We praise the Lord tonight that our little baby girl made her appearance. She weighed 7.9 pounds and I'm not sure how long she is. Faith says she is very long as she was finally able to breathe again after the delivery.
Mikey and I went out today to call on four different families and when we got home around 6 PM or so, the girls said that they had been trying to call our cell phone for several hours. Unfortunately, where we were calling, there are mountains that don't promote cell phone reception. So, Faith was thinking that her time was near. We got her packed up and in the van, the kids went down the mountain with us and stayed at Reme and Juana's house (they all wanted to go to the hospital,) and I took Faith down the next twenty minutes to the hospital.
We arrived about 7:45 PM. When they checked her, she was only 1 cm dilated. They started an epidural and in about an hour, she was 1 cm more advanced. In another hour she was about 5 cm along. The contractions were extremely hard and painful, even with an epidural. The doctor thought that the spinal catheter had come out because Faith wasn't getting any relief from the pain. He came to give her more medicine and Faith was in excruciating pain. They decided to check her again and, voila, 10 cm. They said she felt so much pain because she went from 3-10 cm extremely quickly.
Anyway, Carolyn Joy (we aren't sure if it will be with an "o" or with an "a" yet) was born at 11:43 PM on April 2, 2007. Praise the Lord that both are doing well. Please keep us in your prayers. I just got home and it's 3 AM and I'm sure the kids will be up early and want to go to the hospital to see their baby sister. Pray that I will be a happy (not too cranky) dad. :-)
Thank you again for your prayers. We continue to need them.
Mike for all the Goldfi
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