She's Here!!

“Evelyn Jane arrived at 5:38 yesterday, September 3rd. She's 7lbs 10oz, 20 inches long.

She's perfectly healthy, and I will be again soon. It was a pretty awful labor and delivery....she wouldn't fit through the birth canal, and the cord was wrapped around her. My contractions wouldn't stay consistent, so I got pitosin, had to wait for an epidural which only gave me relief on the right side, and long story short she was born via emergency c-section in which they had to give me general anestheisa.”

“I enjoyed the morphine while it lasted, and have vicodin on order. Gotta love the drugs!

G is a FANTASTIC dad, he's doing everything since I am not moving too much at the moment. We'll be in the hospital until THursday, most likely. I love that they have wireless internet!

I'll post a picture or two here soon, I'll have G load a few up. She's gorgeous. :)
last edited: 9/04/07 10:50:01 AM”

“Congratulations!”

“YAY! Hi mom!

She's gorgeous. :)
Of course she is!”

“Yeah! We have a new hiker baby on TT. Welcome baby Evelyn! Congratulations to smiley girl and G. What wonderful news.”

“Yayyy, good for all of you.

Babies are good!”

“She was born on Labor Day!”

“Congratulations!

I think Treebait gave you a new trail name.... "Smiley Mom"!”

“Congrats! I can feel for your delivery, the birth of our first child was similar. I will always remember how dumbfounded I felt when (after 29 hours of labor) they suddenly ordered the OR prepped, threw scrubs at me and told me to change in the bathroom quickly. Came out 2 minutes later and the room was completely empty. Scared the crap out of me.

The fun part was when I had to help her into/during/out of the shower the first time in the hospital. I ended up having to walk naked in front of my mother-in-law, LOL!

Very glad to hear that everything went well in the end.”

“I'm sure your smile is as big as ever! My niece's name is Jane!!! Yippie another Jane in the world!!!!

Congrats and many prayers sent your way for a speedy healing process.”

“:-)”

“I adore her name!! Geez Amy, sounds like you got the whole gammit of pain meds, aside from a spinal. I'm very glad you're both well (I was starting to worry). Take it easy during your recovery. Can't wait to see the little smiley babe!”

“little smelly baby?”

“Congrats you two.”

“Congrats!

Good to hear that mommy and baby are doing well”

“Congratulations to both of you new parents. May you now enjoy a long and exciting experience with one of the most enjoyable pleasures of life.”

“Gongrats!!...glad you and baby are recovering well

that sucks you had to go through both labor and then have surgery too...that happened to a friend of ours...i know it's cliché but at least the baby's healthy…no breathing problems for the baby as a result of the c-section?”

“Awesome news !”

“We were discussing baby names for our next yesterday and Jane came up as a middle name.”

“Congrats Smiley!”

“Very cool smiley! I bet you and G are crazy happy (and tired). Enjoy.”

“congrats!”

“Sounds like you went through what I did SG. I'm glad you and Evelyn (Evie?) are okay.”

“Way to go, Smiley!

That is a nice name, a little old fashion and not what every other person is naming their kid.”

“I am soo happy for you both. nothing like the joy of being a mother. wait till she smiles at you (and your sure it is not gas). life will be very different now. enjoy your new bundle of joy. then she will be a evil teenager haha”

“It's never gas. I only learned to smile when about to fart later in life:)”

“dang if you would have had her on the 2nd she would have shared my birthday....beautiful name.....i had a cousin born on the first....Colt Reed D.....lol...weird one huh?”

“That is awesome Smiley! I can't imagine how happy you guys must be. And the name is very nice. You could sign your christmas cards...

Love,

Amy, Gee and Eee! :)”

“Aaaaaaawe! There is nothing like being a mom. I am so happy for you and G!! I'm sorry you had to have the c-section but as long as you and baby are well, that's all that is important. I highly recommend the epidural. I'm surprised it didn't give you complete relief. I guess in your circumstances, some was better than none. Take your time and let yourself heal. I know you're excited but it is crucial that you don't pull or damage anything. After all, you may want to go through all this agony again one day. :) So, will you call her Evelyn, Eve, Eva? That is a beautiful name. CONGRATULATIONS, Smiley Mom!”

“Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you enjoy the next few years half as much as we did!

...waiting for pics!”

“Ok, I'm working on the pics. And we'll call her Evie or Evelyn. Depends on which one of us you ask.

I'm feeling better now that I'm off the morphine, and have been walking around some. A shower certainly helped too.

OK, back to the pics.....”

“Who's "G"?”

“I can't believe you are back here typing to us loonies so soon after HAVING A KID!

Congrats!!! Glad everything came out right. ;-D Really glad you both are fine.”

“Congratulations!”

“Congratulations, Smiley!”

“Congratulations Smiley Girl! How absolutely appropriate to have labored on labor day! Can't believe how chipper you are after a c-sec, amazing! Be sure to take it easy when you get home, OK?

Sometimes you can get a bad epidural like that, it all depends upon the skill of the anesthesiologist. One of my epidurals and I actually cannot remember which kid's labor now, I had a small window of pain on my left upper thigh, all of my labor pains concentrated into a tight two inch sqare. It was a killer; I think I drove the poor nurse insane b!tching about it.”

“Ain't that something? You get to go through all that labor and pain and she'll end up as Daddys girl! Congrats!”

“Congratulations Smiley! Hope you feel beter real soon.
You're going to love what comes next!”

“Congratulations! Great news! :-)”

“The placenta?”

“That is so cool...congrats!!! Speedy recovery to ya. :)”

“(boo hiss)”

“HUGE CONGRATS TO YOU SG! Kids are awesome.
Say good bye to your last peacefull nights sleep for 20 years though. ;-)”

“Congrats, Smiley!!! Glad to hear everything came out allright. So to speak....”

“Say goodbye to all privacy, too. And showing up at extremely inopportune moments, and...you get the idea.”

“Congratulations, Smiley!”

“Thanks, all.

Treebait, the epidural prolly didn't do its job because the spaces between my vertebra are pretty small - the anestesiologist had to try twice to get it in. Overall, it wasn't the best birth experience!

I have a few pics here - I'm trying to get more posted. No guarantees when that'll happen - I'm still taking the occassional vicodin. :)


http://good-times.webshots.com/album/560557127hALCVh”

“Adorable SG, thanks fopr sharing!”

“Cool pics. I'm so happy things are going well. Thanks for sharing. Save a little vicodin for a rainy day:)”

“G told me today that once he got over the fear of major surgery on me, he totally thought it was cool. He enjoyed the hands-on experience it gave him. LOL!”