Welcome Siena Rai

I'd like everyone to meet Siena Rai.  This precious piece of work was born on February 12th at 12:38pm via c-section.  She weighed in at 4 pounds and 13 1/2 ounces and measuring 17 inches in length.  

I have no words to explain the love that I feel for this little person staring back at me.  She is truly a miracle.  She is a fighter.  Siena made it through a pregnancy where unknown to everyone, the odds were not stacked in her favor.  After being born it was discovered that the placenta and umbilical cord were abnormally small.  The normal size of a placenta is about that of a dinner plate and her was the size of a tea plate.  The umbilical cord is normally 3 feet long and her was only a foot long.  It also appeared that the cord was not totally attached to the placenta.  This would explain why the growth was not being seen in my belly.  Turns out I have what was called Inter utero growth retardation (IUGR).  Siena was not receiving all the nourishment she should have been.  

Siena is totally normal and healthy.  She checked out as a normally developed gestational 38 weeks, she is just very small.  She has a full head of dark brown hair and blue-grey eyes.  The palm of her hand is the size of a quarter.  The heart defect scare was just that, a scare, but it is what confirmed things even more that Siena needed to be out here with us, and no longer inside of me.  We are so thankful to have her here with us.

As for the rest of the Fredy's, we are all doing well.  Cole is extremely protective of his little sister, more on that to come.  Dad is doing the best he can to run the house while I sit on the couch feeling like I had an abdominal work out from hell.  But I am up and moving around.  I am slowly getting all of our pictures in order in between nursing, trying to get Cole to show me any attention at all, and attempting to get some sleep.  Onyx is wandering around wondering why we brought another one home.

More later on.  Good bye for now.  Some one needs my attention.