Happy birthday Michaela
In the NICU (little over an hour old)
After a relatively easy pregnancy, Nicole had a rather long delivery. She started having contractions shortly after being admitted around 1:30pm on Tuesday, the 24th and was started on pitocin to augment her contractions around 2:30pm. Around 9:00pm, they decided to take Nicole off pitocin for the night as she wasn’t dilated much more than when she came in earlier in the day. This allowed her to eat dinner and get some sleep. They started a mild dose of pitocin at 4:00a on Wednesday morning, the 25th, increasing the dosage at 6:00a. Nicole started actively pushing around 6:30p and continued pushing for the next 4 hours.
Michaela Elizabeth Vennell Roberts was born at 10:29pm, measuring in at a little over 20 inches and tipping the scales at 7 lbs, 9.8 oz.
Sleeping in mommy's arms after coming back from the NICU (two and a half hours old)
Additional photos and a video are online in the Michaela section of our online photo and video album.
