Sunday, September 11, 2011

he's HERE!!!

LEVI "unified" EMERY "brave, full of strength" made his debut on August 26th at 3:44 pm...we could not be happier!

Something we have been waiting for for 2 years had finally happened and the joy that filled our hearts was and still is INDESCRIBABLE!

We thought we knew what was best for us...

We thought it was best to have our children close together...

We thought having it take a year and a half of trying was too long...

"Man plans his path...God directs his steps"

This is perfect...

God's plan for our family is perfect...

This age-gap is perfect...

And we are blessed!

It all started that morning...around 5:45am...three days later than I had planned! :P

My contractions were 2-4 mins apart from the on-set. I timed them for an hour, not wanting them to stop, but also feeling unsure as to whether I was ready for them to be "real." I also didn't want to wake Jim, for fear that they would all stop!

So, after the hour I timed them for another 15 minutes before calling my midwife. She asked how I felt, and I knew things were not going to be as hasty as with Avery. She lives 45 minutes away and said she'd come right away just to check things.

She got to our home (which was perfectly silent because the girls had actually been at my Mum's for a sleepover! What a blessing!) and I was only 2-3 cm dilated...but at least it was something!!

While she was here she received a phone call from the hospital letting her know of their shortage of OB nurses...meaning that if she had anyone in labour (ME) that day, and they didn't have the baby before 7pm, (!!) that person (ME) would have to be FLOWN OUT!!! She hung up the phone and said "We have to have this baby before 7 tonight!!"

I had never wanted to induce painful contraction more than then! But, things went slowly along for the next chunk of the day...until 2pm rolled along and my midwife suggested that we move to the hospital and break my water, in hopes to speed things up.

To the hospital we went...and it took 45 minutes for her to get all her ducks in a row and at 2:45 she broke me water...

Remember the beginning of the post, where I said Levi was born at 3:44pm!! yup...59 minutes after my water broke I went from 5 cm to 10 cm and pushed him out! Needless to say, that was an hour of my life that I will never forget, but never want to re-live!!

One push and my life was forever changed!







And...by 7pm we went HOME!!

2 comments:

kelly ens said...

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! what a blessing :)

Rachel said...

thanks for sharing the story! he is perfect!!