Oct 16- Carissa is born!

They started induction at 8 am, but progress was slow because we were still early. By around 6:30pm they decided to break my water. Carissa had been head down at every ultrasound since 20 weeks, but as soon as they broke my water she decided to flip to breach. They tried manually flipping her, then brought us to the OR for a C-section. Carissa Danielle Holwerda was born at 6:56 pm, weighing 4 lbs 12.5 oz. (she was 5th percentile for weight) I was so happy to hear her cry as she was born, and until she left the room. I did not get to hold her, and only saw her across the room, but Dennis was able to cut her cord. Thankfully she inherited Dennis's long back, and had less intestine out then the Drs had expected. She went immedatly for surgery and had primary closure within an hour of birth.  after a few hours I was able to see her in the NICU, but could only stay a few minutes, with no touching. We are so thankful to our heavenly Father for how well everything went, He held Carissa in his loving hands and protected her. Primary closure is possible in less then 10% of gastro babies, and we were told at 22 weeks already that it looked like too much intestine was out for it to be an option. Prayers are powerfull!