Made it through week 1!

Life with a newborn = new, exciting, challenging, and of course, exhausting!
Just wanted to share some photos we took recently of the special people in our lives who have come to help us out these first few weeks of Leila's life.
Also took a pic of her in a onesie that Landon just loves!

Leila Updates

Leila has been getting into a bit of a routine in the last few days. She has been home since Sunday afternoon, and is now getting up every 2-2.5 hours to eat. At last check she slept over 3 hours straight! Finally!

Leila after her first sponge bath. She did not like it very much...

She loves to sleep...if only her mom and dad could get some too!

She has arrived!

Our baby girl has finally come out to meet us!

At 12:11pm, on October 10, 2008, we welcomed Leila Michie Yoshida to this world.

Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz.
Length: 20 inches

Baby and Mom are doing great and we thank all of you friends and family for your prayers, thoughts and well wishes during this pregnancy.

We look forward to introducing Leila to all of you soon.

Love, Landon, Miko and Leila (and Nalu too)

40+ weeks...still no progress

Had another OB check yesterday.
Still no major progress...
Will visit her again tomorrow to do some testing to check baby's status, then, if nothing else happens, will follow through with induction next Thursday 10/16.
She must love it in there!

miko

No progress!

Well folks, we visited the OB today and guess what: no progress whatsoever. Same as the last 3 times we went there: 1 cm. Nothing more.

So, she scheduled an induction for 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY! Just on the brink of week 42, which is the absolute latest they let you be pregnant, thank the Lord. This would be an elective induction, meaning I agree to let them artificially push me into labor, and clinically it can't be done before week 41 unless there is a medical reason. And, as it turns out, I have no good medical reason to do it any earlier than 2 weeks from now. I'm just your average regular pregnant lady. Which is a beautiful blessing from the Lord in and of itself, that there have been no problems, don't get me wrong....I just feel like I've been waiting forever to meet her and I'm ready...so where is she???? My OB tells me that 60% of her patients that get scheduled for an induction end up going into labor on their own, but I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up as that other 40% who don't...In any case, if nothing happens until then, at least we know when her birthday will be!

Keep us in your prayers, and anyone who wants to visit me here at home, PLEASE let me know! I could use the company!

-miko