Isabella Brenda ann Dooley

Wrote a poem about  my daughter, enjoy


Every good and perfect gift comes from above
You are a true gift from the Lord
You are beautiful, every time i look into your face, i see the glory of the Lord
You are fearfully and wonderfully made
You were made in his own image
He called you his beautiful one
He has grant my desire of my heart, giving you to me
May you experience Christ's love, grace and all the days of your life.

My Birth Story

On Thursday Sept 27th, my contractions were stronger and 2-3 min apart so i went to the clinic and i was 2 and half cm dilated so they sent me home again, these was the four time i had gone to clinic to get checked out. The nurse kept saying you will know when you know but i thought it was time, that why i came in so we went home and bounce on the exercise ball, shower, had relations with my husband and it work because my contractions got stronger and closer together but i got really frustrated and emotional because they sent us home. On Friday Sept 28th, the contractions were still strong and 2-3 min apart and i was nervous to time my contractions because all the discouragement of going in and being disappointed and my mom encouraged to time them so i did and my friend Jenea suggested the 123 method so that what i did. the 123 method is when the contractions last at least 1 min long, 2 min long for 3 hours so i did that and my contractions were 2 min for 5 hours from the time we called to when the doctor did finally call us back. They checked and i was in between 3-4 and they still said to go home but because i was GB Positive and we lived a good distance so they had to start the antibodies, GB is not harmful to me but it was not treated, the baby could get ammonia or a brain infection so we took the precaution anyway so they said we were staying. Peter and I walked down the hall to promote my labor and our Doula  bonnie  arrived and peter and her would take turn with the hot water bottle or her mas-sager because i had a little back pain labor to reduce the pain and it did.  After 2 hours  they check me again after a while, i was at 4-5 now so they suggested to add more of the hormone Oxycontin  to speed my contractions up. we got into the room where we were going to delivery our baby. i ate some protein bar because i could not eat anything until the arrival of our baby and i was also drinking a lot of fluid before they could start it. All three of us would walk down the hallway and peter and bonnie would massage my back when i needed it. Doctor styian, the doctor that deliver our baby. at 5-6 they broke my water and my contraction got stronger because when my contraction occur, i went super quiet so the nurse did not know what she could do for me but she would show me ways to get her into the right position before she came out and massage my hand to reduce pressure or teach my husband to push down on my hips to reduce the pressure. We were listening to worship music and Lecre so all the nurse want to be in our room. Between 7-10 cm was the most intense but we had Tim Hughes album going on in the back ground and every time Everything came on, I got more strength to continue and it really did become my focus point song. I tried laughing gas but i stopped because i was able to breath better on my own. It took 7 push to get her out and the doctor told peter to scrub up to catch her coming out and when the head was coming out, i felt her head, it was quite smooth. Isabella Brenda Anna Dooley was borne at 1:11 which i believe it represent the trinity, 8 pounds 3 ounces, 53.5 cm long.Peter cut the umbilical cord and put her on my chest. It was pure joy when i held in my arms. The doctors and nurses were amazed that i did it all naturally and it took 14 hours long. They said that is short for first time mom. She latched on 5 min after she was borne. The lord told me 4 weeks before she was born that she was going to be born on the 29th of September but i start to doubt because all the time they sent me home. Nicole came to visit us in the hospital on the first night and brought me a frosty and peter some food, it was so great. her temperature was not right after she was borne so the nurse warm her up and after that she was totally fine.


Other Cool things that happened when we were in the hospital
she roll on her side on her own at day 2
she lose 13% of her body weight but gained 90g overnight and another 15g the next day
my milk supply was not complete in so they said i might have to put her on formula because they did not have any donor milk at that time but 10 min later the nurse said there was 20 bottle donated and we found out later that Jenea donated 20 bottle on that same day
she had jaundice but for 2 days she was on the borderline for being putting under the lights
Jenea and Donny brought me chocolate milk,fruit and cane to visit, that help us stayed sane,Jenea also brought peter some food so he did not have spend money on food at the cafeteria, we did not eat it all but we did eat it when we got home when we did not feel like cooking at all
 we had other friends and family come to visit and hung out with us, that help us stay sane being the hospital for that long.
she was put under the lights, she love the heat of it and the fan remind us of home so it actually help us sleep better at night. she recovered in 24 hours.
the prayer support from our community was awesome.
our doctor that has been with me since week 7 was not take patients in her private practice but she told us to call her office anyway to make an appointment anyway.
Gareth,Daniel and Cinzia came over to our house when we left and it was so great to just hang out with them and Isabella is so good around other people. we all prayed for her and it was so lovely.
she adjusted to being home quite quickly, she sleeps in a crib already for 3-4 hours or longer if we go for a walk.
The home nurse came over the next day and she is gaining more weight and the jaundice is very low or completely gone.
Got more clothes donated from our church so now we have clothe from NB to when she is like 3 which is so great.

I am truly blessed