YAY!!!

So what kind of person blogs from a hospital bed? I guess someone stamped crazy on my forehead!! Thank God for free wireless internet in Cincinnati hospitals :)

Well I finally had my baby girl and I just think she is beautiful. I am in love with this new addition to my life, I feel like my heart will burst. It's just wonderful. Her name is Jemimah Zigwai Tukurah and I just cannot describe her well enough so just look at the pictures. Zigwai means "thank you" in Musa's language Bajju, and that's what we are - grateful to God for her life.

Musa and I went into the hospital at 1pm on Wednesday (April 30th) to be induced. And sat in the waiting room for an hour!! Crazy stuff. Before we left to the hospital, I left Safiya with a good friend Celeste. The crazy kid just walked off without saying bye and giving me a kiss. I was upset that it did not seem like she was going to miss me :) She did great though. Celeste said she did not cry once although she did break her coffee pot. tsk tsk. Obnoxious: that child of mine.

Oh well, back to my labour story... I was finally checked into a room and the nurse midwife came in a broke my bag of water at 2:30pm. I was already 5cm dilated before they broke the bag of water. She decided to just let my body do it's thing without any additional hormones and see if my body is ready to go without Pitocin.
A good friend from church who's also my choir director Miriam was also there to give support. So we all sat talking and generally having fun till the real painful contractions began at about 5:30pm. My plan was to go natural without pain medication so I used a birthing ball and hubby was there to massage my back and apply counter pressure while Miriam was holding my hand and helping me breathe through it. They were great!
By 7:15 pm I felt so ready to push. I felt like the kid was about to fall out!! I kept saying, "I need to push. Let me push".
After about 15minutes of pushing, Miss Jemimah was here with about an inch of hair!!! No I am not one of those women who yells at their husbands while in labour. I was just so glad to push her out of me. It felt like a really big painful poop that needed to come out now :)

She weighed 6pounds 10.1 ounces and was 20 inches long! I thought she would be bigger considering how long she was in there. looks just like Safiya! It was quite an ordeal and I thank God for everything!! I'm just overjoyed. I love my new family of four !!!!