She's Here! Thursday, April 12th 1:08 AM

As soon as the decision was made to deliver, we called our families and several friends. Local family came right away, so Scott's parents (Coco and Hatty) brought Scott some granola bars for a quick snack and Scott's brother and Sister in Law (Tommy and Rhonda) brought a camera that we could take back into the operating room. One of the nurses job was to be our photographer and I am SO thankful!
Getting an epidural was quite the experience, not really painful, but I never imagined feeling like I was floating in the air for a long period of time and having no control over the movement of my body from the chest down.
Through the birthing experience I'm so thankful for Dr. Gaitonde who told me what was going to happen every step of the way and prepared me for after Evelyn was born. "95% of premies go to the NICU, even if it's just for observation, she will probably go, but I promise you will get to see her before she goes!" I'm also thankful for my husband who prayed over us and supported me through each tear and each uneasy moment. I'm so thankful for the man he is and that God put us together!
The drs and the nurses kept saying "Ok are you ready?" everytime I said ready or not here we go! It's not like I really had time to "get ready"
Right before we headed to the operating room they asked me if I had music I wanted playing. Of course we didn't because we hadn't gotten to the "music" step in our plan of action before birth! All of you that know me well, know that I had a plan in place. This is about the tenth time in the last 8 months that I have learned a perfect plan is not God's master plan. I guess I still haven't learned that enough and God is still trying to grow me to trust in his plans for us at all times! The operating team saved the day and used I Heart Radio. We played Adele and had a few sing alongs during the surgery, it was a fun and exciting atmosphere. The nurses kept saying "let's go have a birthday party for Miss Evelyn!"
 Surgery began at 12:35 am  and I went to recovery at 1:45 am. I was in absolutely no pain, all I felt was tugging every once in a while.

 Evelyn Faye Hatfield

Born April 12th at 1:08 AM

5 pounds 4 ounces

19 inches long

 Dr Gaitonde making sure I got to see my sweet baby girl before she was whisked away



After about 15 minutes of working on her. They decided to take her to the NICU.
I gave her a kiss and told her I loved her!

Little did I know the events that would unfold over the next 48 hours were going to
challenge me more than I've ever been challenged in my entire life!