Sophia Rose Miller

Sophia Rose is here! She was born on December 28th at 1:05 PM at Rockdale Medical Center. She weighs 6 lb 10 oz and is 17 3/4 inches long. Itty-bitty! She has a head full of brown hair (though all of these pictures show her in a hat) and we are not sure about the eyes right now. Her eyes are very dark, just like Chasen's were when he was born. It took us a few weeks to determine his eye color, so we will be updating everyone as soon as we know!

The birthing experience was completely different from the drama of Chasen's birth. We scheduled a repeat c-section this time and walked into our appointment on Monday. The nurses took their time getting me ready and we were escorted to the surgery room. I have to admit, I was extremely nervous throughout the procedures. I got a spinal instead of an epidural (smaller needle-yippee!!) and it didn't hurt at all. Once given the drugs though, my blood pressure dropped a lot and I thought I was going to be sick. I had a few scary minutes there, but the doctors adjusted my drugs and I began to feel better. Justin was able to watch Sophia come into this world SCREAMING! No need to spank her to get her to cry, she was crying before she even got all the way out! She piddled all over the doctor and everyone laughed! All the doctors and nurses started calling her "Sassy Sophia" because she was so active and loud! We were able to then go to the recovery room where grandparents came in one at a time to see the new addition while I was being monitored.

My recovery has come along better than the previous c-section as well. The first day I felt very bad. I was in a lot of pain and felt very nauseous. I was starving too and couldn't have anything but jell-o and juice. I only got 2 hours of sleep that night and was mentally and emotionally exhausted. The second day I got my spirits back and was able to get out of bed. I walked around the hospital halls with Justin and Sophia and was able to get up and down unassisted. This was a vast improvement from my first c-section. Justin had to push me around in a wheel chair at all times back then! The only major issues we had at the hospital was with the on-call pediatrician there. Sophia had a hard time breast feeding while we were there, which is common in c-section babies. The pediatrician wanted us to supplement with formula while the lactation nurse advised us not too. I felt a lot of pressure from this which added to the anxiety of Sophia not nursing well. On the third day (after being forced to supplement against our wishes) we were discharged from the hospital and came home!

We are all much happier at home now! Sophia is picking up on nursing and is getting better at every feeding. Chasen is in love with "my baby". He wants to hold her ALL THE TIME. He kisses her and holds her hand. Of course, I think he squeezes her too tight and touches her face too much, but she lays in his arms peacefully so she must not think he's being too rough. Justin thinks that Sophia will calm Chasen down a bit, I'm not too sure about that! It will be interesting to see their relationship progress! Things seem a bit crazy and busy right now but I think we will adapt quickly as we figure out all this baby biz all over again!