The long wait is finally over! Jaylee was born on May 6th at 3:03pm. She weighed 6 lbs and 14 oz and was 19 inches long. It was a crazy experience starting out with a regular doctor's checkup and ended up a natural child birth. When I went into the doctors I didn't feel like I was having regular strong contractions but apparently my body was because when the doctor checked I was dilated to an 8! So he told me to go straight to the hospital because there was a bed with my name on it. Ha ha so to the hospital we went. When we went to check in the front desk lady was like "can I help you" and I said "ya we were just sent over by Dr. Maughan", and she was like "I expected you to be in a wheelchair, who walks around dilated at an 8?" So we laughed and got settled into our room. Now don't get me wrong I was having cramps but I wasn't bent over in pain like I thought I should be. When I was hooked up to the monitor I kept asking Blake if I was having a contraction (sick I know!) So when the doctor came I was at a 9 and he broke my water which actually seemed to slow down my contractions so they started me on pitocin and man did that get things going! About 5 minutes after pitocin entered my body the contractions hit hard. They had discussed the possibility of getting an epidural but said it could slow me down and I would have to deal with the after effects, so we decided that we would wait to see how it went. But it turned out that I was only in pain for about an hour and a half which included 45 minutes of pushing and out she popped! We were way surprised to see lots of hair! They did end up having to cut me twice but I still consider myself lucky! Here are some of our pictures of our cute bundle of joy!
Here we are checking in and as you can see they were renovating!
Blake trying to study, he had a final the next day
Me dilated to a 9!
My doctor and the resident that helped deliver
You can NOT take my binky!
Don't worry we did tighten the car seat straps, we aren't horrible parents
Ya we made it home!
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We are so happy and excited for you guys! Oh yeah, by the way...I officially hate you! Jaylee is beautiful! I love the binky picture, and the picture where Blake is strangling her. Good one! I'm excited to get an update on how she/you are doing. Happy First Mother's Day!
I have be waiting (not very patiently) for these pictures. I love her already and am so happy for you guys. Happy Mothers day! She is beautiful.
Oh, guys!! She's adorable!! Congratulations! And hooray for not having a ton of pain! Isn't Dr. Maughan the greatest? He, Terry, and Vickie make pregnancy easier. :) Rest up and bring that sweet baby girl to church in a few weeks! :)
Abby kept asking if baby Jaylee had "popped out" yet. We tried to tell her things don't happen that way...and then you go and POP her right out! Congratulations!
Hey she really is so cute! Congratulations! I wish we were out there. I hope you come out soon:) Happy Mothers Day,
Love Heather and Kevin
Now the fun really begins. Isn't playing dress up fun!?! Miss you guys and love ya tons. Congrats!
Yay, she's finally here ans sooo BEAUTIFUL AMY and BLAKE congrats congrats from us 3
we love you and are so glad you are doing well :)
hugs and kisses
Amy! Congratulations! What a beautiful little girl. I can't wait to see her in person!
She is so beautiful and and sweet congrats you too I can't wait to see her.. she is darling... I am so glad things went so well for you guys... how exciting the fun begins!!!
Oh my word... I can't wait to meet her! so beautiful! Can we plan a play date already for her and Houst? I know she doesn't do much- we promise we will just stare at her :)
She is so beautiful. We are so excited for you. I hope that you are getting a little sleep! Much love.
OMG! i was wondering if you had had her.. I remember talking to you at the playdate quite a while ago and you said you still had 3 weeks! she is adorable!
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