The newest addition

                                        Introducing.....   Ivory Elaine Egan


Early Monday morning October 28th, we went to the hospital for the C-section.   Everything went a lot smoother the second time around, just knowing what to expect makes you so much less nervous.   It is still weird to be awake while they are cutting you open and pulling a baby out of you.  They really had to pull to get her out too, Ryan said there was two nurses basically putting all their weight leaning onto me with their elbows to get her out and it actually kinda hurt and I was numb from my chest down.  Finally, I felt a big release of pressure and heard her cry.  This time I actually stayed awake the whole time but unfortunatley when they brought her over to show her to me I got really sick and threw up, so again not the tearful heartfelt greeting I imagined upon seeing my baby for the first time.

 I am 100% sure I would have never gotten this 8 lbs and 9 oz baby out of me naturally so I am glad I did not attempt to try labor again.      By the time the sun was rising I was back in the recovery room.  After an hour they brought me down to the recovery floor and I got to see this cute little girl.  

View out of my hospital room the morning of.

We got most of our visitors the first day. Great grandma and grandpa christensen, then Penny, Tim, Becky, Libby and Elliot.  Then Grandma Cindy and Tristan, and later Erin & Jake, and Tyler and Tiffany.    The rest of the hospital stay was pretty chill, minus getting sick again, (throwing up and C-section is not fun in case anyone was wondering)  Tristan could only come and visit for a few minutes  a day before wreaking too much havoc in the small hospital room.    Nursing was so much less stressful, I don't know if its because I knew better what to expect or she is just a better eater but overall everything seemed to go smoother this time around.  By Halloween day I was ready to go home.   So far this girl is so chill,  the only time she ever seems to fuss is when her diaper is dirty (this has never bothered Tristan).  She is such a good eater and has already regained and surpassed her birth weight.   She is just so sweet!

Going home from the hospital

First day home

 Ivory and daddy staring contest