Maxw.ell Alexander arrived on 5/22 at 8:50am via C-section. He weighed in at 5lbs. 15 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Our tiny peanut has a head full of dark hair!
Nora Mae Elizabeth was born last night, 5/24 at 8:15 pm after 23+ hours of labor and only about 45 mins of pushing! She weighs 7lbs 9oz and is 20.5 inches of pure love! We are all so happy and smitten. Started induction with pitocin at 9pm tuesday night at 3cm, after little sleep found out I was still at 3cm in the morning. Dr broke my water around 8am and contractions got much harder and more productive. Got epidural around 10 and was able to finally relax and take a little nap here and there. By 7ish I was fully dilated, started pushing at 7:40, and at 8:15 she was born! I did have to get an episiotomy which I'm now recovering from, but all in all it was a smooth, very well worth it labor We love her so incredibly much, and DH is just head over heels for her! *edited because I forgot to add the photo
Coraline Nila was born on 5/19 7lbs 13oz and 18 1/2 in long. I was scheduled to be induced on Friday the 19 at 40wks and 5days I got started on a iv and they gave me a pill to soften my cervix(I stayed at a 1 since 37wks) at 10:30am I started dilating after an hr,l my labor was fast but more painful than my first I had Cora at 1:52pm she was in my arms! I didn't push that much only couple times the doctor barely made it the nurses were scrambling about cause they were almost gonna have to deliver her but all is well and I'm so happy and we're home and great.
Team green turned TEAM PINK!!! With the shocking arrival of Charlotte "Charlie" Lynn on 5/24 via RCS. She was 7.3 lbs and 20.25 inches.
Everyone was convinced she was a boy the entire pregnancy, but we have another beautiful girl and couldn't be happier. Big sister is in love with her baby and wants to constantly hold her.
Blake Owen arrived on 5/17 at 9:14pm. He's a big boy at 9.9 lbs and 21 3/4 inches. I went in at 7am in the 17th for an induction, labored really well but it took about 2.5 hours of pushing in every position imaginable to get him here. Big brother is so in love with him and so are we!
Eliza Zoe arrived on 5/23 at 3:10pm via scheduled c-section (which went as well as we could have ever hoped for!!) She looks exactly like DS except in mini-form at just 6lbs 11oz and 21 inches long. After a 24-hour NICU stay to get her blood sugars up, we're all home and thrilled to be settled in as a family of four.
DD2 Rosalyn Frances joined our family at 7:48am on 5/26 after a fairly short routine induction. I pushed a little under an hour and then she was born! 9lbs 2oz, 20 in long. She surprised us by being so big!
After a long, slow induced labor with about 6 hours of contractions & zero cervical progress, little Felix Benjamin Winfield was born via CS at 7:06 pm on 5/26/17! He is such a stellar baby so far and has been overcoming feeding challenges with his cleft lip like an absolute champ. We are madly in love with him!
Introducing Juniper Caroline, born 5/27 (two days overdue) at 5:32 PM. She was 8 lbs 5 oz, 20.5 inches long. We're so in love! I'll post a birth story soonish. Short version, I was having contractions 8-12 min apart for 30 hours before they picked up and we went to the hospital. After about 15 hours of active labor with a couple hiccups and 20 minutes of pushing, our little girl finally made her debut (with a little stork bite on her forehead).
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River was born 5/27/17 at 6:35 am, weighing 7lb 7oz and
20.25 inches long. He was born in the water, after a 5.5 hour labor with
2.5 hours of pushing. We are all doing well!
Our precious and long awaited baby Roseanne made her debut in dramatic fashion via C/S 5/27/17 in the evening. We are both recovering well and are hopeful we can go home in a day or so!
Scarlett Rose Born May 18th @ 8:41am, 20 inches and 8lbs 15oz
*****Trigger Warning, Loss and Pregnancy Mentioned*****
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz. Then four months later got pregnant naturally and had a healthy baby boy on 6/13/18 7lbs 6oz (at age 38). Needless to say, anything is possible! I'm keeping my signature open so it gives someone out there hope that anything is possible. Message me if you ever have any questions or just need someone to talk to. DON'T GIVE UP!
Team green turned team blue on May 30th at 5:54pm! Lucas Dean weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20.5 inches long. My water was leaking on Monday, but was so light and intermittent that all tests were negative so we went home. Between 1-4am it became unmistakable and we went back. Pitocin was started and full dose was reached in 5 hours with an epidural right after reaching the top. I stayed at a fingertip and 50%. I took a nap and woke up 3 hours later ready to go. Unfortunately the doctor had another baby and an emergency c to do so I ended up waiting 2 hours before they'd let me start pushing since they didn't think the doctor would make it. Luckily Lucas didn't just slide right out and he made it. We did spend the first hour trying to get the O2 stats up and he was almost sent to NICU, but the NICU doctor said they were good enough and we finally got to hold him and they shot right up.
Penelope June Castelan arrived on 5/11/17 after 29 hours of labor and about 4 pushes. I was induced around 4pm on 5/10 due to random high blood pressure at 39w1d. I got an epidural around 9am on 5/11 even though I wanted to go natural. She finally arrived at 7:54pm! She's the most beautiful creature I've ever seen!
Arielle was born on May 30th at 5:43am and weighed 7 lbs 12 oz! I ended up with a c section after 2 complete rounds of pitocin with not enough cervical change, but all that matters is that she is here now and is as healthy as can be! She has far exceeded our expectations. She is beautiful with the most amazing reddish blonde hair and big beautiful blue eyes. She has also done so well with breastfeeding! She initially lost 8% of her birth weight but now she is only down 5 oz so we don't have much more to go. Sleeping on her own without being held has been a struggle but I think it's getting better now that my milk is coming in and she feels more full.
Absolutely love being a mommy!
***BFP & Child Warning***
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014 IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17 FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Baby Noelle arrived on May 25th!!! 8 lbs 10 oz. Born at 41+2. We are so in love with her. My water broke at 2am on the 25th (the day I was supposed to be induced), went to hospital, progressed nicely to 10cm, pushed for 4 hours (back labor)... baby was sunny side up and not budging. Doc successfully turned her towards the end but baby wouldn't budge/I was too tired to continue pushing. So unplanned c-section. Baby born at 10pm! Recovering well. Can't wait for all the fun things we'll do together. ❤️
Our Junebug, Claire Elizabeth was born at 40+6 on 6/4 at 6:01pm. She weighed 8 pounds even and is 20.5 inches long. I'll post my whole birth story later but it was pretty uneventful until her birth when she decided she didn't really want to breathe for a very scary 2 minutes. We are in love! ETA: After those two minutes everything has gone well and we're both healthy!
Mackenzie Grace was born on her due date, 5/21 at 10:11pm 7lbs 10oz. I woke up at 5:30am and my water had broken in my sleep. I had polyhydramnios so the water gushed out for hours. Was only 2cm upon getting to the hospital at 9am (was GBS positive so needed IV antibiotics upon water breaking). They hooked me up to pitocin around 12, by 1pm contractions were so bad that I asked for epidural. Went from 4-10 cm between 4:30 and 7:45pm but she was face up and too high to begin pushing so they had me turn over to wait some more and luckily she flipped to face down. I pushed through 5 contractions for a total of 15 minutes and she was here! We are so in love with our baby girl!!
Cam.eron Elizabeth was born at 5:08 pm on June sixth, 7 lb 4 oz, 19 1/2 inches after 1 hour of pushing and a total of 8 hours of labor. Short version: Induction started around 9am 3cm dilated, around 10 contractions were unbearable and I asked for IV drugs and shortly thereafter the epidural. I was 10 cm around 3:30, and started practice pushes around 4:00. She's more of a peanut than I thought but has long legs and HUGE feet like her father.
Isaiah was born on 5/18 via c-section at 5lbs 3oz. He was delivered at 36weeks, healthy and home. My original due date was 6/15 but I am glad he is doing well.
Re: ~ * May 2017 Birth Announcement Thread * ~
Started induction with pitocin at 9pm tuesday night at 3cm, after little sleep found out I was still at 3cm in the morning. Dr broke my water around 8am and contractions got much harder and more productive. Got epidural around 10 and was able to finally relax and take a little nap here and there. By 7ish I was fully dilated, started pushing at 7:40, and at 8:15 she was born! I did have to get an episiotomy which I'm now recovering from, but all in all it was a smooth, very well worth it labor
We love her so incredibly much, and DH is just head over heels for her!
*edited because I forgot to add the photo
Everyone was convinced she was a boy the entire pregnancy, but we have another beautiful girl and couldn't be happier. Big sister is in love with her baby and wants to constantly hold her.
Married my best friend in 2013 (I was 33), After 1.5yrs of TTC got my first BFP naturally on 2/7/15 but ended in DNC on 4/14/15, not viable. In 2015 I was 35...Found out I had only one working ovary, which was DOR, with scar tissue and I ovulated at 7 days, with a small cervix opening and a tilted uterus... Needing an RE was a must.....IUI#1 Sept 2015,,, BFN IUI#2 Oct 2015,,,BFN IUI#3 Dec 2015,,BFN IVF#1 2/1/16- BFN IVF# on 3/29/16 retrieval only - 1 healthy chromosome tested embryo. IVF#3 retrieval 4/23/16- 0 healthy embryos. IVF#4 retrieval 6/17/16- 1 healthy embryo. FET#1-Transferred Both Healthy Embryos on 9/6/16 BFP!! 9/15/16 Beta 22.3, 9/17/16 Beta 60.5 & 9/19/16 Beta 195! 1st US on 9/23/16, only 1 Gast Sac & Yolk Sac found, US 9/30/16 US 6wk 1day saw and heard Heartbeat 120bpm!! EDD 5/25/2017 Had a healthy baby girl via CSection on 5/18/17 8lbs 15oz.
Evelyn Scarlett was born May 29th at 323am, 7lbs 13oz, 21"
Nice, quick labor, had to wait an hour to get the epi then 3 pushes and she was out!
My water was leaking on Monday, but was so light and intermittent that all tests were negative so we went home. Between 1-4am it became unmistakable and we went back. Pitocin was started and full dose was reached in 5 hours with an epidural right after reaching the top. I stayed at a fingertip and 50%. I took a nap and woke up 3 hours later ready to go. Unfortunately the doctor had another baby and an emergency c to do so I ended up waiting 2 hours before they'd let me start pushing since they didn't think the doctor would make it. Luckily Lucas didn't just slide right out and he made it. We did spend the first hour trying to get the O2 stats up and he was almost sent to NICU, but the NICU doctor said they were good enough and we finally got to hold him and they shot right up.
Absolutely love being a mommy!
Me: 34, DH: 38 ~ TTC since 2014
IUI #1-3 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016, May 2016) = BFNs
IVF ER (July 2016) = 7 PGS normal embryos
FET #1 (Sept 2016) = BFP! DD born 5/30/17
FET #2 (April 2019) = BFN
FET #3 (July 2019) = BFP! DS born 3/27/20
Short version: Induction started around 9am 3cm dilated, around 10 contractions were unbearable and I asked for IV drugs and shortly thereafter the epidural. I was 10 cm around 3:30, and started practice pushes around 4:00. She's more of a peanut than I thought but has long legs and HUGE feet like her father.
Born May 24
8 pounds 11.4 ounces
20 inches long
EDD May 28
Labored to 8cm before tapping out for the epidural. Pushed 4 times for about 10 min and he was born.
Isaiah was born on 5/18 via c-section at 5lbs 3oz. He was delivered at 36weeks, healthy and home. My original due date was 6/15 but I am glad he is doing well.
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