Today is a very special day. Today Laurie gave birth to Amberly Dawn. She was 7lbs 6oz, 19", and has a full head of hair. She was also born in 5 minutes, from start to finish, talk about a new record for Laurie. She is a very beautiful little girl and I look forward to being her Daddy :) Laurie is spending the night at the hospital and I am watching the kids so Laurie can recuperate. This is a short post to let everyone know that Laurie and Amberly are doing well. Laurie will post more when she returns from the hospital.
I was able to get a little sleep last night, so I figured I'd update this posting:
Yesterday Laurie started feeling contractions around 6:30am. At 7am she woke me up and told me she was having them 4 minutes apart, but that she wanted to wait an hour to make sure they were the real deal. Having been there for Jordan and Aubrey's births, I knew this was the real deal so I gave my mom a call and got the kids dressed. I got everyone in the truck, and headed out. Kelley watched the kids for us, as Kelley and Jason live 2 blocks away, and are on the way to the hospital. That worked out perfectly.
We got to the hospital and they processed Laurie for admittance. Once that was done they brought her up to the room where they had her get into her gown and hooked up the monitors. They checked to see how far she is in dilation and she was already at 8cm. At this point the contractions were much closer and as soon as the doctor came in, about 5 minutes later, she said Laurie was 10cm and ready to go. She broke Laurie's water and 5 minutes later, Amberly Dawn was born. Laurie did so good, and I'm so proud of her. She was able to have Amberly out in 2 or 3 sets of pushing. So, when I say she had the baby in 5 minutes, that was from the breaking of the water straight to Amberly Dawn taking her first breath in the doctors arms. It was that fast.
Amberly Dawn came out, and when they handed her to me, I welled up in tears of joy. This was my daugther, my little girl that I have been waiting to meet for 9 months. I was so proud to be a daddy again, and so grateful to God that he protected my wife and daughter through this process. Laurie had come out of this with only a minor abrasion, and Amberly was a beautiful little girl with all her fingers and toes, a beautiful healthy cry. Within 10 minutes of having the baby, Laurie was laying in bed ordering food and looking like she was only a little tired.
Just as we have done for each of our children, before the doctor came in, we prayed. We prayed for His protection and blessing on this birth, and after the birth was over, we prayed again to thank God for all of His help and blessings. We thanked God for Amberly as well as for Laurie and Amberly's birth. This was such a wonderful blessing.
On a side note, we were also blessed to have the same doctor and nurse team deliver each of our children. We had been hoping that God would allow us to have the same doctor, and sure enough, that was the case. Laurie has been seeing the same doctor for each of our children, and she is a wonderful and caring doctor. It's been a blessing to have found her and to have her deliver our children.
After Laurie was transfered to her new room, I picked up the children and they got to meet their little sister. They wanted to hold her and kiss her. Each of our children have a little nickname. Jordan is my monkey. When he was born, his coos immediately after he was born sounded like a little monkey. In fact, when I called my dad and he heard Jordan over the phone, he said Jordan sounded like a monkey. So, that nickname has stuck with him ever since. With Aubrey, she is our little butterfly, though I call her stinker as well for various reasons. When we were at the hospital, Jordan was holding Amberly and he said that Amberly is a beautiful flower. So, it would appear that we now have a Monkey, a Butterfly, and a Flower. :)
This is all for now, but I'm sure Laurie will post a ton as soon as she has a moment.
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