Amelia Kay Roberts
January 28th, 2011
7 lbs. 9 oz. & 19 in.
We are so blessed to have Amelia join our family. I can't believe that she is almost two weeks old and I'm just barely blogging about it. Due to some computer difficulties I haven't been able to load my pictures up.
I want to document the labor and delivery for memory purposes so skip past it if you have no desire to read about it.
I started having contractions in the middle of the night about every half hour. After a few hours they went to every 10 minutes and then quickly went to every 2- 2 1/2 minutes. We then decided that it was time to head for the hospital. I got checked in and about 45 minutes later they checked me and I was at a 6 and 100% effaced. They quickly got me an epidural and had my Dr. come check on me since he was already there. He was fairly sure that he would be back soon to deliver her. Shortly after they gave me the epidural my contractions went to every 15 minutes and weren't very strong. After several hours I still hadn't dilated any more than a 6 . I had to lay on my left side the entire day because her heart rate would drop if I moved to the other side. We had a few scares with her during labor. I had to have oxygen almost the entire time. They gave me patossin and it made her heart rate drop even more so they had to take me off of it. What appeared to be a fast labor ended up lasting 10 hours. I finally started to progress and within an hour or so went from a 6 to a 10. I only had to push for about 20 minutes. When she started to come out they realized that she had the cord around her neck and that she had gone to the bathroom already. Luckily she was completely fine. She gave us a scare for a few days because she didn't pass her hearing test in her left ear twice. I took her in a few days later and she passed with flying colors.
She looked like a chubbier version of Olivia the first few days but as time has passed she has developed her own look. She was born bigger than Olivia and is a much better eater than Olivia was, which is such a relief. She has been a very good baby so far and we are so happy to have her.
7 comments:
What a beautiful baby Amelia is! I'm glad everything turned out okay at the hospital. I love the pictures!
So sweet, been watching your blog everyday! I did not know about the cord around her neck and all! Glad I didn't! Love you!
Congratulations, I'm so glad she finally came! I was sad my shift ended before you delivered her, but she looks absolutely perfect in pictures, you make beautiful babies!
I am missing little Amelia I think I need to come hold her again soon! Love you guys!
Oh she is so dang cute! I'm glad she is here! I love her chunkiness! Cute pics of you guys! The one we got w us and trae is awful. Ha oh well.
Oh she is so cute! Gosh, that would have been so scary. So glad everything turned out okay. Can't wait to see her!
Oh so beautiful! I am glad everything is ok...you look great after such a long labor and delivery! Such a cute lil family!
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