We have a Baby Girl!!!!
Welcome Alexandra "Sasha" Valery Dionisio
Sasha was born on April 1, 2009 at 5:07pm. She weighed 8 lbs and 3.5 oz and is 21 inches long.
Elena was awesome.
Quotes from the Day.
When the policeman came up to us outside the Starbucks on post where Elena was waiting for me and having very bad contractions leaning against our car. I waived him off saying all this was very natural and there is nothing to worry about. This was about 2:30 PM.
When the anesthesiologist came in around (after she said it was time for the epidural) 4:45 PM and asked what her pain level was she said 8 out of 10. Elena figured it was only going to get worse. By the time they got the paperwork done amd asked all of the questions for the epidural it was to late and she had to do it natural. The baby came a few minutes later at 5:07.
The staff and Dr were awesome and followed our birth plan to the T.
We had left everything at home. All of that Lamaze stuff we had learned there was no time for. Once we got to the hospital things happened so quickly that the staff pretty much took over and did everything and I was really just there for hand holding and counting.
There are pictures on Elena's LJ below.
http://pics.livejournal.com/lena_fomina/gallery/000229a1
We got home on Friday afternoon and everyone is doing fine.