Emma Joy was born on Wednesday, November 19th a little after 2am. She was 7 lbs, 11oz and 20 inches.
Birth story:
I started having contractions on Tuesday evening around 8pm. They were regular but not "call the midwife" worthy. At 10:20 I started freaking out that my parents would not be able to be there because of the nightly ferry shut down, and Jon told me to go ahead and call them, so I did and they got on the last ferry of the night to be sure to be here.
They arrived and we all stayed up a bit longer.
At about 1am we all settled dowm for the night. 5 minutes or so after I laid down, I had a particularly long amd painful contraction and in the middle of it experienced a terribly painful popping feeling. My water had broken....so I called my midwife and she said to head her way (she has a birthing center at her home which is where I have my babies).
On the way there the contractions were getting closer together, longer and more painful.
We got there and went in and the contractions weren't stopping for long and all I could do was lean over the bed. The midwife convinced me to lay down so they could do some vitals checking and get me ready for the IV (I tested positive for GBS and was supposed to have antibiotics). I kept muttering "there's no time, there's no time." I heard someone ask what I was saying and managed to say I needed to push. My midwife said to go ahead and three pushes later, Emma was out!!!!
We had been at the birthing center only about 5 or 10 minutes and it had only been about an hour since my water had broken! It was such a crazy blur of a labor and delivery!
I started having contractions on Tuesday evening around 8pm. They were regular but not "call the midwife" worthy. At 10:20 I started freaking out that my parents would not be able to be there because of the nightly ferry shut down, and Jon told me to go ahead and call them, so I did and they got on the last ferry of the night to be sure to be here.
They arrived and we all stayed up a bit longer.
At about 1am we all settled dowm for the night. 5 minutes or so after I laid down, I had a particularly long amd painful contraction and in the middle of it experienced a terribly painful popping feeling. My water had broken....so I called my midwife and she said to head her way (she has a birthing center at her home which is where I have my babies).
On the way there the contractions were getting closer together, longer and more painful.
We got there and went in and the contractions weren't stopping for long and all I could do was lean over the bed. The midwife convinced me to lay down so they could do some vitals checking and get me ready for the IV (I tested positive for GBS and was supposed to have antibiotics). I kept muttering "there's no time, there's no time." I heard someone ask what I was saying and managed to say I needed to push. My midwife said to go ahead and three pushes later, Emma was out!!!!
We had been at the birthing center only about 5 or 10 minutes and it had only been about an hour since my water had broken! It was such a crazy blur of a labor and delivery!
Because we didn't get the antibiotics, we are having to keep an extra sharp eye on her for any indications of infection but so far she has been fine, thank the Lord. We all love her dearly. The kids are excited and all want to hold her all the time. I am so happy to have two boys and two girls and that Heidi has a sister!
Emma means "whole" and she truly has made our family feel whole! So glad God decided we needed her!
