Mary Ryan's arrival

I forgot to post my "delivery" update to the blog. So here is an entry from our first few days:

My uterus and placenta held out as long as they could and finally gave up Saturday night at 9:30. We were at the hospital at 10:08 and Mary Ryan Elizabeth was delivered at 11:38 PM. My doctor plus a wonderful team was ready and waiting on me when we got there. I had to be fully put to sleep for a speedy C section. Carter's delivery was scary, but this one was indescribably terrifying. I was lucky and under anesthesia for the scariest parts, but poor Ryan had to sit outside the operating room and wait. Mary Ryan "coded" and they had to resuscitate her and Ryan had no idea if it was her, me, or both. Luckily, a friend of ours got there a few minutes later and she was able to sit with Ryan and wait.
I had the best anesthesiologist possible and he did a great job of keeping Ryan informed of everything he was doing, but telling me just enough. According to him, I came through the surgery much better than he expected. They had me prepped for blood transfusions b/c they anticipated alot more blood loss than what actually occurred. Neither Mary Ryan or I had to have a transfusion.
I got to come home today and Mary Ryan is still in the hospital. She is doing wonderfully well and progressing faster than I expected. This morning the last of her IVs were removed, she was taken off oxygen, and her feeding tube was removed so she can eat fully from a bottle. Amazingly she weighed 6 lbs and 1.9 ounces for being 4 weeks early. Her lungs were giving her problems and she had a lot of fluid build up. She is doing very well now and hopefully we'll be able to bring her home by the first of next week. Ryan and I got to hold her at 5:30 this morning and it was a treat. We can't wait to hold her without all the monitors.