This is a guest blog by Elizabeth's husband, Chad!
Elizabeth got home this morning from delivering papers and decided to put away a few things around the house. She began having contractions, but wasn't sure if they were the real deal. They were certainly stronger than the Braxton-Hicks (spelling?) contractions, so she rested for awhile. The contractions didn't give up. Elizabeth took a shower, hoping the warm water would relax her body, but by the time she got out to brush her teeth she was having a hard time standing up from the pain! At this point the contractions were about 5 minutes apart and becoming more intense. It was around 11:40am and she decided to call the doctor. They told her to come in for a check up around 12:30pm. We quickly got ready, grabbed a few things, and left with Georgia to go see the doctor. The doctor examined her and immediately admitted her to labor/delivery because she was 8 centimeters which was amazing because in her examination the day before there were no signs of impending labor!!! They quickly ran blood tests and filled out paper work in time to get the epidural working. By the time the epidural was in and the nurses examined her, the water broke and it was go-time! Pushing didn't last long at all--in fact she gave about 4-5 good pushes and Noah was born! It was so exciting to be right there and see the whole thing!! Noah cried and reached out his arms as soon as he was born! I got to cut the umbilical cord and within a short time he was cleaned up and we were holding him! He is 6lbs 2oz and 18 in long!
We want to thank everyone for your prayers and texts and your help and your gifts! Elizabeth is especially happy because they allowed her to deliver Noah without another C-section! Elizabeth is recovering well and continues to tell everyone she see how happy and amazed she is about how quickly and easy the labor was. We also praise Jesus because of his mercy and grace that the labor went so smoothly and didn't involve surgery! We also praise him because of his blessing in giving us new baby Noah!
Here are some pics (look at all the hair--he has more than I do!!!):
3 comments:
I'm not sure when I thought Noah was supposed to arrive, but this was a suprise blog for me this morning! Congratulations you guys! Awesome story.. I can't believe you were already 8 cm Elizabeth! Amazing! He is precious, praise God for a smooth delivery. What a blessing
Congratulations! Noah's beautiful! I'm glad everything went smoothly.
I'm sooooo excited for you guys and what a fun story to tell him and his sister (that she was right there in the thick of it!) and how great that she got to have a regular old fashioned delivery. I love it. I missed out on that experience.
:-)
Hoping to see you guys soon!
MJ
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