Baby Elana is HERE!

[TamieJP]

I do no have stats as of yet.

Prayer request: Amy was Group B Positive so the baby might have to stay at the hospital.

[psweems]

Congratulations on arrival of baby Elana.
Praying that God's provision is fully recognized and thanking Him for it.
Praying for all things regarding baby Elana to be wonderfully blessed.
Thanking God with you, Tamie, for adding this beautiful new addition
to your family inheritance in Him. Yeah, God!

[MaryEllen]

[vicki]

Congratulations!

Do you mean Group B Strep? If so, didn't they test that beforehand? I was given antibiotics with Madeleine's delivery because I tested positive, and they were going to send me home hours after delivery (they didn't because M's blood sugar was too low, so they sent me home a few more hours after that), but the group B wouldn't have kept me in.

[TamieJP]

I had looked it up and Amy told me that they got two IV doses of antibiotic in so I figured there'd be no question but she said that they are trying to insist that they stay a full 48hours. Amy says that she already made a pediatrician appointment for tomorrow so she has all intentions of coming home TODAY.

[HeyThereDelilah]

Congrats! What a pretty name!

I was positive for Group B Strep with #3. I had her 1 hour and 17 minutes after I arrived at the hospital so I don't even know if they got one full dose of antibiotics in me, but I know they didn't get two in me. Baby was fine, though.

[TamieJP]

[vicki]

Adorable picture!!

Like Gen, I was home right away (19 hours in the hospital, total which included labor). Maybe it's some insurance regulation there.

[HeyThereDelilah]

Like Gen, I was home right away

You must have misread my post. I had her right away, LOL. I did not go home right away.

[vicki]

Like Gen, I was home right away

You must have misread my post. I had her right away, LOL. I did not go home right away.

That's the beauty of reading things on a 2 inch screen.......

I did go home quickly with my last two babies. They must have figured that at my age I didn't need to be in the hospital because they got me out right away. Madeleine's 19 hours cost $8000+ just for the hospital, (the equivalent of $11,400.00 today). They didn't even feed me, and I had to get up to get my own juice, water, ice, etc. I even kept the baby in with me the whole time because her blood sugar was low and I had to nurse her constantly to get it up. Ridiculous.

Hopefully, baby Elana had a better stay and is home and happy now!