Our beautiful baby girl Maya Milenkovic arrived a bit early at 38 weeks.
December 28 at 127pm. she was 19 inches and 6 lbs 14oz with a FULL head of hair!
My last day of work was December 23 and there was an awesome potluck to see me off.
On December 24 I had a few "cramps" that wrapped around my abdomen about 6 times through the night. Strange i thought.
On December 25 at the annual holiday party at B&B's, around 6pm i got them again and decided we needed to come home.
Around 1 am after they hadnt stopped at all i called UCLA to ask what this was exactly.
The resident doctor said i was in labor and these "cramps" were contractions, and to come in once these contractions were less than 5 minutes apart.
Well December 26 came and went and they were 10-20 minutes apart nonstop
And the same on december 27. That afternoon they were under 5 minutes apart so we went to the hospital. I was examined and was only 1 centimeter dialated, so I was sent home. Active labor is 4 centimeters or more and thats when you are admitted.
We got home around 7pm and from then until my water broke at 3am the contractions were about 2 minutes apart nonstop and rather intense.
We went back at 3am and i was 6 centimeters and was admitted on the spot.
I got an epideral as soon as possible. After 3 days of contractions I needed a break!
by about 9am it was time to push. Maya's head got stuck on my pelvic bone so the pushing lasted a little longer than anticipated by my midwife.
at 127pm she was born.
I had amazing support from my husband and my sister who were with me every push
She was quite jaundiced so her first week of life was a lot of doctors appointments and blood work which was rather stressful but she is much better now thankfully.
Today she is 14 days old!
