How things can change in the matter or a day or two!
She is here!! … she is here … our little baby has arrived and we couldn’t be more IN LOVE!!!
{Please note – a bit of birthing details are included below. Don’t read if your male and find such details disturbing! Hah!}
Monday night, I started to feel some contractions a bit stronger and lower than the usual (non-stop) Braxton Hicks contractions and I *thought* but wasn’t sure that my water broke (isn’t it funny that even on your fourth kid, you still aren’t 100% sure about things?!) … we called my gramma over (she’s sooo awesome!) just in case we had to leave as she was the one to watch the girls for us. At 12:45ish a.m., we decided to go to the hospital. The contractions were painful but I could still walk and moan and groan my way through each contraction. I felt silly even going that early – I thought for sure they were going to say you’re only 2 cms and go back home and relax till later …. but when the nurse checked, I was already 6 cms., my water broke at the same time, and she quickly announced it wouldn’t be long before baby was here …
By 2:38 a.m., little Lovelyn Joy Angelica Gauthier made her ‘spontaneous vaginal delivery’ (as the medical forms so wrote it). Spontaneous, yes. Ridiculously painful, yes. Drug free, fast and furious, before the doctor arrived and with three or maybe four pushes (still finding that part painful to think about!)…. Lovelyn Joy completed our little {big?} family …
She weighed 4 lbs. 11 oz. – our tiniest yet! And she’s a bit of a thumb sucker. Too cute.
Elaine & Jayne – the wonderful nurses who delivered our new baby …
I know everyone wanted me to have a boy, but I am so happy to have another girl … she’s the perfect addition to our family of Pink.
Abby, checking out his newest little girl … he’s getting to be a pro at this by now. And I think he’s liking his little world of ladies, too.
More photos (uh, obviously) to come later … but now, time to snuggle and feed Miss Lovelyn! I’m just so happy she’s here, that our family is together and that this new wonderful, awesome chapter is just beginning. We are so blessed …
P.S. I’ll be going through all the guesses/submissions for the due date/weight/sex of the baby and will post the winner soon. 🙂
by Gigi
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