I am so glad to see that you made it there fine. I will be keeping a look out for posts about how your life will be there. Suzanne

Tiffany, What a beautiful daughter and what a head of hair!! Congratulations. Linda

Awwwww, she is just beautiful! Thank you for sharing those pics!!!!! And can I say how wonderful you look~just radiant! I never looked that good when I was pregnant OR after having my children, LOL! Congratulations to you and your family! Hugs, Tracy B 328/150 5'9"

hi becky! so good to hear from you, and to know you and your family made it to the netherlands. good luck getting settled in...and keep in touch when you can. deb -261

Hello Ladies, I missed each and every one of you. Alyssa and I are finally home and I thought I would take the time out to share our story and some pictures. My husband, mother, and I arrived at the hospital on Monday morning at 6am and they had me hooked up to the monitors and petocin by 6:30am. Upon reviewing the monitors the nurse on call advised me that I was already having contractions and would have had the baby that day regardless. I guess since my water had not broken I really could not feel the contractions. She then checked me and I was dilated 4. At 7am my OB came in, checked me, and broke my water. At the point I was offered an epidural but I declined since it was early, I was only dilated 4, and I thought I had plenty of time to get one. MAN!!!! My first set of contractions without the water in place nearly made me come off the table; I was not expecting that. Finally around 9am my contractions were so strong until I could not take it any longer and I asked for an Epidural. The Anesthesiologist came in and did it at 9:30am and at 9:52am Alyssa Danielle was born. I was advised that had I of waited 5 more minutes I would not have been able to get one. She came out after two pushes and made her presence known with the sweetest cry. She has truly been an angel and I am blessed to have a baby that is not fussy at all. You can view her picture trail at the link below, don't forget to copy and paste it into a different window. http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=12&uid=3911698&gid=11642980& Tiffany 299/175/209/195 (Pre-op/Post-op/At Delivery/Now) Mommy to: Melvin Christopher 11/20/91 Alyssa Danielle 07/17/06