Thursday, May 27, 2010

It's a.....

Girl!!!!!
Maple Baby, (her bloggy name is a reference to made in Canada with U.S. parts) was born Tuesday 5/25/2010 at 2:03 p.m. and weighed in at 6lbs 15oz and 20 inches. The labor was induced at 9:00 am with pitocin, the doctor broke my water at 12:40 pm in the afternoon. At that point I was only 4 cm and 50% effaced and then labor ramped up to ready to push fully dilated by 2 pm with nurses calling doctor stat and paging for a "baby catcher". I had to wait holding through 2 painful contractions but after 4 pushes about 6 minutes we met our beautiful girl. She is a calm easy going baby definitely full of Grace, hooray for Tuesday! I delivered all 3 kids naturally and am really happy with all 3 birthing outcomes!!! Recovery is going great.

Sadly our computer decided to conk out so this picture is from my brother's iphone. I was able to use the lap top to send this out for anyone waiting to share our news! Hopefully we'll get a new system up and running soon. In the meantime I am adjusting to the balance of caring for 3 kids while being "Dairy Queen". I look forward to catching up with blogging friends when things settle down.

14 comments:

Diana Ferguson said...

Congratulations!! So glad everything went well for both of you. She's beautiful. I had been wondering what was "coming down" around your place.

Blessings!

Expatriate Buckeyes said...

She's as sweet as her blog name! Give her lots of kisses from her Buckeye Auntie.

Michelle said...

Precious girl! Glad recovery is going well! Congrats!

Mocha with Linda said...

Congratulations! She's precious.

"Dairy Queen" - that cracked me up!

Alice said...

Yippeeee!! Well done my lovely blog-friend! Will be praying for these early days and especially that she grows up to love Jesus and prize him above all others. xxxx

Elle Bee said...

OH CONGRATULATIONS!!! She's so beautiful!! I love Maple Baby!!!

Buckeroomama said...

Aww, just look at her --she's adorable!! Well done, Momma. :) Congratulations!

Stacey said...

Congratulations! What a cutie! Glad to know you all are doing well.

Lemonade Makin' Mama said...

I'm so happy for you precious Mama!! she's beautiful and such a JOY!! :)

Dandy said...

AHHHHHHHHHHH! Oh congratulations, so happy you and Maple baby are doing well. I can't believe how fast it went once your water broke. I can't wait to see more pictures and to hear how you and the family are doing. I am so incredibly happy for you!!!!

Susan Yuen said...

Congratulations!!! What a beautiful baby girl! :D

Farmgirl Paints said...

She's absolutely beautiful!!! Congrats and so glad you had a pretty easy delivery. God is so good:)

Nola said...

Congratulations! She's beautiful. So should we just call you "DQ" now?

LeAnna said...

I must have missed this announcement! Congratulations and WAY TO GO mama on delivering natural with an induced labor!