Amaya Faith has made her entrance into our world, she weighs 4lbs 5oz and is 17 1/2 inches long. After an ultrasound yesterday with very low fluid levels the doctor wanted to induce this morning. We thought we had another week and were a bit unprepared but couldn’t wait to welcome our sweet little girl. After a very quick labor Amaya was born at 11:23am. She was barely breathing and did not have good color, but after two failed intubation’s she began breathing on her own! Praise God. She is holding her own and has breathing on her own all day. She is on oxygen but is down to about 40% after needing 100% for a few hours. She does have a lot of signs of trisomy 13; cleft lip and palette, small nose, some definite anatomy displacements(esophagus, trach, but not sure of the extent) She has six fingers on each hand, cute as can be. She is however missing part of her scull that is leaving her brain exposed, about the size of a silver dollar. She has just a layer of membrane over the top of it. Tomorrow morning she will have an ultrasound of her kidneys and we are really just taking it moment by moment. We are thrilled that she is breathing and are treasuring our time with her. The doctors are shocked by how well she is doing and we are trusting God. Thank you all for your prayers and support.