And do I mean live!
Afton Michelle Scoresby was born this morning at 7:31 AM, Eastern Time.
Tracy went into work yesterday complaining of cramping, and she assumed it was just Braxton-Hicks contractions. She called her doctor's office, and they asked her to come in for a quick look-see, and they said she and the baby were fine. The "cramps" got worse through the day, and as night fell, they started getting worse. She didn't sleep (well? no.) at all because of them, and at 3:30, woke me up, saying that we needed to go to the hospital. The contractions had gotten much worse, andshe said that they only felt better if she bore down. (yeah, that's a sign, a BIG one.) We took care of the preliminaries, and headed in. We arrived at the hospital at 3:45 AM. When we walked in, the labor and delivery nurse, who was one of the ones on duty when Tracy went in in December, recognized us, and looked at her, and was kind of skeptical, right up until a contraction hit, and she said, "That's the face of labor." We went into an L&D room, and when she got Tracy on the bed and took a look, lo and behold, Tracy was dilated to a 7. By the time her doctor arrived and checked her, about 4:30, she was a 9. She got an epidural at about 5-5:30ish, and 10 minutes later, the doc broke her water. At about 7:15-7:20, they decided it was time to start pushing, and so Tracy really pushed, and Afton was out at 7:31, weighing 3175 grams, 6.999 pounds.
Tracy was terrific. Even through the pain before the epidural, she was great, once she had the epidural, she was calm and collected, and when the time came, she pushed the baby right out. The nurse said she was kind of skepticall when Tracy came in because women who are at a 7 normally don't look happy, even between contractions.
Afton has been a happy girl so far, although she's really just slept most of the time, and only really wakes up when we move her.
Thanks to everyone for the support we've got, everyone who's helping us out right now, and anyone else who's been praying for us.
8 comments:
Congratulations!
Congratulations on your sweet baby Afton! Noah is only two weeks old, she looks so cute, loving the gerber baby cheeks.
Joe and Tracy, although we spoke - Congratulations from the Done Family!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, I can't believe I'm the first to comment on your biggest and most anticipated blog entry. I feel privileged. :) CONGRATULATIONS, she is beautiful, and Tracy, you AMAZE me. Not only do you look fantastic, but you made labor look like it was no big deal! Tough out contractions till you're a SEVEN, go in the hospital for a few hours and BOOM, you have your baby. Hopefully you can pass those good vibes on to me when my time comes! Well, congrats to both of you, and we'll be giving you guys a call soon. Know don't be cheap with posting pics on here! We can't wait to get to know her too!
Love,
Uncle Ben and Aunt Shannon :)
Ha! I'm bet I'm not the first comment. I forgot about the whole "owner approval" thing. Come on Joe, get on the ball, don't act like you're busy with being a new dad or anything... ;) (Kidding of course...)
Too cute! Can't wait to see her in person. We need more pictures, though, so we can see her hair, etc.
CONGRATS!!!!!! We are so happy for you guys, and are glad that everything and everyone is well!!
Congratulations!! She looks wonderful.
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