Vivian Jean Hansen

Vivian Jean Hansen

December 1, 2011
11:27 AM

7 lbs 15 oz

19" long

Our sweet new baby is here and its a GIRL!

I was scheduled to be induced on December 1 in the morning if they had room for us. I was hoping we would get to go in because we had successfully made it through Thanksgiving, the day after for shopping and Christmas trees and past any date that the baby may have to share its birthday with Thanksgiving in the future. It was also a Thursday, Cole and Hallie were born on Thursdays.

So I set my alarm and called the hospital at 5 AM. They told us to head on in! I woke Kevin up and got ready. He was so tired he doesn't remember me waking him. I had to go back in the room to get him up to get ready, hahaha.

I was dilated to a 2 and 70% effaced at my previous appointment and had been that way for 3 weeks. We got to the hospital around 6:45 AM and they sent us straight into our room and started things quick. Dr Drewes from my OB office had just delivered a baby so they thought if I was far along enough they would have him break my water before he left. As I was reading and filling out paper work they put my IV in and checked me. I was at a 4 and 90% effaced so they called Dr Drewes in. Within 20 minutes of being at the hospital I had my IV, fluids, water broken and epidural on its way. I couldn't believe how fast it was all happening.

Since we didn't know if baby was BOY or GIRL all the nurses and Dr's were excited and kept telling us how fun it was for them when people don't know. So everyone started guessing and wrote it up on the board.

The same anesthesiologist when I had Hallie came in about 8:30 to give me my epidural. As he was finishing up I remembered with Hallie they had to give me some medicine cause my blood pressure dropped. I told him and he said they would watch it. Sure enough I started feeling really light headed and sick, they had to give me the medicine to stabilize my blood pressure twice and have me lay back. After that I got stuck at a 5. Around 10:45ish I realized that my epidural was wearing off. I could move my legs completely and the pressure during contractions were starting to hurt. The nurse had just checked me and I was still a 5. I kept commenting to Kevin that I thought it was wearing off and it scared me. Finally it got to the point that the pressure REALLY hurt and I was having to concentrate really hard through the contractions to keep from crying. We let the nurse know and she had the anesthesiologist come back in and fix it. Boy was I so relieved when my legs started to feel heavy again. I am not one of those women who WANTS to go through labor/delivery natural and I feel more strongly about it now :)

Well after that the nurse checked me again and I was ready. She couldn't believe how fast I went from being stuck at a 5 to complete, about 20 minutes or less. They called Dr Jacob, the on call Dr from my OB, to come so we waited about 10 min and started pushing when he arrived. Kevin and I wanted him to announce what our little one was when he/she arrived. After only a few pushes baby arrived (man it seems to get easier each time!)

At 11:27 AM they lifted our baby up and Kevin said with a huge grin "it's a girl". I was a bit confused as I looked around at everyones faces to see them laughing because I thought he was teasing me. They weren't laughing, just smiling at me. I had truly felt like it was a boy the whole pregnancy but I was wrong and so excited to have another little girl. They let me see her for just a second and then took her to the table cause she wouldn't cry. They worked on her for a while and she would only whimper, I was getting worried. They had to call in more help for her but she finally started crying hard. I was so relieved when they put sweet Vivi in my arms, she was so perfect! Viv has a very chubby face and a darker complexion. We named her Vivian after my great grandma Hawkins and Jean is after my grandma Gloria and Kellie.

Kevin texted everyone and said "we have a new baby" and of course they all wanted to know what it was. I wanted to wait to tell everyone until atleast a few people came that we could tell in person. Especially Cole and Hallie.

Katie arrived from Snow and got to see Viv first. Right as we were ready to go down to our postpartum room we saw my parents, Cole, Hallie, Jamie, Grace, Denice, Jenifer and Morgan arriving out the window. We had them go to our new room and wait for us. My epidural had kicked in so well I couldn't get up yet so they had to roll me onto another bed to wheel down the hall. I thought it was really funny and kept laughing. The nurses were practically running with me down the hall and bumping into everything, it was quite funny.

Kevin wheeled her in and everyone got to see her at once. It was so fun. Cole was very disappointed to say the least. He didn't want to look at her or see her. He was so upset and embarrassed as everyone looked at him. His lip was quivering and he was trying so hard to not cry. He kept saying "but I said it was a boy", "its supposed to be a boy". He came and sat by me as everyone held her. I felt so sad for him. Hallie loved her right away. She wanted to hold Vivian and kiss her and not give her up. By the time Cole left he had warmed up to her, holding her and he says Vivian is so cute! He wont call her Viv or Vivi, he only calls her Vivian.

We had some great nurses and I really love Timp hospital. Paige was our delivery nurse and Phereane was my nurse most of the time in postpartum. I think having amazing nurses makes all the difference.

Vivian is VERY LOVED already by everyone. She is constantly being held and loved on. Hallie thinks she is her new doll and Cole is such a big brother. He is so protective of her and makes sure we have her wherever we go. We are so happy to have another little GIRL in our family and it will be so fun for Hallie and Vivian being so close in age. I am going to really enjoy dressing them in matching outfits and Kevin has another little girl he is wrapped around.