Violet Mae Bartels

It's been a long couple days. But was all worth it.

This morning Tona had dilated to 4cm, and everything was looking good. She got to 8-9 cm by 11am, but ended up staying there until 3:30pm. She also started running a high temperature and started shaking. The doctor was concerned that she had an infection, and that she still wasn't fully dilated 22 hours after her water broke. We then decided to do a c-section. It was a little hard to hear after 3 full days of labor. They got the staff ready very quickly, and before you know it I was gowned up and watching the surgeons cut open my wife.

At 4:52 pm, Violet Mae Bartels was born. She was 8 lb 9oz., and was 21" long. She did not cry after being pulled out, which caused some concern for the doctors. I just thought that she was tough like her mom. The doctors let Tona hold her for a second, then took her away to get her on some antibiotics. Both her and Tona are healthy and are resting to get better.

Violet is right across the hall from us, but since Tona is on bedrest, she can't go see her yet. I think Tona is a little sad that I've been to see her 6 times already, but they are going to let her breastfeed tomorrow morning, so she will feel better then.

I just wanted to thank everyone who had called or sent messages. It means alot for us and our new family!

PS. I will post more pictures when I get time tomorrow.