Our Lovely Lizzie Jane

 

Eliza Jane Brown

8.26.10

10:01 p.m.

5lb 9oz

Our perfect baby girl came really unexpectedly on thursday, august 26th. It all began at 5:am, at my parents house. My doctor was planning on inducing labor on Sept. 1st (in Roosevelt) so I figured I had lots of time to hang out with my mom, go shopping for cute clothes and nursery stuff. I decided to spend the night at my parents and go back to Roosevelt first thing in the morning. I woke up at 5 in the morning thinking I needed to use the bathroom. . I didn't quite make it to the bathroom. I seriously thought I was peeing my pants all over my mom's floor. When I yelled for my mom, she ran in and yelled "oh my goodness your water broke! We have got to get to the hospital right now!" Of course I was crying my eyes out because 1: the water wouldn't stop coming! 2: Clay wasn't there, he was in Roosevelt 3: I called my doctor (in Roosevelt) to see what I should do and I got a machine that said he is out of town for the weekend! So we ended up at Payson hospital which ended up being a really big blessing. Clay got to the hospital in about an hour (from Roosevelt!) just in time to wait another 15 hours. After our baby finally arrived, the pediatrician came in and looked the baby over. He gave us the really shocking news that our baby shows signs of down syndrome. This news was really hard for me to believe since there was never any indication of down syndrome throughout the whole pregnancy and I did get the blood test and my doctor told me that my chances of having a down syndrome baby were average to low and I probably wouldn't have to worry about that. (That blood test is only 80% accurate little did I know) We spent the night at the hospital and the next day they sent our sweet baby to primary children's to get tests and ultrasounds done on her heart. They found that she has a heart condition that is very common among down syndrome babies which will require surgery in 4 to 5 months. Eliza is still here in the NICU where Clay and I spend each and everyday trying to get her to eat and breath on her own. So far, she is doing really well! She does her very best to drink from her bottle, and they almost have her all the way off the oxygen! She still needs a little more time to do all of these things on her own but we cannot wait until we can take her home! (probably in about 2 weeks). 


Even though the past few weeks have been a life changing adjustment and very emotional, I cannot put into words the feelings that we get every time we hold our baby girl. I feel so honored to have been sent such a perfect spirit and I hope that I can live up to the trust Heavenly Father has put into me. I know that this baby has been sent to us for a reason and through her, I will learn the true meaning of the Christlike attributes that each of us are here to acquire.