Lovey Mommy: Ariya's first week of life!

Ariya Juliet Torres was born on January 16, 2012 at 9:31pm. She weighed 7 pounds 8.9 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches in length! She is perfect. She has been a great baby so far and loves to "talk" all day long!

The Thursday after she was born, she wasn't eating well that day. She was sleeping most of the day and I thought that was weird. I told Michael that something just didn't feel right. We took her to Children's Dallas ER. We were expecting them to just say she is just a normal baby and she is fine. Well, that is definitely not what happened! They decided to do a spinal tap, blood culture and urinalaysis. I was in the hallway of the ER crying my eyes out cause I thought, "Why did we even bring her?" Due to the possibility of menangitis, we had to stay in the hospital overnight. We were expecting everything to be ok and go home the next day. Nope! We were told it wold be 48 hours. So Saturday rolls around and the doctor comes in and says that the urinalysis came back positive for bacteria. Ariya had to get an ultrasound to make sure that her kidneys weren't blocked or that urine wasn't backing up in them. Thank goodness that the ultrasound came back normal or we would have been in the hospital for a minimum of 10 days! NO FUN! They eventually let us go home on Sunday morning with a prescription antibiotic to give her for the next 8 days! Luckily it tasted good to her so giving it to her wasn't a chore! We were glad to be home and to know that everything was OK.

To this day, we still do not know exactly what caused the UTI. When I was in labor I ended up running a fever and getting an infection due to my water being broken for so long. That could have been it but it seems we will never know for sure. At least she is healthy now!

We had so many people praying for us and our little girl during this time and without those prayers, I don't know if we could have made it. It was one of the hardest times of my life. I don't think I have ever worried so much before!

She is growing everyday and is an amazing little girl. I can't wait to continue to see how she changes!

Here are some pics of her birth!