On Thursday, April 10th 2008 at 3:52am God gave us a new little baby girl, Ava Belle Schuchard! She weighs 9lbs 2oz and is 21 inches long.
Lauren started to have fairly hard contractions about every 10 minutes starting at 8:00pm on Wednesday. By midnight, they were coming every 5 or six and were really hard. Lauren labored a little longer at home (which was nice), and then we called Oma who came over to watch Vanessa while we booted it over to Poudre Valley Hospital, arriving there at about 2:00am Thursday.
Here's Lauren laboring at home.
When we arrived the nurses said she was 4 centimeters dilated which wasn't very encouraging considering she had been 3cm for more than a week and had been laboring pretty well for 5 or 6 hours. By now the contractions were every 4 to 5 minutes and were really hard. Lauren did the entire thing natural, no epidural, no drugs...she's awesome! From here on out the labor was fast and furious and after about 30 minutes, the nurses checked again and said she was at 9.5cm! Yikes, that was fast! It wasn't too much longer before the nurses were shouting for the Doc to get in there. He pretty much walked in the room and caught Ava Belle as she came out! It was amazing! Both Lauren and Ava are doing great!
Another labor pic.
Introducing Vanessa to Ava. Vanessa loved her and even gave Ava her cherished "pink bear" stuffed animal :)
Oma (Ben's mom) holding little Ava. Thanks Oma, for watching Vanessa for us!
Ava has slept and eaten like a champ.
Close up of the little cutie.
I like this one :)
My three girls.
Vanessa holding Ava for the first time.
Vanessa even tried to share one of her goldfish crackers when Ava's mouth was open like this :)
This is absolutely priceless!
Visitors (Len, Miki, Ceinwen and Asher Wick)! Yay!
Lauren's Dad loves his grandkids!
Eyes open!
Dad with his new little baby girl.
Our entire Bible study group came to visit. What fun!
Lauren started to have fairly hard contractions about every 10 minutes starting at 8:00pm on Wednesday. By midnight, they were coming every 5 or six and were really hard. Lauren labored a little longer at home (which was nice), and then we called Oma who came over to watch Vanessa while we booted it over to Poudre Valley Hospital, arriving there at about 2:00am Thursday.
Here's Lauren laboring at home.
When we arrived the nurses said she was 4 centimeters dilated which wasn't very encouraging considering she had been 3cm for more than a week and had been laboring pretty well for 5 or 6 hours. By now the contractions were every 4 to 5 minutes and were really hard. Lauren did the entire thing natural, no epidural, no drugs...she's awesome! From here on out the labor was fast and furious and after about 30 minutes, the nurses checked again and said she was at 9.5cm! Yikes, that was fast! It wasn't too much longer before the nurses were shouting for the Doc to get in there. He pretty much walked in the room and caught Ava Belle as she came out! It was amazing! Both Lauren and Ava are doing great!
Another labor pic.
Introducing Vanessa to Ava. Vanessa loved her and even gave Ava her cherished "pink bear" stuffed animal :)
Oma (Ben's mom) holding little Ava. Thanks Oma, for watching Vanessa for us!
Ava has slept and eaten like a champ.
Close up of the little cutie.
I like this one :)
My three girls.
Vanessa holding Ava for the first time.
Vanessa even tried to share one of her goldfish crackers when Ava's mouth was open like this :)
This is absolutely priceless!
Visitors (Len, Miki, Ceinwen and Asher Wick)! Yay!
Lauren's Dad loves his grandkids!
Eyes open!
Dad with his new little baby girl.
Our entire Bible study group came to visit. What fun!
