Isn't She Lovely

Last Thursday, June 27, we welcomed our beautiful little girl into our family.  Devyn Marie was born at 10:37 am.  She weighed 8lbs. 11oz. and was 21 1/4 in long.  She is beautiful and healthy and we are so happy to finally have her here.  Here's how she decided to make her grand entrance (don't worry, no gory details included).

Wednesday I went to my weekly Dr. appointment.  Nate happened to be home early, so he came with me.  I had made a tiny bit of progress.  The Dr. was still optimistic that she could come before a c-section was necessary.  He gave us 3 options.  The first was to schedule a c-section just in case she decided not to come on time.  The 2nd was to come back Monday (today) if she hadn't been born and make a decision on what day to have a c-section if it still didn't look like she was coming.  The 3rd was to go to labor and delivery Thusrday morning and he would break my water in hopes of encouraging my contractions to speed up.  I had been having contractions for a couple weeks that would be 10 minutes apart and then stop.  We chose the last option and planned to be at the hospital at 5:00 the next morning.  We left the boys with my parents that night so we could just get up and go in the morning.

In true Devyn fashion she decided that she didn't want to be told what to do.  At 1:30 I woke up feeling uncomfortable and my water started to break.  We quickly finished getting our stuff together and rushed to the hospital.  The dr. had wanted me to come when they were 5 minutes apart, but they were immediately 4 minutes apart.  After 9 hours and one heavenly epidural (which I desperately tried to avoid) Devyn was born.  It was amazing.  It was so incredibly different than the boys birth.  I just posted about having trouble bonding with them.  I bonded with her immediately.  I was able to hold her for an hour and a half after she was born.  It was everything I had hoped for. 

Now we're home and recovering.  Devyn is having some bloodwork done because she is jaundice.  Tomorrow we'll see the pediatrician as well.  I am so thankful to have brought home a baby with me.  That was so important to me after leaving the boys.  I have prayed many prayers of thanks for that and many prayers in awe of the human body's ability to carry, deliver and nourish a baby. 

Before she was born I joked with Nate that when Devyn was born I wanted the song, "Isn't She Lovely" to be playing in the background.  :)  She is lovely.  See for yourself...