Savannah Joy

Savannah Joy Magner was born on September 25th weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measuring 19 3/4 long. Not a bad size considering she decided to make her entrance into the world about 3 weeks early. I was shocked when my water broke around 9:15 in the morning on the 25th - well more like in denial is more like it. My contractions didn't really start until about 1:30, so Maya and I were just hanging out while Dan tied up loose ends at work. They started to intensify around 3:30ish and Savannah came not long after 6:00. I was not too surprised at the speedy arrival because I think it would have been the same had Maya not been in wrong position.

Unfortunately shortly after the birth we transported Savannah to the hospital because her breathing was not quite what you would expect. She had what is called Transient Tachynpnea of the Newborn (TTN). She developed jaundice, which wasn't much of a surprise, and our stay was prolonged to a long 9 days in the NICU. I was able to stay at the hospital with her for that time which tore my heart out being away from Maya, but she was of course with her awesome Daddy who made sure sh had lots of fun and they came to visit often. As hard of a decision as it was to stay overnight, I needed to be there for many reasons. The hard part was that I always felt like I was missing an arm because I was away from Maya and hardly got to hold Savannah.

It was all a surreal experience, but looking around the NICU at all the teeny tiny babies make you count your blessings and I tried to focus on finding the joy in small successes and hurdles past. We are all thrilled to be home together and life seems normal. Well that is the short story...I have started to write the long story which is already 4 pages long! Here are some pictures of the first two weeks.