Can you see the terror in my eyes?
Emlin saying goodbye to the hospital.
Scott was so happy to be home, those daddy chairs are really uncomfortable.
Wednesday morning (Aug 4) I could not sleep to save my life. I was so nervous for the induction and delivery process. Around 2 AM I finally dozed off and woke up at 3 AM to pains in my belly. These pains were tight and were exactly 2 minutes apart. "Hmm, that's weird" I thought, "Am I in labor?" After an hour of consistent pain I thought, "I think I'm in labor."
I woke up Scott, and he shot up like a perky little bird. All of a sudden it dawned on the both of us that we know nothing about delivering a baby. We are those unprepared parents that never read any books, watched any videos or took any classes. So Scott whipped out the computer and we started scavenging for as much information as possible. He also made us a handy little Excel spreadsheet with a timetable of my contractions. (He is a nerd).
Around 6 AM my contractions were becoming less painful so we decided to go for a walk. We called the hospital and they said to come up at our scheduled time. We arrived at 7:30, got checked in, broke my water at 8:30, got an epidural around 9:30. I was terrified of getting the epidural but it wasn't so bad. The only bad part is that it affected me really weird, the left side of my face got all droopy. I thought my eye felt funny but when I looked at Scott straight on and saw the horror on his face then I was scared. (I've always been a little sensitive to medicine. One time I took a tylenol PM and seriously slept for 3 days). But once they turned it down I was fine, I was more than fine, that part was like heaven really.
I was dilated all the way by 4 PM, started pushing at 5 PM, and Scott caught our sweet baby Emlin at 5:37 PM. My nurse Sharee was amazing and I loved having Dr. Meredith.
Emlin is so sweet and smells like Heaven. When she came out I couldn't believe how chunky she was and that she has hair. I was a skinny little gray baby with strawberry blonde curly hair. Could we be any more opposite? She is a chunky, pink, baby with dark hair. She has got some long legs and her newborn clothes don't fit. She looks so much like Scott and really is the sweetest thing. We are so happy to finally have her home.
18 comments:
Oh congratulations Melinda! She's beautiful and I'm so excited for you guys!
Scott! An excel spread sheet?! LOL! Thanks for the great labor story! Loved it!
congrats! and don't worry, most parents are unprepared, we certainly were. i love that thing about the spreadsheet, that is SO nate! haha she is so beautiful and i love the name!
SO...I seriously can't believe you had an 8lb baby! You hid that well. ha ha She's so flippen cute, I want to see her!!
omg congratulation! She is adorable! So exciting your a mommy!
Melinda and Scott, She is is SO precious! I am so happy for you two. She shares the same birthday as my little Kaden :) I hope you are recovering and that she is doing well. Congrats on your sweet little girl!
You are so funny. I am not even surprised that things went so well. I will forever laugh when I think of Scott shooting up in bed like a "perky bird" and then the two of you searching the internet to see what to do next. That is so classic! She is heaven!
Congratulations you guys! She is so beautiful and I love the full cheeks. New babies are the sweetest thing on earth. You will be such good parents and I love her room. Enjoy her because she will be out of this stage before you know it and with the first baby you don't have to worry about the older ones. Maybe this is too long of a comment and maybe I am baby hungry? Oh no.
I'm glad you are home and healthy! Let me know if you need anything.
Congratulations! She is so adorable! I couldn't help but laugh about your epidural...I still remember you telling me about your laughing gas experiences at the dentist!
Congratulations Mel! I loved the story and you look amazing. Emlin is absolutely perfect and so adorable!
AHHH!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I love her and I am so so happy for you guys! What a blessing! She looks like a little angel. I looked at the beautiful pictures of her on Annalee's blog and fell in love. I hope that you doing great!
I bet she's going to have really great eyebrows.
Congrats guys, she is such a cutie. I love her chubby little face. I'm glad everything went well, and hope it continues too.
YEAH!! Congrats on your little girl! Rest up and sleep as much as you can. I hope you don't feel too overwhelmed with everything.
Oh my!! she is the most precious thing I have ever laid eyes on!!! Aww she is adorable. Congrats you guys.
haha I'm glad you posted your story because it is pretty funny. I'm glad everything went well and you were able to leave with an adorable little bundle. Congratulations! She is really beautiful. I already miss my babe being so teensy and cuddly.
So I actually read the detail this time, and I just had to tell you that I had Dr. Meredith, too, and loved him to pieces. I'm sad he can't deliver all my babies. And yeah, Jason slept horribly on those Daddy chairs, too. Lol you two crack me up, looking up what to do when you go into labor when you're already IN labor...
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