There are a lot of pictures below. I'm gonna tell the labor/delivery story, so if you don't want to hear it, you can just look at the pictures :)
On Wednesday night I started to feel sick to my stomach and threw up at about midnight.
Of course the next day was Thanksgiving... but I was feeling okay so I ate tons for lunch, and then went and threw that up too.
I was having contractions, but they were really mild so I didn't know if they meant anything or not. So I laid around and didn't feel good most of the day.
Friday I was annoyed because I was still having minor contractions and didn't feel good but I didn't feel like anything was happening. So we went shopping all morning and I went and walked the mall a couple of times. That night about 5 or 6pm I had started to have consistent contractions that were a little bit stronger. I continued to have them ALL night, most of the night they were about 6 minutes apart. But then Saturday morning they slowed down again.
I was SO mad. And then they sped up again… and then they slowed down again… (over and over again) but they did get more painful as the day went on. I also went walking a bunch trying to make them more consistent. FINALLY starting about 5pm they were consistently at 6 minutes apart again and then 5 minutes… and then 4 minutes… So we ran to WalMart really quick to buy Emma some diapers for my parents and then we went to the hospital. They put me in a room and checked me. I was dilated to a 4 and 90% effaced! YAY! So they admitted me and told me I could have an epidural whenever I wanted one. But I was feeling pretty good so I decided to wait a little bit.
It didn’t take long before the contractions started hurting SUPER bad. So I called the nurse in and she checked me and I was a 5. Then they came and did the epidural. The guy who did it was awesome, and did a great job. It took longer for the epidural to kick in this time compared to when I had Emma but life was fabulous when it did! I was able to relax and kick back. Of course it didn't take long before my water broke all on it's own (they had to break mine with Emma)! That felt funny :) Anyway, about an hour-ish after that the nurse (she was awesome by the way) checked me again and I was dilated to a 10 and 100% effaced. But baby was still not dropped as far as they wanted so we decided to wait. So we waited about another hour, they called the doctor. Doctor Baker was on call, and he did awesome! I only had to push for like 2 minutes and he took care that I only had one teeny tiny tear that he had to stitch up. And Abigail Ginny was with us! The doctor and nurse both thought it was funny that she started screaming before she was even all the way out :)
Weighing in at 6lbs 15oz and 19.5 inches long.
She's adorable and we love her very much!
I have felt great, WAY better than I did when recovering after having Emma. I'm able to move around and take care of myself and Abby pretty well.
*Proud handsome daddy*
*Happy Mommy*
*Meeting her baby sister for the first time!*
*Emma really wasn't sure about holding Abby and wouldn't at first...*
*And then this is what happened when we took her away! It was cute, she loves to hold her sister!*
*We gave Abby back to Emma and she was happy again*
*Loving her baby sister*
*Abby looks a lot like Emma in these two pictures*
12 comments:
Congratulations! Your little girls are beautiful. It's good to hear you are recovering well. Thanks for sharing.
she's really cute and emma seems to do so well with her. how exciting for you guys! congratulations!
Sounds like things went great once you got to the hospital. I hate the waiting before going in. Not knowing if you are really ready or not. Looks like Emma will love having a baby around. You will have to watch her close probably so she doesn't try to pick her up like a doll huh? Congratulations.
Oh it's good to know that Emma loves her little sister. Abbigail is so stinkin cute. If you had your baby in IF I know what Dr. Baker you are talking about. He was in my ward when I was growing up!
Congratulations!
How CUUUTE! Congratulations! What a darling little baby. Emma will be such a wonderful big sister. I'm glad you're doing so well! Say hi to the little one for me. :)
Congratulations you guys she is ADORABLE!!
Tis the season to have babies. Fa la la la la,la la la la. Its been so fun to have so many new babies with us. I am glad that the recovery is pretty good for ya.
HOORAY! Jenny, YOU HAD A BABY! I am so HAPPY for you! I am glad that everything went well (once it really got going). Congrats!
Congratulations!! Trenton was totally scared to hold Karlee at first too. I'm so glad Emma loves holding her no though and that all went well and you're both feeling great! Abby looks so cute! I love the chubby cheeks!
yeah. Congrats. what a cute picture of her with her big sister. Enjoy your babymoon!
Congrats to you guys!!! So glad she's here and healthy and things went so well! Especially glad you got the epidural (sucks without it, trust me, haha). How perfect that Emma already loves her and wants to be a big sister! That is so cute!! So excited to come by and meet her! What night do you guys need dinner?
Hooray! She's finally here! I am so happy for you guys! She looks absolutely perfect! I hope I get to see her before we leave! Congrats!
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