She came last week, weighed in at 9lb 9oz, 22 inches long.
She tied in length with her big bro UE, but weighed more than any of them.
The homebirth experience was wonderful! The midwife was patient reassured all my worries (I am a whiny woman in labor) and let me just listen to my body...meaning for the first time I did not tear! I was able to push when ready for as long as ready.
EL is healthy, a bit grey at birth but then all my kids were funny colors at birth, she pinked up right quick.
The only thing I could ask for is someone else to do my laundry! Other than that I loved having my husband here holding me just the way I wanted, having all my kids together on the bed right after, and not having to wake any of them up for anything.
After the midwivees had gone home my husband was able to feed the older kids, and tuck them in at a normal time. Then he came and had some wonderful new daddy time. Again in the morning, instead of me pacing the room waiting for him to return he was right there to help with diaper changes and all three older kids got to kiss EL good morning.
I will so be going with a home birth should we ever be crazy enough to get pregnant again!
UE is already anxious to teach El how to crawl! and GMC wants to know how to teach her to talk (seems he missed how it happened the last two times..which makes sense since it isn't really a taught skill) JC wants to help all she can with blankets and diapers (I told her she wasn't allowed to change one till the cord stump fell off)
Little EL is here!
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:: welcome to the World, EL! ::
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She is napping peacefully inmy lap now
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We did not know the gender..but we are good guessers.
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She is sleeping happily, and did so from 10ish to 3am last night! decent stretch for a newborn. I feel almost not exhausted
June 13th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Congratuations and welcome to the new family member!!
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I can't stay off the computer or take a break, I have VBS, and Scouts, and cleaning to do!
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waiting would give you a decent idea of how your birth goes medically (easy or hard)
But on the other hand you are very likely to have a safe birth the first time, and you could have the joy and simplicity of a home birth right from the start.
go with your own preference (though do take into account your pregnancy.)