Emily Kate Baer
June 14, 20167lbs 13oz
19 inches long
At my 39 week doctor appointment, my blood pressure was pretty high even after laying on my side, so of course they mentioned being induced and I gladly accepted. Steve and I went into the appointment expecting them to want to induce me, probably for high blood pressure and also since Ellison was so large. So my midwife, Marilee sent me over to L&D with a smile on her face saying "we're gonna have a baby today!" I was MORE THAN HAPPY to have her out and super excited that more than likely Marilee would be delivering her. I just love her! So I walked over to L&D quite nervous which was strange since I had already been through this before. Steve had dropped Ellison off at Grandma and Grandpas and ran to Target for some snacks since we were running too late to do it before my appointment! He showed up just as I was in my hospital gown and in the bed, perfect timing. The nurse started me on my fluids so we could start pitocin. I loved her, she was so encouraging and said when she left that I was going to have a great delivery! She started my pitocin at 2:15pm. Marilee said when she left that she would be back at 3pm to break my water and get things going so if I wanted an epidural I should probably get it before then. Well I didn't feel like I needed one so she showed up and said well it's going to hurt and contractions are going to get more intense. She was right. She broke my water at 3pm. I told the nurse to go ahead and call in the epidural. He came in to give it to me at 4pm. I have sculiosis so he had to do it a couple times and took forever to find the right spot. It was awful, especially during contractions!! When he finally got it right, it was amazing though! Woo! Praise Jesus for drugs! Haha! The only thing is I get kind of nauseous and light headed for an hour or so after getting it. I didn't have that with Ellison, but I was glad I didn't have the crazy shakes like I did with Ellison! They checked me around 6pm and I was at about 4-5cm. The nurse put a peanut ball between my legs to help her descend. When the nurses shift changed at 7pm, the sweetest girls came in and decided to flip me to my other side with the peanut ball still between my legs. That must have been the game changer for Miss Emily because only about 10 minutes after the nurse left (after I had told her I probably wouldn't need or bother her for a while, haha) I felt intense pressure and super nauseous. I thought I needed more drugs in my epidural (dumb!) so I hit the button. It didn't go away so I called the nurse in. I told her I was feeling a ton of pressure and so she checked me around 745pm. She felt her head and I was fully dialated! Wow!!! She said she was going to call Marilee to come deliver her. I seriously felt like I wouldn't be able to keep her in. She let me push a couple times and said to stop because she was close. That was SO hard! Marilee showed up at about 7:50pm and got ready. I pushed about 4-5 times and she came right out at 8pm on the nose!! What a difference from Ellison's birth. I pushed for almost 2 hours with that big girl!! Praise God because that was the hardest part! The cord was around her neck so Marilee had to cut it. She acted like it wasn't a big deal but Steve said she was purple/blue! Ahh! I was able to hold her right away and I asked Marilee how big she thought she was. She said in the 7lb range. I was pretty shocked! I did skin to skin for about 45 minutes which was so sweet. Steve later told me he was bummed he wasn't able to hold her until like an hour after she was born. Poor daddy! It was such a sweet delivery and I thank Jesus that he has entrusted us to raise this sweet little girl. He is so good! I can't believe we have two sweet girls! He is so faithful! Here are a few pictures from the hospital...
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