Emily is Born

I've been having regular contractions for hours. I must be in labor. Oops, they stopped. I'm scheduled to be induced, I finally get to have the baby today. Oops, the hospital is overbooked. Maybe after the weekend... nope, they're still overbooked. Tomorrow???? Yes! They finally have room for me. Hoorah!!!! No more waddling everywhere, no more getting up every two hours to pee during the night, no more foot shoved into my ribs, no more emotional rollercoaster. I'm doing it natural this time. Bring it on!

Here's my husband. Is he mooning over me, rubbing my back and encouraging me? Nope, he's fiddling with his video camera... again. But now, after the fact, I can say the video he made from all of his footage was certainly worth it. Actually he was much better in the support department this fourth time around. He certainly kept me, my Mom, and all of the nurses laughing. Here I am, roughly 20 minutes before delivering. He's making me smile once again.

I loved the water birth. Emily was born June 3rd at 11:03pm.

Oh, my beautiful new baby! Well, I'm sure she will be once she gets all wiped off.

And she is.

Wow. Look at all that hair.

Her sisters enjoyed holding her the next day. David just looked confused.

We're ready to go home.