suprise!!! suprise!!!

the following insert is the email i sent out to family and friends about Brevik's arrival:

hi everyone, well, baby hill decided to join the world 3 weeks early! :) on tuesday am, i had a few different episodes of water leakage. we went into our OB and she sent us home because the test came back negative for amniotic fluid. however, the day got progressively worse in regards to water leakage and finally we wentinto the birthing center at the hospital at 5 pm and the test came back positive it was in deed amniotic fluid. we had a VERY long labor, 19 hours total. BUT, thank the lord for the epidural, i didn't feel a thing until the last 45 minutes. i pushed for about 20 minutes and out came our precious baby at 6.6 lbs @ 12:45 pm. matt was able to assist in the delivery, it was amoment he'll never forget. being baby decided to come early, his lungs weren't fully developed, which caused for a pretty hard moment in our life. they rushed him out immediately to the (neonatal intensive unit) by ambulance to Medford. we weren't able to ride in the ambulance so we trailed behind...so, needless to say, we were exhausted from being awake all night, giving birth and then finding out this information. it's rare they discharge mothers so soon (3 hours afterbirth), but i was pretty adamant that i needed to be with my baby. our littleman is in the best hands and he's doing wonderful over there!!!! he's now breathing on his own, took his first big potties (matt changed the diaper,was pretty icky), and slowly opening his eyes. we're hoping tomorrow i'll get to start breastfeeding him, and he'll be out of there shortly.until then, we plan on spending all our free time over there. it's probably going to be 8-14 days until he's released. i hope your all doing well! i can't wait for you all to meet him! the doctor said this am "do you have anyone in your family that is asian???", replying No! we joked yesterday about him looking asian as well...