Katelyn had her first portraits taken at the hospital. There is a lady that comes around with her portable studio at the hospital. I thought they were pretty awesome for hospital photos, plus you can go wrong with the subject matter :)
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June 14, I went to my OB checkup. My pressure was still up and I was in a lot of pain from my stent, so we decided to induce the next day.
June 15 at 5:00 a.m. we went in for the induction. I was 1 cm dilated. They broke my water and gave me a lot of pitocin, but I never got past 1 cm although I had plenty contractions. Around 3:30 p.m., they decided I needed a c-section. I already had an epidural in place. They came to increase the dosage to get ready for the c-section. I immediately started having a bad reaction. It started to sound like I was in a tunnel. Everything sounded strange especially when I was talking. Then my tongue started to go numb and I felt like I was going to faint. He immediately stopped the epidural, readjusted it in my back, and then tried again. I had the same reaction. Apparently, the epidural had gone into a vein instead of were it should have gone (which can be very dangerous). He decided to pull the epidural out and do a spinal block, which worked (Thank God!)
They finally got me ready and brought Billy into the operating room and shortly after beautiful Katelyn Brie Atkins was born. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect baby. We are so thankful to be to fortunate. She was 20 1/4 inches long and weighed 6 pounds and 7 ounces.
We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.
