Elizabeth Ann

Elizabeth Ann Powell was born on Wednesday, May 18, 20011. I was 36 weeks and 2 days gestation. My water broke on it's own at 6:30pm and we knew she was breach. Leighton and I quickly packed a few things and took Will to the hospital with us. It was confirmed at the hospital that my water was broke and she was breach. They then did a c-section as soon as they could. Elizabeth Ann Powell was born May 18, 2011 at 11:22pm weighing 6lbs 8oz and 19 in long. The birth went very well and Elizabeth seemed to be a healthy little girl. On Friday night she went for a car seat test and we got news that she failed that. On Saturday the did a car seat bed test and she failed that one so they kept her in NICU and did a sleep test Saturday night. She failed the sleep test so they told us they needed to keep her in NICU for at least a week to keep an eye on her. These test she was having are ones that test her heart rate, breathing, and oxygen levels. It is common for a baby at her gestation to forget to breath at times. They just need a little help with some oxygen to help them learn how to breath.

As of now Elizabeth will be staying in the NICU for a total of 7 to 10 days. They will then re-test her to see how she is progressing. Every day there is a little more progress on her feeding, alertness and breathing. We hope she continues to improve.

I want to thank all of our family, friends, and church families for your prayers and support at this time. We have had my mom and mother-in-law here to help juggle taking care of me and my healing and William as Leighton has worked this past week. Leighton is taking vacation next week so that will be great to be home as a family if Elizabeth gets to come home next week as well.

William has done better than I expected in the midst of all the changes. He has been gentle with mommy and also has behaved himself visiting in the hospital and seems to enjoy his little sister.

I will try to update this blog once a day to keep you up to date with how everyone is doing. Thank you again for your prayers and support. They are very much appreciated.