Emery Isabel was born on November 15th at 9:41 am, 8 pounds 7 ounces 21 inches long, and just BEAUTIFUL! I am just so delighted to finally have her here with us. She is the most incredible blessing GOD could have ever given us.
So my little girl came 5 days past her due date, leaving me very anxious for her arrival by then! I started going into labor in the very early morning of the 15th. I started feeling contractions around 1:00-1:30 in the morning and they came on strong right away. I always heard about women getting them an hour, 45 min or a half hour apart. NEVER had that. They were starting at 3 min apart within about a half hour they quickly became 1 min apart. We rushed off to the hospital. Thank GOD there is no traffic so early in the morning. We arrived at the hospital around 3 and they immediately admitted me. Within about 20 min my water broke and I was dilated about 3 cm. They rolled me off to my delivery room and I quickly hit 5 cm. The contractions were still coming on strong but by then the dilating progressed a little slower. I ended up getting the epidural, even though I had planned on not getting it. Boy am I so glad that I did though. They came in to do an ultrasound to guesstimate how big she was and it showed she was 8 pounds 13 oz, pretty close! Little did I know what her size would lead to later on. It also showed that she was transverse so they had me lay on my side to get her to turn head down. They ordered me to rest and the nurse came in every now and then to check on my progress. After awhile she came back in and said the baby's heart rate was escalating a bit because she didn't like me being on my side so I flipped on to my back again. Well not so easily, I couldn't feel a thing from the waist down so the nurse had to assist since my legs felt like jelly to me! I went back to sleep and at 9 am they came in to check for dilation and I was at 10 cm, baby had already descended into the birth canal and everything after that happened so fast! I pushed about 3 times and my little angel was born. I ended up with a 4th degree tear due to her size and quick labor which led to a 3 day hospital stay. The staff was so amazing to me and made our stay there great. We came home yesterday and everything has just been great. I'm so blessed and happy to be Emery's mommy.
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