Here We Go!

Everybody give big Aloha to the newest member of our family, Delaney Jeanette McMullen.
Delaney arrived yesterday at 6:33pm via emergency C-section, weighing in at 6 lbs on the dot; she was somewhat earlier than we expected (6 weeks).
Mother and baby are doing well; Jess is still recovering from the surgery and Delaney is resting comfortably in the St. Elizabeth NICU. She's on a ventilator, 3 chest tubes, and assorted IVs, and seems to progressing steadily (albeit slowly). The general consensus is that she's doing very well, given what she's been through.
So what precipitated all this? Well, Jess had been experiencing some fairly substantial swelling and some strong contraction-like pains, so she moved her regular doc appointment up a couple of days. At the appointment, Nurse Jeri was starting to become concerned about the possibility of preeclampsia, so it became likely that Jess would spend the night in the hospital for observation. After an ultrasound revealed fluid in Delaney's lungs, that changed to "you'll be going to the hospital and you'll be having your daughter tonight." So we went home, packed a bag, went to the hospital, and boom had a baby.
So right now we're just waiting for status updates (which seem to get relatively better each time) and working on recovering.
Pictures are available after the jump, and I'll try to post updates to the album as we get them.

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