Well, I didn't want to be that parent who wrote novels about their first
born child, and then next baby was left out. I had intended on being
fair. However, my computer didn't work throughout most of my pregnancy.
So...here is the longest update ever. Lol! I was on disability for about
half my pregnancy. I found out in May that I had Placenta Previa. It
made for a long and stressful pregnancy. Every bleeding episode was
stressful. Knowing that I couldn't go into labor made me very aware of
every little thing my body was doing. I was due on August 8th, but with
this condition, its rare for a Dr to allow the mother to go past 37
weeks. My Dr, however, was willing to try for my due date provided
everything was going okay. We didn't want to jeopardize our well being,
so we chose to have the baby early. The weekend before my due date, I
went to the hospital with what I thought was leaking amniotic fluid. My
Dr was out of town, of course, and I didn't want to have my surgery done
by anyone else...so I stayed for observation over night, and was
released the following day with everything looking good. It wasn't
amniotic fluid and the baby was healthy. I saw my regular Dr the next
morning first thing. He said that everything looked good, but if I was
worried about waiting, we could reschedule my cesarean for the next
morning. I told him that I didn't want to risk our safety just to get my
8/8 birth date. So, we got me on the schedule for August 5th. Now, I
believe my previous posts explained that we hoped for a boy, but I would
be just as happy with a girl. Kylie wanted a baby sister and the entire
pregnancy she insisted we were having a girl. We bet a dollar on it,
and she won 2 dollars when the ultrasound confirmed we were, in fact,
having a girl.
Emily Lane Griswold was born at 8:37am August 5th. She was expected to
be almost 8 lbs, but was actually 6 lbs 8 oz, and 18.5" long. She was
born very healthy and happy. The surgery went well, just a little scary
when they were sewing me up. I felt like I was having a heart attack.
Fortunately, my anesthesiologist was amazing. Emily has been such an
easy baby. My biggest struggles are dividing my attention between my
girls. Newborns take a lot of time with being fed and changed throughout
the day. I think Kylie has been feeling a little left out now that she
isn't the only kid. She is a wonderful big sister though. She helps out
willingly all the time and talks to her sister. I love it. I'm a very
lucky mom. Couldn't ask for better girls.
