Baby Kyleigh, the first 24 hours...

So I haven't/haven't been able to share many details about the last almost 2 weeks.  So, here goes. We'll start with the happy part.

Rumor has it I'm (Brittany) pretty stubborn.  I didn't want Micah to wake up the day she was born and not have one of us there, so Travis stayed home til he got up and then met me at the hospital about an hour after I had to be there.  My admitting/surgery nurse was a sweet, amazing woman.  Due to all the pre-op questions, Micah's story started to come out.  We both agreed this would be a planned, smooth going event. She went through all the details when I asked her to, and I was feeling WAY more calm than Travis by the time we went to the OR.  He was ready to get it over with!  Much to everyone's surprise the OR was running on time, and we went back.  Everything went well and was much more relaxing than the pre op process with Micah.  When the doctor came into the O.R. she commented that we'd made it full term... and that she didn't think I thought we'd ever get to this point... and she was right!
When she was born, the doctor said, and i quote... "no nicu this time" and "she's perfect!"  We got to see her briefly, and Travis went over to her bed to check on her.  Her color was slightly off, but she was screaming in no time.  When they were fixing me up, she went off the nursery to get cleaned off and wrapped up.  Her body temp was a little low (maybe because the OR was freezing! Even the O.R. nurse said it was colder than normal!)  so she had to stay there until her temp got up, she got a bath, then got her temp up again.  Sadly that was probably an hour or more. :( Trav had the camera and was going back and forth taking video and pics so i could see her.

Pretty clear on how she felt about our cold, cold world :)

The next few hours were a little morphine hazed, but she was good and being passed around the family. She was nursing well but spitting up sometimes.  We opted to have her sleep in the nursery in case she continued to spit up, which she did.

 As you can see, we were all thrilled beyond belief at our sweet little girl... even Micah was sold on her once he got over the "what on earth is going on" factor.  :)  She slept really well overnight (and still does, mostly!) and we all got a little rest.  Next morning she relaxed with all of us and was nursing, but spit up after every attempted feeding.  That morning she spit up a pretty good amount of old dark blood.  We were assured by multiple people that it's not uncommon and she probably swallowed blood during delivery.  Since blood is really irritating, that was probably causing her tummy troubles.  Next feeding though, she spit up bright red blood.  Not a ton, mixed with saliva it made a couple quarter sized stains.  This, however, is NOT normal, and the medical staff started moving much more quickly...

All in the first 24 hours.