She's here! My beautiful little girl was born on June 12th. The night before I was having some contractions, but they weren't consistent and I really wasn't convinced it was labor. At midnight I decided to try and sleep them off. At about 4:30 I woke up and my water broke! We made our way to the hospital. My contractions were five minutes apart by then, but when we got to the hospital we found that I was still only dialated to a centimeter and a half, which is what it was at my doctor's appointment the week before. They put me on pitocin to try and get the contractions to do something for me, and boy did they ever. My contractions went to about a minute apart really quick. That's when I got my epidural. I wasn't sure if I was going to get one or not, but I'm so glad I did. Poor Chelsea wasn't handling the stress of the pitocin well so they turned it off, but that made my contractions go to six minutes apart. Because my body wasn't progressing and because Chelsea's heart wasn't handling labor so well, they talked about doing a c-section until they discovered I was 5 cm dialated so they decided to hold off. Laboring on my own I got to a ten pretty quickly and started pushing. The whole experience seems really surreal to me. After an hour, Chelsea came into the world. She wasn't doing very well - she wasn't breathing and her heartbeat was at 50 bpm. They worked on her for a while and finally, after a minute or two, she started breathing. They took her immediately to the nursery and Matt went with her. It was a scary go of things, but she's doing just great now. She was 6 lbs 8 oz and 19 inches long. She's so beautiful. I really can't believe this whole experience. I would do it 20 times over again just to have her. She's amazing. This experience has brought me so much closer to my Father in Heaven and to my husband. I am so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ that teaches us that we can have a family not just in this life, but for eternity, and I am so grateful for an amazing husband to share this family with. There are so many changes going on right now, but all remind me of the great gifts I have been given.
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Oh my gosh that second picture down looks like Devee. Of course I was there for Devee and remember how she looked maybe she looks like you too since she is your sister. So cute! Congratulations. I can't believe you and Beth had babys like 20 minutes apart. Woo hoo they are so fun.
Mel I'm crying as I write this. Your baby is SO beautiful. I can't wait to meet her. Thanks for sharing her with us in pictures, it means so much! Love you!
She is beautiful! I am so glad she is okay. That must have been so scary. Please let me know if you need anything. The first couple of weeks are the hardest, but it is so worth it. I am sure you are going to be an awesome mother.
Almost makes me cry!! She - and you - are beautiful!
Oh - and CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :)
She is beautiful! Congratulations again!
Melanie she's beautiful!! I hope that you and baby are both doing well and recovering great! That'll be pretty neat that our babies both have the same birthday. :)
melanie! congrats!!! i don't know why i'm so emotional all of a sudden but i'm sitting in the psych lab at the u right now trying not to cry after reading your beautiful post! i'm so glad she is doing well. she is beautiful! how are YOU doing?! i'm coming down there on wednesday and friday afternoons this week so let me know if i can bring you a meal or ANYTHING! hooray for baby chelsea! xoxo
Congratulations! She is cute! Sorry you had to go through a scare at the hospital! But I am glad to know everything is fine. Thanks for sharing your experience! It all sounds so amazing!
Oh my goodness...she is absolutely beautiful you guys. What proud parents you guys must be. I'm so glad everything turned out ok.
Congrats!
Congratulations!!! I can't wait to meet her!
Congratulations!! She's beautiful!! Babies and children are the best!! The love and bond you have with your child can only grow stronger!!
Congratulations Melanie. We are so happy for both of you. Hope you're getting some sleep. Now you will experience a love like never before. Enjoy every minute of it. They grow up too quickly!
She's beautiful, and you look amazing by the way! Way to go!! I'm glad baby and mommy are ok!
Congratulations! I got your e-mail too! We are so happy for y'all.
Congratulations! She's a beautiful baby---what a miracle!
Oh---Tia and Jeff Moore had their baby the Saturday after Chelsea was born. YAY! They're doing great too. :)
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