Miss Kenna Rose

Introducing Miss Kenna Rose Shepherd.

Born: February 22nd

Time: 12:20am

Weight: 7lbs 3 ounces

Length: 19 1/2 inches

Lets start on Sunday night. I started to feel sick. By Monday morning I thought I had what Kyson had had the week before..pretty much the flu. I had a fever and was feeling like I might throw up. Eventually I did throw up and then I started getting dehydrated. The nurses at my OB's office didn't seem alarmed they just told me to take this and take that. Well by 5:30pm I was feeling worse and Kurtis said to call the on call doctor so I did. They called me back and after many questions told me to go down to the hospital. So I had to call Kurtis and tell him to get home because he was out visiting his new nephew with Kyson.
My dad got to the house faster so he took me to the hospital while my mom waited for Kurtis to take Kyson for us. By then I was having what I now know to be back labor. We got to the hostpital and checked in. They checked me and I was dilated to a 1. I was very surprised. I was 37 weeks pregnant! But I was having contractions. I wasn't having ones around my belly though they felt like cramps. But boy were they getting closer together and more painful. At one point I was holding Kurtis hand and squeezing it so hard he had to tell me to stop because his wedding ring was killing his fingers. lol Anyways, they hooked me up to some fluids because I was very dehydrated and had a slight fever. Two hours later they checked and and said I was at a 3. What did you just say? So she goes away for a bit and when the nurse comes back she says, "You are in active labor. Would you like to try a VBAC or do a Repeat C- Section and have you baby out in 45mins."Ok...wait a second what did you just say? So after some talking amongst ourselves and then to my wonderful OB Dr. Grayson Guzman..we opted for the repeat.

I started to get REALLY NERVOUS!! The anesthesiologist was amazing. Talking to me and making me feel really comfortable. Once my spinal was in I was just trying to think of anything else. Kurtis still wasn't in the room because another woman was having a hard time delivering and they postponed my surgery for a few minutes which made him nervous because he was in the next room not knowing what was going on..just seeing nurse after nurse go in and out of the room I was in. So after some time Kenna was born. The dr told me she was out but she wasn't crying which freaked me out. She finally made those first cries and I started to cry. Kurtis went and held her and brought her to me for a quick kiss then all of a sudden he and her and the nurses were gone. She had turned blue and they ran her off. Apparently her oxygen levels were really low and she was having a hard time breathing. They watched her for the next 9 hours and then finally we were able to have her in our room. She is absolutely perfect in every way and looks SO much like her brother. I had to put a bow on her in the hospital to keep from calling her a boy. Here are only a few pictures from our hospital stay.

He is one proud big brother.

He loves to burp her.

Give hugs and kisses.

Always wanting to know where she is.