Michaiah Eliana Stephens - Born 9/22/10

After 9 months of waiting for our daughter to arrive, Michaiah finally made her appearance on Wednesday, September 22 at 8:52pm. I went in for my weekly appointment that same day around 11:30am and found out that I was 3 centimeters. However, while I was being examined, my water broke!

Shortly after my appointment, about 1pm, I was admitted to labor and delivery and there we began our journey. The rooms at the hospital were very nice and all of the nurses were great. Michael and I watched a movie, took a nap, ate some sushi and walked laps around the hospital to get things moving. 

We continued to do laps around the hospital but these laps kept getting shorter and shorter as the contractions were becoming more and more frequent and stronger and stronger. It wasn’t too much longer until I was 6 centimeters and then just when I thought I couldn’t take any more pain and wanted an epidural the nurse checked me again and I was at 9 ½ centimeters! The only thing left to do really was to push. After about 10-15 minutes of pushing, and about 8 hours after my water breaking, our little blessing, Michaiah Eliana, was born.

Michaiah Eliana Stephens was born at 8:52pm weighing 7lbs 10oz and 20½ inches long. She has bluish gray eyes and what looked like black curly hair is now straight brown hair. She couldn’t be more perfect in our eyes. She’s truly a gift from God and we feel truly blessed to have her in our lives.