Vivie Anne Croft is here! She is beautiful and we love her so much, but getting her here was not an easy thing!! On Wednesday July 28, Nick and I made our way to our weekly Doctor's appointment. At our last appointment my blood pressure was really high and I was put on bed rest, however my one and only baby shower was supposed to be Friday in Salt Lake so we were hoping my blood pressure had come down enough they would let me go. Unfortunately my blood pressure was even higher than before. My doctor was out of town so another doctor in the office suggested I have a non-stress test to make sure the baby was ok and try to be super careful for the next week until my doctor came back. Nick and I went straight to the test, but my blood pressure had sky rocketed and we found out my fluid was extremely low so I was admitted to the hospital immediately. Then the waiting started. I was only 33 weeks and 6 days at this point and so we needed to try and keep her as long as possible. I got steroid shots to help develop her lungs in case we had to deliver. The next two days were very long and very scary because we just didn't know what to expect. They monitored me and Vivie very closely. Nick was very sick of the stork on the baby monitor watching Vivie, he was ready to watch her himself. On Friday morning we were supposed to have another non-stress test to look at my fluid, but over night I had gotten too sick and the decision was made that Vivie had to come out, so I was going to be induced. Luckily our good friend Elizabeth was in charge of the non-stress test and she came by to see us and pointed out that Vivie was breeched, so we had another ultrasound and it was determined that she couldn't be turned. So, I had a c-section and she was born at 10:15 on July 30, 2010 weighing in at 4 pounds and 9 ounces 16.5 inches long. Nick went straight to see here in nicu and I was left in surgery. Because of my severe preeclampsia, I had to be put on magnesium sulfate. I had no idea, but it is horrible! I was completely incoherent for two days! I couldn't even open my eyes or move at all. Luckily I have great family around me and everybody helped. I finally made it to nicu to meet Vivie on Sunday at 4:00 in the morning, it was the best moment of my life! She was doing great! She didn't even need help breathing! Each day after that consisted of the same thing, hoping that Vivie eats good. I am home from the hospital now so we spend lots of time driving between the hospital and home. The biggest problem is that Vivie is only allowed to have two visitors at a time so we have to take turns. She is doing really good though. She absolutely hates diaper changes! She gets so mad and just cries every time you do it. She also goes to the bathroom every time you get her diaper off, so you really have to be on your game or you go through three diapers before you've got her changed. Her biggest problem is with her grip! She is so strong and she grabs everything! She has ripped out at least one feeding tube every day. Yesterday she ripped out four, so today she has to have these tiny pink bunny socks tied on her hands with velcro! She looks so cute with her little boxing gloves! We love her!
