Thursday, September 17, 2009

Emerson John Paul Smith

He is finally here! Emerson John Paul Smith was born September 15th, 2009 at 9:33 am. He was 8.1 oz and 20.5 inches long. I woke up in labor on Tuesday morning at 6:30 am and after John and I decided this was finally real (I had a lot of false labor), we called to tell the hospital we were coming in. We found somewhere for Levi to go and we got to the hospital at 7:45 am. I waited in triage for about 1/2 an hour and then was admitted and went to my room. My labor by this time was incredibly painful and I had to decide what I wanted to do as far as "relax" in the bath or get some drugs. I decided I wanted an epidural so in the meantime the nurse had to hook me up to an iv. At 8:45 my water broke and I was only 5 cm dilated. At 9:15 I was 9 cm dilated and I told the nurse I needed to push. Needless to say, I didn't have time to get an epidural. I had to wait for two more contractions and then the midwife let me push. Emerson was born at 9:33 a.m.! We are so happy for this little bundle of joy in our lives! Already, having another one has been quite the adjustment; we are enjoying the challenge though.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! He is beautiful

Laura Gates said...

Yeah! He is so adorable - what a blessing and joy to finally be able to hold him :)

Zach Lien said...

YESS! He is adorable. Great job Renee. You made it through! Hoping you guys can rest up. We will be there soon and can't wait to meet him in person! : )-hope

auntie marlys said...

I think he looks like Levi :) Cute and adorable! Congratulations!

James and Charity said...

Congrats! He is a good looking guy!

Dilating 4cm in 30 min sounds painful! Great job Renee!

E&E said...

Congratulations Renee, John, and Levi! Glad everything went well!!

~The Guggenheimers

Charlotte and John said...

Oh, the wait was worth it! Well, it was harder for you to wait than it was for us. Congratulations!

The Litrenta Family said...

Congratulations! So happy for you all.