She is the perfect and final addition to our family, we can't believe we are a family of FOUR and can't stop smiling!!
I was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night at 10p. Basically, everything went as planned. I was dilated at a 3 when I went in. They started the meds to ripen my cervix overnight. I had some ugly contractions and could barely sleep that night. My water broke on its own and about that time I asked for the epidural. A few hours later I went from being dilated from a 4 to 10 within about 30 minutes!! She was definitely coming fast!! They had to call my doctor super fast and rush him over. My mom & step mother in law were there as I was feeling tons of pressure from the baby being super low and ready to come out!! We waiting on the doctor and I literally pushed twice when he got there and she Presley made her entrance!! This labor was much easier than Asher's. I pushed for about an hour with him. So I had much more energy that day and the days to follow. We had lots of loving visitors that stopped by to meet our baby girl. Asher stayed at my inlaws house, we were tempted to have him meet Presley at the hospital but since h3's still so young (didn't understand the 'big brother' role quite yet), and since we live about an hour away from the hospital, we decided to wait until we got home for them to meet. We stayed in the hospital for 2 nights after Presley was born. The 2nd night they give a 'celebration dinner' and serve steak & lobster with chocolate cake!! Oh so delish!!! Overall, the hospital experience and the labor/birth was great. We are now home and Presley is doing great. We have another check up at her pediatrician tomorrow to check on her jaundice levels. Her numbers spiked a bit last week so they want to follow up again. Asher is warming up to her more and more each day. He loves to 'pet' her and help me burp her gently after she nurses. He's really sweet with her and luckily he hasn't poked any eyes yet (that's what mike was/is afraid of!) haha!
Anyway, it's 4:30a, I'm off to catch a couple more hours of sleep before I'm up again. I'll leave you with some pics...💛💛💛💛
Oh my gosh she is SO adorable!!! I am so thankful that everything went well with her labor. You look so relaxed after just having a baby!! I'm glad Asher is adjusting well. I will continue to pray that you get rest when you can as I remember those sleepless nights and know i'll be joining you in no time. :) Talk soon!
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