She's Here!!!

Baby Demsey Marie(pronounced Dem-See) was born on May 28th at 12:15 pm. She was 6 lbs. 4 oz. and was 20 inches long. I'll put pictures first for those who just want to see pics and then I'll write the details at the end, here's the family awaiting the new addition. My mom was taking care of Radley and had just brought him to say hi.

She was so tiny, I forgot how small newborns really are. She also had the cord wrapped around her neck THREE times...I was totally freaked but the doctor said it's totally common and that my cord was long enough that it was never causing the baby any problems. She sure did move around tons in my belly, I guess the cord was bound to be wrapped around her somewhere.This is my first hold after the baby was checked and cleaned. She doesn't have tons of hair, there's a lot more in the back than on top. She kinda has a mini mullet :) Here hair is brown, but Radley's was too until he got older.

Here's the new little family of four, so crazy that now I have 2 kids.

I can't tell who she looks like, sometimes she looks like Radley, sometimes she looks like me and sometimes Chris...too hard to tell with newborns, we'll have to wait and see I guess.This is the cutest picture of big brother Radley holding her in the hospital room. He has been so cute with her. He loves to hold and kiss her and is already protective. Whenever my nieces want to hold her he tells them she is his and that they can't.

It is so amazing having children, being pregnant isn't fun and the whole labor process isn't fun either, but it is all such a miracle. Now there is a new little human in the world that totally depends on us for everything. It is such a spiritual experience when the doctor first puts that little baby up on your chest, there's nothing like it and it makes all the pain seem so insignificant.

So, here's some details. First, I found out a week before my due date that my doctor was going out of town for two weeks and she asked me if I wanted to be induced before she left. At first I kinda had mixed feelings, I wanted to at least go to my due date and see what happened, but on the other hand, I was already dialated to a three, 80% effaced, and it would make planning easier. So after thinking about it, we decided to go for it because I really didn't want to take my chances with just whatever doc was on call. So we planned to get induced on Thursday and my mom drove up Wednesday so she could be with Rad. Things started out a little rocky at the hospital...I was kinda stressed at first. The nurse came in to start my I.V. and she was trying to draw some blood and having a hard time and digging around in my arm. It was hurting way more than it should and I was just trying to be brave. When she put the I.V. on, my arm starting swelling and she realized that she had gone through the vein and into my tissue...so she had to take it out and try my other arm. The other arm didn't hurt at all but when she put the I.V. drip on, I got super nauseated and dizzy and weak and apparently I shorta passed out for a few seconds and was totally unresponsive and my lips were as white as the sheets. I didn't even know I had passed out, but when I came to Chris was over my bed all freaked out. The nurse said that it happens a lot, but it was weird for me because I usually have no problems with needles and blood and stuff. So I felt weird for awhile and the baby's heart rate was going up and down a lot so they gave me oxygen and waited to start the Pitocin until the doctor said it was okay. After they started the Pitocin at about 10am things went fast. I got my epidural when I was dialated to a 6...let me just say I love epidurals...they are the best and I don't know what on earth I would do without them. I don't know what Chris would do either, I was getting pretty mean before the epidural because those pitocin contractions were not messing around and I was not a happy camper. Anyways, I went from being dialated from a 6 to a 1o in 2o minutes. Then I had to wait a few minutes for the doctor to get there and I had to fight the urge to push so hard...I've never wanted to push so hard in my life! So the doctor got there and it only took me 2 contractions to push her out, less than 5 minutes. It was so fast! Storm was there to watch the birth and she was all sad because it all happened so fast that it wasn't very exciting :) Baby number 2 was much easier and the recovery has been much better too. The timing is perfect because Chris is off for the summer next week so he'll be around to help entertain Radley and let me get some much needed sleep. I'll keep the updates coming but so far so good and we are sooo glad Demsey is here!