on. Fortunately, everything is okay with her now and I was able to bring both Momma and Baby home last night.

You will need to keep checking back as I have 150+ pictures to sort through and get posted on here. For now you can enjoy this first pictures...