I'm A Grandma!

Hi guys, I became a grandma for the first time on April 12th 2010. One of my daughters gave me this blessing and this pleasure of enjoying a grand child.
Her name is Sophie Marie. She was born at 1.48 am, weighed 8lbs and was 18.5 inches long.
This baby was late for one week.

I had taken time off, exactly 3 weeks off from my p/t job to go and be with my daughter. I had selected the time based on the due date proposed by her doctor and midwife. I had thought that at least Sophie would be born during the first week of my time off so that I'll be able to spend two weeks with them.

Not so. Sophie refused to arrive on her due date which was supposed to be the 6th. But the 6th passed and the days just kept on passing by. You can imagine my frustration but my daughter's was worse 'cos the baby had dropped very low and was resting on her pelvis, so walking had become a chore and of course sleeping had become impossible!

Everytime we went to visit the hospital, they would say, "Oh don't worry, we are sure that you will not visit us next week; the baby would be here then but just in case, just set up another appointment for next week." We did this twice and we were very frustrated. We were made to know that the baby always decides when she wants to see the world! The baby is ALWAYS in control. Whew!

Then the contractions started on the 4th and then disapperaed. This continued till the 11th. During this time, anytime we thought the baby was coming and we rushed to the hospital, we were told that my daughter had not dilated enough to warrant her stay in the hospital so we were always sent home.

On the evening of the 10th, around 12 midnight, the contractions were so painful for my daughter that we just had to rush her to the hospital. She was tested and we heard the same story that she had not dilated enough so we should go back home. This time I made them to understand that we were not going back home and that I wanted my daughter monitored since I was afraid that something could go wrong. They gave us a place to rest but in the morning the contractions had slowed down considerably. So we had to leave at 6 am, disappointed.

Then the real McCoy began, I say the real McCoy 'cos I saw the difference between the type of contractions we had been seeing before and this latest one. This time, my daughter could not even stand so around 12 noon we went to the hospital for the 'last' time. This time, she had dilated enough and she was admitted. Whew! Was I relieved. The contractions stretched out till after midnight of the 12th when she fully dilated and they asked her to do the push.

O thank goodness that this didn't take long 'cos by 1.48, Sophie had decided to exit her mama's womb. And guess what, she came out with both eyes wide open! Yes, everyone was surprised. She was just looking around and then she finally gave a yell, loud enough to wake the dead all in her 8lbs glory. Oh, it was a beauuuuuuuuutiful sight!!!

I am very proud of my daughter who is a medical student and who went back to school just a week after giving birth, strong and ready to face her books once again.
So people, I am a grandmama and my mother has finally received her first great grand child. Mind you, this is not new in our family. God has been good to us that He makes us to live to see our great grand child and believe you me, I am very sure that it will not be different in my case.

Cheers!!!