The Littlest van Kampen
I am delighted to announce the birth of a beautiful baby girl, named Lucia Rose! 
The delivery was a little trying- Catherine and I had decided ahead of time to do everything as naturally as possible, even to turn down the epidurals. Catherines' water broke on Saturday when we were hiking in banff, and by the time we got to the hospital (5 hours later) the doctors thought it quite important that we be induced by a synthetic oxytosin. By 8 am Monday, Catherine had been in hard labour for about 27 hours, had gone 2 nights and a day without sleeping or eating, and still she refused an epidural! All of the nurses thought she was pretty phenomenal, especially because of her strength both of character and physical. We were 9cm dillated, so we were almost there! Catherines mom was with us, coaching her all they way, and she also deserves a heroes recognition 
for this.
But sadly, we never did get that last cm. The doctors tried several approaches, but none of them worked. Eventually they told us that they would have to preform a c-section. Obviously we were very sad about this. We had prayed the whole way through, but we said one last prayer, offering the whole thing to God. After all, if you have an idea of what is good, but an all powerful all good God does not give it to you, then there is nothing left to do but trust.
I cannot exagerate here Catherines composure throughout it all. Of course she was in pain, and we all cried about the c-section, but she remained positive and hopefull and loving and overall very inspiring to the entire hospital staff. I believe that we were a powerful witness. The photo to the right shows us just moments before the c-section.
And in the end, we have a beautiful daughter. The attached photo attests to that. 8lbs 14ounces. And Lucia (pronounced Lucy-ah) Rose is very happy and very healthy. The hospital has been wonderful- we have a
private room, and I get 
to stay the whole time on a cot. We have recieved eucharist each day. And Catherine and I are very in love with our baby.
I was going to create a facebook account for Lucia, but I guess one day old babies are not eligible or something. Please continue to pray for Catherine as she recovers! We hope to be discharged tomorrow (Thursday) at about noon.
Peters parents with baby Lucia, one day old.
Catherines Mom with Lucia- 30 minutes old.
The delivery was a little trying- Catherine and I had decided ahead of time to do everything as naturally as possible, even to turn down the epidurals. Catherines' water broke on Saturday when we were hiking in banff, and by the time we got to the hospital (5 hours later) the doctors thought it quite important that we be induced by a synthetic oxytosin. By 8 am Monday, Catherine had been in hard labour for about 27 hours, had gone 2 nights and a day without sleeping or eating, and still she refused an epidural! All of the nurses thought she was pretty phenomenal, especially because of her strength both of character and physical. We were 9cm dillated, so we were almost there! Catherines mom was with us, coaching her all they way, and she also deserves a heroes recognition 
for this.But sadly, we never did get that last cm. The doctors tried several approaches, but none of them worked. Eventually they told us that they would have to preform a c-section. Obviously we were very sad about this. We had prayed the whole way through, but we said one last prayer, offering the whole thing to God. After all, if you have an idea of what is good, but an all powerful all good God does not give it to you, then there is nothing left to do but trust.
I cannot exagerate here Catherines composure throughout it all. Of course she was in pain, and we all cried about the c-section, but she remained positive and hopefull and loving and overall very inspiring to the entire hospital staff. I believe that we were a powerful witness. The photo to the right shows us just moments before the c-section.
And in the end, we have a beautiful daughter. The attached photo attests to that. 8lbs 14ounces. And Lucia (pronounced Lucy-ah) Rose is very happy and very healthy. The hospital has been wonderful- we have a
private room, and I get 
to stay the whole time on a cot. We have recieved eucharist each day. And Catherine and I are very in love with our baby.I was going to create a facebook account for Lucia, but I guess one day old babies are not eligible or something. Please continue to pray for Catherine as she recovers! We hope to be discharged tomorrow (Thursday) at about noon.
Peters parents with baby Lucia, one day old.
Catherines Mom with Lucia- 30 minutes old.
posted by Peter van Kampen at 1:10 PM
5 Comments:
What a cutie! And such great hair! :)
We can't wait to meet her!!!!
Congratulations!!! I'll pray for the three of you!!
Congratulations Mom and Dad! She's cute as a button, but much much cuter than a cute button :)
I'm praying for Catherine's recovery and for Lucia...and for Dad too :)
Lots of love and hugs from Ottawa
Aunty Anne-Marie :)
She's beautiful!! You will all be in my thoughts and prayers. If I can do ANYTHING please let me know!!
Lori
Congratulations Peter! You three are forever in my prayers!
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