Penelope Adara Ringrose
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After waiting the full 40 weeks for this bundle to arrive, I finally went into labor on Memorial day around 9pm.  I felt like this day would never come so at first I did not believe I was having real contractions.  At about midnight, I recognized I was really in labor and I called my midwife's office.  When I confessed the contractions were still 15 minutes apart I was told to call back when they were every 5 minutes.  Little did they know this would cut it close. . . At 2 am my contractions felt on top of each other and I called my midwife's office again.  Alas, only a Dr. was on call this night so I was to meet him at Manchester Memorial.  By the time my dear husband, Scott was ready (I had my bag and Nathaniel's bag packed previously) it was 3 am.  We arrived at the hospital at 3:30 after dropping Nathaniel off at my mother's house.  When I was checked, it was discovered I was already at 6 centimeters! The nurse, Pat, hardly believed I was only in labor for 6 hours at this point.  My wish was for a natural delivery so Scott worked hard at rubbing my back and making me comfortable.  Oh, yeah, and I worked hard too!  At 4:45 am I was ready to push!  I thought this part would be kind of quick as my first child took about 30 minutes at this stage.  However, this baby decided to take her time.  At 6:30 am I was still pushing and my midwife, Mary, arrived just in time for the delivery.  As she was gowning up I had to stifle my urge to push for a few moments and then before I knew it, Penelope Adara Ringrose came into this world at 6:51 am!  Scott cut the umbilical cord as she laid on my abdomen.  

It was a surprise that I had a baby girl, and I am glad I decided not to find out the sex.   Another surprise we learned at birth was that Penelope had a little something extra, as in an extra 21st chromosone.  I knew the second I saw her that she had Down syndrome, but I thought I could have been wrong.  Then at 7:30 am, the acting pediatrician explained to Scott and me that our daughter had a lot of characteristics of Down syndrome.  I couldn't believe that on this day that was supposed to be so joyous, I was receiving what I thought at the time was such horrible news.  I never knew anyone with Down syndrome and I had terrible ideas about poeple with Down syndrome in my head.  Scott and I were left alone to bond with her for a little while and then she was taken away at about 9 am to be checked over.  The worst news was yet to come when we learned at 10 am that they suspected cardiac issues.  The neonatalogist introduced himself and advised that Penelope could not maintain her blood oxygen saturation on her own and would have to be transfered to another hospital where she would need life-saving surgery.

At CCMC (Connecticut Children's Medical Center), we learned that she has tetralogy of Fallot.  After surgery on June 4, 2007 and 20 days total in the hospital, Penelope is doing very well.  She will have another surgery before the year is up, but our family is hopeful.  Penelope is such a beautiful baby and Scott and I feel so blessed to have her in our family. 

Born:
May 29, 2007
at 6:51 am

Birth Length:
21"

Birth Weight:
7 lbs 5 oz

Current Height:
32"

Current Weight:
25 lbs

Hair Color:
light reddish brown

Eye Color:
blue

Website Updated On:
Fri, Nov 07, 2008

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