Kinsey Kaualulehuawekiuokohala Stevens

Kinsey Kaualulehuawekiuokohala Stevens
( the wind that skatters the lehua like rain across the mountain tops of kohala)

Born March 27th, 2011
weighing 7 1/2 lbs
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measuring at 20 1/2 in

What a week this was, went in on friday, March 25th for just a doctors appt. Then ended up being admitted to the birthing unit for high blood pressure, there they decided to induce. I was in the beginning stages of labor for almost a day and a half. They had me on magnesium to bring my blood pressure down but early sunday morning around 5, kinsey wasn't taking it well and wasn't moving as much so they decided to do a C-section because she wasn't taking labor to well and they wanted to get her out safely and not risk my blood pressure getting any higher. So, later morning my mom texted me that she was flying to bigisland which made me feel so much better but not enough to relax me. Around 11:30am they wheeled me to the operating room to get me all numbed up and situated, Orion came in and at 11:59am Kinsey was born! It went by so fast, I couldn't believe it. After they sewed me they wheeled me back to my room and my mom had just arrived right as i was going into the room! I was really drugged but i was happy to see her! Kinsey was born a very Healthy girl with NO problems or complications.
My blood pressure was still pretty high so they just kept a close eye on me for the next couple of days. When Wednesday came along, my blood pressure was still kinda high so they decided to put me on medication to help lower it. And they FINALLY released me and kinsey from the birthing unit. Everything was fine when we reached home till later that night around 12am I started coughing and was having a hard time breathing so round 4 in the morning after a long night of trying to sleep and relax myself, i called my mom and we all went to the emergency room, Where i spent the whole morning being poked and monitored. I ended up having to have a Xray and a catscans. They figured it was fluid in the lungs from my Xray so they gave me something so I pee all the fluid out but they put in a catheter so i didnt have to be getting up every 5 mins to pee. Then after i dont know how many hours they finally admitted me to the ICU. I still didnt have the answers i wanted, all they would tell me is that they needed to get the fluid out and make sure theres nothing wrong with my heart. So just after an afternoon and that night I got rid of 7,000 cc ( 7 liters) of fluid from all throughout my body! I went from 214 lbs to 174 ibs in just a day! whoohoo! so friday morning they released me from the ICU and i was FREE! My bloodpressre when down alot but not quite back to normal. so this coming monday we will find out if its totally back to normal.

Its been almost 2 weeks since all of the joyest things happened! and shes growing so fast! shes such a wonderful baby. She sleeps and eats really well and usually only gets up a few times during the night but doesnt stay up for long. i feel so lucky! And im soooooo happy to have my mommy here to help me thru these first few weeks. i dont want her to leave but she needs to go..sad story! love you mommy and kinsey!