Welcome Baby

I was very excited to meet our new little girl but a big part of me was terrified for another C-Section. In the past I have had 2 C-sections that I would have considered to be atyipical and complicated. Not to mention I hate the recovery of a surgery. That being said, this is how it has to be so I have been  praying for a better experience but most of all a healthy baby.

Robb was a little nervous too. He doesn't look to thrilled about his paper outfit in this picture.

This C-section was great compared to the others, for the most part. My epidural and spinal went well and our baby girl came out screaming and crying. I was a little nauseous at first and my blood pressure dropped but by the time they had her out I was feeling better and loved that I was awake enough to meet her right away. At one point I was a little worried that I was bleeding too much like I did during the boys delivery but the Dr reassured me things were fine even though he gave me clotting meds and contacted the blood bank to find matched blood. Luckily everything was fine. Not sure if he was worried for a minute or just being cautious. Either way it turned out okay.

She got the once over by the nursery and NICU nurse and everything looked great.

Robb got to cut the cord over in the warmer.

The big moment... 7lbs 15oz. She was much smaller than I thought she would be.

19.5 inches long- a shorty for our family

The nursery was working on a new way of managing mom and baby care during a C-section. They really promote skin to skin time for mom and baby as soon as possible. This was something very new. I got to snuggle her right away after she was checked over by the nurses. She stayed laying on my chest the entire time the Dr closed after the C-section and during my time in the recovery room. I was in heaven, getting to hold her the entire time,but I felt a little bad for Robb because he didn't get to hold her until she was a couple hours old. With our other kids he got to hold them right away.

Welcome to our family Emerson Paige.