Where to begin? I'll just say Happy New Year & start over.
But wait. Starting over involves someone you haven't met yet & that just won't do. How about a nice {short} birth story to get us reacquainted?
You know about the "morning" sickness in the beginning so we'll skip ahead to 27 weeks when the contractions started. It was very dramatic with contractions coming every 2 minutes, me & the fam leaving poor, unsuspecting Home Group members & 5 large pizzas shaking their heads in our driveway (the home group members, not the pizzas), & racing to the hospital just in time for the contractions to slow down. I was dehydrated so we spent the night in the hospital & were sent home with a prescription for meds to keep the contractions away, as well as appointments for a progesterone shot every other week.
Fast forward to 38 weeks & you skip 2 holidays, a ton of contractions, & find yourself at D-day. I woke up on Dec 3rd at 5am & started timing contractions (again!). But this time, praise The Lord, there was a pattern. Jeff & I got dressed & headed to my scheduled dr's appointment early. I was hooked up to a monitor & told I was having inconsistent, mild (says who?) contractions but the dr would check me anyway. Fully expecting to be sent home, we listened as the dr said, "It's baby day!" I was 4 cm dilated! We walked to L&D, got hooked up, & waited to hear if an epidural was in my future. (My platelet count was low thanks to high blood pressure, so natural is was with Lucy. I don't recommend that, nor did I want to relive it.) The nurse came in baring bad news. After 5 minutes of freaking out, she returned to say the dr was going to do it anyway. Holy moly was I a happy lady! That lovely anesthesiologist came in at 7 cm and left my new best friend. I slept through 8, 9, & 10 cms & woke up when the nurse came to check me due to frequent, strong contractions shown on the monitor. She moved my leg and sternly said, "DON'T MOVE!". In seconds my room was full of people waiting to meet our little miracle. After 1 push & some laughing (go ahead, read that again) Macy Clara was born.
Beautiful, right? That adorable bundle was born at 4:49 pm on Dec 3, 2012. She weighed 6lbs, 15 oz & was 18 3/4in long.
She looks a bit more like this at 6 weeks.
She has been nothing but pure sweetness since she was born. She has the best little faces & can grunt like a grown man. She's super snugly & just the sweetest thing. We're all perfectly smitten. Lucy loves her & is so gentle & understanding when I have to tend to her. I can't wait to share her with you as she grows up.
Well, that was a nice story. See you in 6 months.
Haha just kidding. I have lots of home updates & Macy milestones (yep she's reached milestones already) to document & now that I've figured out how to blog on the phone, I hope to see you more regularly. (The home computer took a bubble bath so that made blogging a challenge.) See ya soon!
