Monday, January 5, 2015

Zoe Ann Kapaun

Zoe Ann Kapaun graced our presence on December 1, 2014 at 6:59pm.  Weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs. 12 oz and measuring 19 3/4 in, I wondered where the rest of her was.  She was just a tiny peanut compared to Caleb who was 8 lbs. 3 oz.  I specifically remembered thinking how little she was when they placed her on me immediately after delivery.  My next thoughts were, praise God that was a fast delivery!!

Earlier that day (Monday), I went into work thinking I was going to be working a fast paced month-end which typically meant extra long hours.  At 9am my cell phone rang unexpectedly with my midwife on the other end.  She said she thought for sure she'd be delivering me over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  I joked and said I was letting her enjoy her Thanksgiving holiday with her family. Since my amniotic fluid was low she wanted me to have another ultrasound. If the amniotic fluid was lower than my previous ultrasound she wanted me to get induced for delivery.  Dave and I met at home and packed everything up in the car wondering if in a few hours we'd be  heading to the hospital to have Zoe or going back to work.  The ultrasound proved that my amniotic fluid was less than before so we headed over to the hospital.  It was weird/exciting knowing that we were going to have a baby that day!  Here I am hours before delivery just waiting for Jamie to get us checked in.


They induced me at 2:30 PM and for the first couple hours we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with not much contraction activity at all.  My midwife Jamie arrived around 5 PM and the contractions started to get stronger at that point.  At 6:45 PM the contractions were so strong that I asked Jamie if it was too late for an epidural.  She said yes but usually that's when you're about to have the baby.  In my mind I thought I couldn't take these contractions much longer and that I was doing a horrible job of relaxing during each contraction.  Praise God, the next contraction I felt the need to push so I did and the contraction after that Zoe was laying in my arms.  I was in complete shock that I only pushed twice and Zoe was out considering I pushed three and a half hours with Caleb.  Hallelujah!!!

I prayed many things over Zoe before she was born but another thing I prayed for was the perfect staff on hand and that is exactly what I got.  Jamie is an amazing midwife and the nurse I had was absolutely phenomenal as well. The Ridgeview nurse team in Waconia has never let me down, they truly have the kindest, most amazing staff.

Back to Zoe...it was love at first sight!  I held her for a good 2 hours before they even took her to take her measurements and whatever else they do.  She was absolutely beautiful and God made her perfect!



We had a few visitors.  Caleb was one of the first visitors with grandpa Harley and grandma Patty.  He was excited to meet his little sister Zoe although I'm not sure if he was more excited about her or going to grandpa and grandma's house and riding on the rhino.  I'm pretty sure it was the rhino because shortly after they arrived he said "Come on grandma, let's go".


The stay at Ridgeview was lovely.  Every staff member was amazing and we feel so blessed to have had 2 wonderful deliveries there.  As much as we loved the stay and everyone there we were excited to get home.  Here is Zoe ready for her first car ride.


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