hallie dawn hansen

Our precious baby GIRL is here!

Hallie Dawn Hansen

was born on March, 11 2010 at 11:09 AM

7 lbs 9 oz 19 1/2" long

We got up at 5:00AM and called the hospital, they told us to be there at 6:00AM. We got ready, ate a small breakfast and were on our way! Luckily Katie came home early from school and stayed the night with us so Cole could sleep at home and not be up so early.

When we got there I was at a 3 1/2 and 80% effaced. We had the most wonderful nurse EVER! Her name was Susan and she was amazing. With Cole I had really crummy nurses so this was a relief.
I was hooked up and pitocin started by 6:45. I was having "lates", that is what they called it. Her heart rate would drop after each contraction and take a while to get back up. So she was lacking oxygen. My nurse had to keep coming in and repositioning me and I was also put on oxygen.

They decided it was best to brake my water around 8:00AM. The doctor that was supposed to be on call (whom I really liked, Dr Rees) was at another hospital so he asked the one up in the office to come down and do it (whom I had never met and he is a little odd, Dr Gammet).

I started contracting a lot and it was getting painful after that. The Dr also put an internal monitor on the baby at that point. He ordered an ultra sound to make sure it was placed right. I got the ultra sound and then my epidural around 9:30 AM.

At this point I was a five and assumed I would dilate a centimeter an hour. I figured we would have our little girl around 2:00 or 3:00 PM! Then I took a nap and Kevin got some breakfast. I text my mom at 10:23 AM to let her know I was at a six and going to take a nap.

Susan came in to check me again around 10:30 and told Kevin to guess where I was. He was being optimistic and said a 7, I was at an 8! I started getting nervous. This was going to happen quicker then I thought. I was thinking I had a while to prepare.

We talked with her for about ten minutes and as she was leaving she looked at the monitor and said "are you feeling anything with this contraction?" I was, a bit of pressure! She checked me and said, you are complete! The monitor came off the baby and she asked another nurse to call Dr Rees. Kevin didn't hear her say I was complete and assumed the Dr was being called because of the monitor. I kept looking at Kevin with a nervous look, it was sooo fast and our little girl was coming. He just sat there all relaxed in the middle of the room as Susan bustled around. He kept looking at me like "what"?

Dr. Rees called Susan back and there wasn't any way he was going to make it so he said he was sending Dr. Gammet down again. Kevin finally asked if he missed something and Susan laughed, that is when he realized it was time.

As the nurses were setting up Susan kept telling the techs to not put certain things in spots and to hurry. Obviously Dr. Gammet is very picky. Susan even told one tech, don't do that or you will hear about it. Dr. Gammet arrived and started barking orders, nicely. He kept telling the techs to update his card with info of things that were wrong. It was quite funny. He was very kind to Kevin and I.

I started pushing at 11:00AM and she was here by 11:09! He pulled the poor girl out and held her upside down for about 30 seconds. My nurse tried to put her upright and he said it was better for her to be upside down for a minute. All I could see through my tears was her little toes. She needed a bit of oxygen so they took her straight to the table and did there stuff.

Kevin got to hold her first and finally showed me her face. What an angel! An easy labor makes a huge difference compared to a long hard one! So labor was only about 4 and a half hours long (if you dont count the weeks of contracting before:>)

About 3 weeks ago I told Kevin it was up to him to decide on her name. I was sick of thinking about it and changing my mind. After Kevin handed our little girl to me I asked him what he decided.

Hallie Dawn Hansen.

She is such a good baby and hardly ever cries. She sleeps in 5 hour intravels at night so I can't complain. Cole loves her and constantly wants to hold her. We are all sooo happy she is here!

Getting ready to go to the hospital

On our way

Waiting for her to get here

Susan wrote lines up on the board for Kevins name choices. He put up a bunch of funny ones, Susan saw and added the top name to the list...

Kevin holding his little girl for the first time

Proud Daddy

Our first picture together

Cole and Hallie meeting for the first time

Our first family picture

Katie was the second person besides Kevin or I to see her! Katie and Cole showed up with my favorite cadbury egg chocolates and a It's a Girl balloon... Thank you Katie

Mom

Dad

Kenzie

Kellie

Emma

Kate (she LOVES to hold babies and never wants to let them go)

Hallie and David are only 4 weeks apart!

Jamie

Macie

Me and my two babies

Cole just hanging out with me

Lisa and Larissa

Grace

Cole thought it was so fun to push all the buttons and make my bed go up and down and squish me in and out. He also hit the nurse button a few times, not sure they were too happy about that...

Mark

Hallie and Morgan are 4 1/2 months apart

Cole loves to hold her

Laura

Justin, Laura, Kaydance and Hallie

Justin

Cole and Kaydance (Kevin and Laura were about this same distance apart in age growing up)

Juila

Sydney

Julia

Samantha

Gretchen

Denice

All the kids loved playing on the bed

Josh

David and Hallie

Mellanie, Jesse and Emmett

Emmett and Hallie are 5 months apart

Getting ready to go HOME

She is going to get lots of these

It was raining so hard but our sign Katie and Cole made lasted through the rain to welcome us home!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture. You can see Cole is going to be a great big brother and is going to make her tough

My beautiful flowers from Cole

As you can see Hallie is already very loved by many aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and friends. Thank you everyone for all you have done for us and your love and support!