Emery Mia :)

Announcing Princess Emery!! She was born at 6:07 Feb 26th. NINE pounds 10 oz, and 20 inches long.

Mike did this when they took her down for her bath. He told her to hold the card, and she did. He thinks it looks like her little mug shot. :)

No special effects here, but this is my wonderful Midwife Heather Johnson. Anyone having a baby in Utah County--I HIGHLY recommend her. She was awesome!

Just ignore anything else in this picture! She had a big knot in her cord. There were several things that could have been bad, and worked out just right to let this little one be here. They said the cord was around her neck, and the way her cord inserted into her placenta was not right, and could have been fatal! The nurses and my midwife kept calling her miracle baby. She is! My little ray of hope--in miracles. :)

So--things got a little mixed up, with medical politics and stuff I guess, and I ended up delivering at a different hospital, but they have been great here, and as long as it all works out one way or another with the insurance, I am happy. :) We came in around 11:30, got all set up (IV and such) and then waited for my midwife. After about an hour and a 1/2, the nurse called her, and relaized I was supposed to be started on Pitocin right when we got here, and THEN she was planning on coming over to break my water. Heather came over about 2:30 and broke my water (SOOO fun BTW) Then the contractions started coming really strong, and hard, and right on top of each other. I still had no epidural at this point, but the baby was so high up, and I KNEW she was posterior. (Face up) I was in a lot of pain, and losing my strength. The nurse checked me, and I was a 6+, but the baby was still really high up, and killing my back. Not too much later I decided I was ready to give in and get me an EPIDURAL already! What was I thinking?? As my mom just put it--would you go get a root canal with no numbing or anything--just to see what it was like? lol--needless to say, when the anestheologist came in, he was my HERO! Not to say I wouldn't have loved to say I did it, and I FULLY admire those who do, but man, I was ready. I got really sleepy right afterwards, probably because I could finally relax, and I took a nice nap for an hour or so. I woke up feeling pressure, and had the nurse come check me. Sure enough, ready to go. :) I love all the rushing around that goes on as they get ready for the baby to be born. A couple good pushes (which were much more painful than I had felt with my other babies!) and here she was! (All 9 lbs 10 0z--I knew she was BIG, and turns out she was posterior) She is such a little angel. So sweet--That moment when you look at your little one for the first time, I wish I could bottle it up, and let a little out on a bad day. Last night I couldn't sleep for a while, and I just laid here and cried to my Heavenly Father for this little girl. SO grateful for her. HUGE thank you to Andrea and Michelle for watching my 3 other "angels." And my mom was able to be here supporting us too--so great!