Jocelyn Rose

Jocelyn Rose has made her grand appearance! She was born on December 28th at 10:05 pm and weighed 6 lbs 14 ounces and was 19 inches long. She really is a little miracle.......

Chris and I headed to the hospital on Monday evening around 4:30 pm to have her as I was having contractions. The contractions were getting stronger and closer together when I was admitted but I was not dilating past 2cm for the couple of hours we were there. The hospital discharged us at around 8 pm and said to come back when I had been having contractions every 3-4 minutes for 2 hours. We made it home and the contractions strengthened. Little Jocelyn didn't give us 2 hours. It's all really a blur what happened next but I do know that Chris was amazing. He kicked right into Dr. Huth and delivered our little girl in the bathroom. It was quite scary but we did it. My mom held my head and Chris took care of the rest with his sterile esurgery pack and all:) Abby stayed sound asleep in her room through it all (I guess she likes her big girl bed). The paramedics and fire dept arrived about 5-10 after she was born. They transported us back to the hospital to check us out.

When we arrived at the hospital everything appeared OK. Chris stayed with me and Jocelyn until about 2:00 am. Hospital policy was then that he needed to go home. (Not a good thing for a mama and daddy who had just done what we did). A couple of hours later the nurse heard a heart murmur. Chris headed back to the hospital to be with us. The pediatrician met with us and explained that they suspected Jocelyn has downs syndrome and some heart complications. She would be transferring her to Children's hospital in San Diego. The children's hospital transport team came and picked her up at 7:00 am and she went for another ambulance ride. I was discharged at the same time.

Chris and I arrived at Children's and more issues seemed to be mounting each hour. We have been checking these things off each day. The heart murmur went away and further testing shows that there are no major heart issues. The downs syndrome gene test came back positive. Right now we are waiting for an answer on her digestive tract. She has not gotten to nurse yet and has been on all IV fluids for nutrition. Hopefully today we will get this issue figured out and we can start trying to feed her.

Jocelyn is a real trooper. She has been through so much in her first few days and her spirits have remained good. She loves that she can now be swaddled and really likes her baba just like her big sister.

Chris and I are doing OK. This has all been quite traumatic and is a lot to try and swallow. Childrens has put us in contact with amazing doctors that have already answered so many questions. We know that little Jocelyn will make us stronger but will also challenge us to be exceptional parents.

Thank you to everyone for the calls, texts, prayers and well wishes. Abby is being cared for by family. She is having a great time and make daily visits down to see us. Right now there is not much we need but please know that little Jocelyn is going to need a lot of love from all of you.

I will try to update the blog with pics or news on her progress. We hope you can all meet her soon:)

Love to you all,
Becca and Chris

A very proud Dr. Daddy who just delivered his first human patient!


A happy mommy! We just arrived at Rancho Springs Hospital.

Hooray! I can be all swaddled up and have my baba:)