Emmaline Alice Snow was born on Friday Feb. 6th at 7:41 pm. She weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long.
After a long and painful labor, we are happy to finally have Emma here!
I went into the hospital to be induced at 39 weeks. Since Isaac was also induced and everything went like clockwork, I was expecting everything to go smoothly with Emma. We arrived at 7:30 am and they started pitocin. By 6:00 that night, I was only dilated to a 5! Since this was my longest labor yet, I was getting very discouraged. And to make matters worse, the epidural only worked on half of my body.
Soon, the anesthesiologist came back in to redo the epidural. As soon as he put it in, I was dilated to a 10 and ready to push. The epidural never did take effect. Emma ended up being posterior (face up instead of face down) and her little hand was also up by her head. The back labor was excruciating, but luckily she came quickly after that!
We are so happy to have her! She has been such a wonderful baby so far and we hope she keeps it up! Cora, Abby and Isaac are in love with their little sister and always begging to hold her. CJ has been incredibly helpful driving kids here and there, packing lunches, doing bedtimes and naptimes etc. I have been able to rest and focus on little Emma. I love you CJ!!!
The true test will be next week when CJ is back at work.
Welcome to the world Emma!
6 comments:
Emmaline is adorable and so is her mom!
Congrats Tessie! She is so precious!! You look amazing when you are 9 months pregnant...sheesh!! Good Luck when your hubby goes back to work!
Congratulations! See is such a little cutie and what a cute big sister. You look great!
I am SO sorry about that horrible labor!! However, just look at her, she's more than worth it, I wish I could just squeeze her! I can't wait til I get to meet her!
hi tessie! i found your blog through susan's and thought i'd say hi! it's been a while since the laurel ward days. you're in england now? how fun!
we just had our 4th - our first girl - this month. her middle name is alice too. :) we have a blog too, but it's private, so if you're interested in taking a look, write me at webigail at gmail.com.
oh, and you look fabulous. you haven't aged a bit in 9 years! :)
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