Despite an extended stay in the womb, once she decided she was ready to join us boy was she ready! I woke up at about 2:30a on Sunday with back pain (not an uncommon occurrence during these last weeks) and moved to the recliner. Around 3:30a I felt what I was pretty sure was a contraction and after timing them for 30 minutes, I woke Troy up at 4:00a. At that point my contractions were lasting about a minute and a half and coming every three and a half to four minutes. We notified Gabby & Peepaw at 4:20 and they came over immediately to stay with Ethan. Around 4:45a we left our house for the hospital and on the way there at 4:59a my water broke. We got to the hospital and into a room at 5:15a and our sweet girl was born at 5:31. She came so quickly that the on-call doctor for our OB practice could not get there so Dr. Parekh (the St. David's Women's Center physician) delivered her. Our doula did not even make it in time.
While this delivery was super fast, it was such a beautiful experience! We are so thankful that we were able to have a safe and natural labor and delivery. Unfortunately, because she was born so quickly our baby girl was in a bit of shock immediately after being born and needed oxygen and a little extra stimulation. It was only a matter of minutes (although it felt like an eternity to me) before our sweet girl was in our arms.
Ethan was not sure what to think about his baby sister when he first met her on Sunday morning. He had lots of questions about her appearance, like why she has white bumps on her nose (milia) and didn't want to get too close. When he came back in the afternoon after his nap, we had a BIRTHday party for Emily and he warmed up to her then. We had a birthday cake and a 0 candle that Ethan "helped" his baby sister blow out. Then he gave her the little presents he had picked out for her before she was born. Mommy and Daddy also had gotten a little present for Ethan since we knew he was going to be such a good big brother!
On Tuesday afternoon we were discharged and excited to get settled in at home! Emily weighed 7 lbs 13 oz when we left the hospital, which was only down about 4% from her birth weight. Ethan lost 11% so her minimal weight loss was fantastic news. Our first night at home as a family of 4 went better than expected, although at one point in the evening while trying to get Ethan in bed, he was having a tantrum and Emily was screaming, and Troy and I looked at each other like "what have we gotten ourselves into?" :)
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