Introducing

Little Emmeline Joy Hislop was born on November 9, 2012 at 4:00am on the dot.

She was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 inches long.

The Birth Story

I went into my 39 week appointment on Wednesday the 7th with light contractions and almost dilated to a 4. My midwife stripped my membranes (though not comfortable it isn't nearly as awful as it sounds) and was quite optimistic she'd see me later that day. I was too, but I went all day with only light and inconsistent contractions. By the evening we weren't sure what to do. We didn't want to wait until it turned into real labor and have my mother drive up from Logan in the middle of the night so we all decided that she better drive up that evening. She stayed that night and all the next day. Sammy even went to work in the morning but took the car so he could be back in 20 minutes if need be. By Thursday evening I was really frustrated with not knowing what to do. We finally called my midwife and she said we could go in that night if we wanted to though they'd probably have to start me on pitocin to get me progressing. We opted for going in and getting it over with. Once we made the decision to go my contractions finally started getting more consistent and stronger so we went to the hospital at 9pm.

My midwife came and broke my water, they gave me my IV (ouch!) then we waited around for a few hours while my contractions progressed but I was still only at a 5. They wanted to start me on a small pitocin drip so I asked for my epidural (because that's how I roll).  They checked me at 3am and I was still a 5 but when they checked me at 3:25am I was at a 10! I pushed for only 15 minutes and little Emmy was born at 4pm sharp.

She is so beautiful and reminds me a lot of Lucy as a newborn. We are still trying to adjust to this new arrangement (*cough* understatement). Apparently, all my friends that said going from 1 to 2 children was easier than 0 to 1 were lying in most respects. But Lucy seems to be doing the best of all of us. Of course HER sleeping schedule was not messed with. She's just interested enough to be cute with her and ask questions but not too interested that she's in the way or rough with her.

More pictures to come. It's hard to catch her with her eyes open.