The Princess Turns 1....

Adrianna Nicole Katsanis has turned 1! 

How is it possible? How has this past year flown by so quickly? It feels like we've only just come home from the hospital..... Where has my baby gone?? I thought we'd go down memory lane and I've added in Adrianna's Birth Story..... 

My induction was booked for May 3rd 2011. Due to gestational diabetes and suspected pre eclampsia.

Tas and I got there at 7.30am. We were taken into our birthing suite and we were both so nervous, excited, anxious and all those emotions rolled into one. 

My waters were broken at 8am, and the drip was put into my hand.

I could breathe through the contractions easily for quite a while. At 9am I was considered to be in active labour.

We had trouble getting a good tracking on bub's heart rate so ended up with an internal one that attaches to their heads. Now I was able to leave the bed. I stood beside the bed leaning on it during contractions, with either my mum or Georgia behind me massaging my lower back. Tas was infront of me keeping my face washer wet and annoying me and trying to make jokes.. lol

I eventually tried using gas, that was ok. I think the wooziness between contractions made the time go quicker because before i knew it, i was back on the bed and the midwife (who was awesome) was setting up the necessary things for the birth.

The contractions ended up growing to a whole new intensity and the gas was no longer working, so i went without. They let me go with my body's urges so between breathing through them, screaming through them and pushing, she was on her way out..

OMFG! The pain of that! Unbelievable!!

I had mum on one side, Tas on the other urging me on.. You know the home and health channel on foxtel and you see those women screaming "I can't do this.. Wahh Wahh." Well that was definitely me! lol

Well at 12.57pm Adrianna Nicole came into the world and was whisked away from me the be worked on. They had called for emergency and all I remember hearing is "Code Blue, Resuscitation!" I had no idea what was going on. Tas was watching them crying, mum was too and no one knew what was happening. Adrianna wasn't making any noises at all. 

My sister who was know in the waiting room heard code blue room 7. She SHIT herself as no one would say anything about what was happening.

But..... All ended well... She was fine and rested upon my chest and all felt right!

Apparently, when she decided she was going to come out the cord was around her neck and before the midwife was able to remove it she came out to quickly and the cord apparently stunned her and that's why she was late to take that breath. That's what I understood from what I was told anyway. 

Adrianna was supposed to be at least 9lb from 34 week ultrasound and dr's observations well she was a petite 7lb 9oz, 51cm and head 34cm.

Her name wasn't decided till after she was born. Her middle name is the english translation of my mum's name Nicolina.

Now here we are 1 year later. She's a cheeky, funny little girl who has her brothers and her father twirled around her little itty bitty finger. 

She's so lovely!