A Christmas Miracle comes early!

So Thursday night's stormy weather blew in a surprise for Zach and me!!! About 3:30am on Friday morning I woke up thinking I had dribbled in my pants. . .it took me til about 7am to be convinced that I was not dribbling--that my amniotic fluid was actually leaking. We went to the hospital to get checked out and low and behold my water had broken and I needed to get moving w/ my labor before it was too late and infection started. (I really shouldn't have waited so long to call the hospital--oops). Nurse and Doc checked me and I was 3 centimeters dilated and they were going to start Pitocin but weren't convinced baby was head down so we had to have an ultrasound and of course little Abs was breech--c-section on its way for 12:30pm!! Apparently I was having small contractions but I never felt one. I think God knew I couldn't handle that much pain so he arranged things this way. :)
Abigail Kristine Wyckoff arrived on Nov. 6, 2009 at 1:10pm--5 weeks early, holy cow! Weighing in at 6lbs. 7oz. and 19in. long. . .had she gone full term she could have been tipping the scales at close to 9lbs. WOW!In the operating room. Everything went very smoothly. I was scared to death but Zach was such a wonderful support person to have next to me and the docs were absolutely amazing!Our little angel w/ Dr. Stemmerman right after being pulled out of my tum. I got to watch through a plastic window--unbelievably amazing. I think Abigail is saying "Hello World--hear me roar!!" :) Love that pic.The happy family of three. . .a little tired but oh so happy.Of course the fam came up to visit and with the swine flu scare everyone has to be screened before coming in. Children aren't even supposed to be allowed unless it is a sibling but we snuck Sophes in and she had to wear this mask. She was awesome. The first time she saw Abs was through the window of our hospital room because we were on the ground floor. Amy walked her around and we held Abs up close to window so they could say hi to each other. It was really cute.A precious moment. . .Abby laying w/ Dad saying her prayers. Thank you God for blessing me w/ such wonderful parents. :)Fast forward to Sunday and here we are. . .on our way home. Abby did have to be monitored in the nursery right after birth since she was so early but everything checked out and docs and nurses couldn't believe how advanced and big she was for being so young. . .and I amazingly am a milk producing machine so was able to give her lots of colostrum which then led to milk even before I left the hospital. Today I pumped and just got 3 1/2 oz. I'm so fortunate.This is the best dang pic ever. I took it this morning after feeding. . .she is soooo happy. We all are soooo happy. I seriously keep saying I can't believe we have our baby and I am so happy, I could just burst. I will download all the pics onto Kodak Gallery and get added to my blog shortly.