Candice Faith is here!

I had my scheduled c section on Monday morning. Canidce Faith came out at 9lbs 3 oz! She is healthy and is doing great. I had my tubal done followed by a hernia repair. My hernia was the largest that many on the surgical team had ever seen. My uterus had pushed it's way through the entire muscle wall which was why I was so uncomfortable and why my belly hung so far down. It also left her very vulnerable in the uterus since it was only covered by fat and skin, no muscle to protect it. I'm kind of glad I didn't know that now or I'd be freaked out. I'm sure they would not have let me get so far into pregnancy either or would have been put on hospital bed rest. None of the ultrasounds showed that. I was awake during the entire procedure with my spinal. It was uncomfortable and the entire surgery with C section and hernia repair took over 3 hours. I'm sore but doing pretty good. My stomach looks pretty messed up but it's not hanging anymore which is great. Anyway, Candi is a sweet baby and is so easy going. She sleeps through my other two girls' screams which I'm hoping will continue. My older girls LOVE their sister. My 6 year old is very good with her, gentle and a big helper. My 22 month old is really being quite good for her age, no jealousy (....yet). She loves to kiss her and touch her ears and nose.
Here are some pics:

 congrats she is beautiful! you have a beautiful family~

Congratulations! Candice is absolutely beautiful! :) Glad everything else went well. Here's praying for a speedy and boring recovery.

congratulations hun she is simply adorable and its good to have great and sweet big sisters enjoy and get well soon

YOur family of little girls is simply precious! Happy Mothers DAy to you.

So happy to hear things went well!  Poor you... that was a long time to be awake on an OR table!  Well done!

Your family is absolutely beautiful!!  Enjoy!  Rest when you can...  the first few weeks for me have been the blink of an eye! 

Very best wishes and Happy Mom's day to you!

Aww congrats! That is so crazy about your herniated uterus! Wow, its a good thing that everything turned out ok!

CONGRATS SWEETY SHES BEAUTIFUL.. MANY WARM WISHES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Everyone looks wonderful, and I'm glad they got you patched up!

Congratulations!! Im glad everything went well with your C/S and the other procedures. She is such a cutie, I wanna squeeze those cheeks :) Hope you got to do something fun for Mothers day