As the doctor brings us to the maternity ward, into a fresh clean room, all ready for me, they get me into a hospital gown, I lay down, they get me hooked up to IVs and the contraction monitor, keeping track of the baby's heartbeat. They tell me to relax, I can't eat anything until after the baby, only clear liquids for a bit, after 18 hours of dealing with everything, including getting an epidural, I give birth to Miley, who is 4.5 pounds, they let us each hold her for a few before taking her to this NICU. I was exhausted, all that hell for her, all that pain for those 18 hours, even with the epidural the pushing was intense, it was nice to finally meet her, even if it was 6 weeks early, they have me order food, since I hadn't ate since before I arrived.

School was over next week after finals, Landon and I would be taking ours from home, I was set to stay for two days. So the weekend was spent at the hospital, it was rough, I barely slept, made a lot of trips to the NICU, I spent so much time with her, I was released before she was, she needed to be 5 pounds to leave the hospital. They should she could be home in a few more weeks, it was hard leaving her, we went home Monday morning, we took some of finals, sent them in, then went to visit Miley, we stayed for the rest of the day, then went home for the night.

We awoke the next morning, I called to cancel appointments, informing them the baby had been born. We got dressed, went downstairs, had breakfast, then headed to see our little girl, we stayed for awhile, then headed home so I could sleep, I was tired and sore. We had lunch before I fell asleep, then when I  woke up, we ate dinner, then went to visit the baby for a bit.

We left around 10pm, heading home, he parked, we got out, he locked the truck, the doctor said she needed to gain just a little more weight then she could go home. We were so close to having her home, we went to bed after changing. We woke up the next morning, did some more finals, then had lunch. We made a visit to the baby for a bit, then headed home for dinner, we had one more day of finals left. After dinner we showered, then went to bed, we awoke the next morning, had breakfast, then took the last of finals, Landon sent them in, then left for the hospital, grabbing lunch on the way. After we arrive at the hospital, we park, go inside, go to the NICU and spend the time with the baby. She was so close to being able to go home, they said a few more days, by Friday they would like to send her home. It was Wednesday now, so two more days and we possibly would bring her home. We arrived home that night before dinner, we ate, showered, then relaxed, we watched Grey's for awhile until we finally fell asleep.

Thursday we got up, got dressed, had breakfast, then headed to the hospital, we visited our daughter, went to the hospital cafe for lunch, then back to spend time with her, we stayed until 10pm that night, then left, heading home, he parked, we got out, he locked the truck, we headed inside, heated up left overs, ate, showered then went to bed, they said we were good to bring her home tomorrow, I was so nervous to have her home, she was going to be a week old tomorrow.