Introducing Claire Jan Omer
She joined our family Oct 18th. (5 lbs 11 oz 18 in)
Let's go back in time a bit to how she got here....
I don't love taking pregnancy shots, but for the record, this is me a few days before my due date.
And here's us taking off for the hospital. This is on my due date, Oct 18th. We had been to the doctor and I was dilated and effaced enough, so he said we could head on to the hospital in the afternoon, despite my not being in active labor. I've never actually gone into labor by myself, where I have contractions at home and hurry to the hospital.
Once we were all settled, I was told that the anesthesiologist couldn't come for a while. That was fine; I wanted to feel some of the contractions, unlike my other deliveries. An hour before he was to come, the hard contractions started coming. Boy, I was not prepared to get through those! That was the longest and most painful hour ever!! And then when he did come--oh how I hate getting an epidural! How can one calmly curl their back toward a huge needle and not freak out?? Tom thought it would have been easier to just have the baby naturally than to get me to calm down to get the epidural in...
But it was placed and then everything moved quickly. I was worn out and wanted to rest from all of my panicking, but the head was there, the doctor came and it was time to push...3 pushes and she was out! The doctor held her up and she was tiny!
We were surprised that she really was a lightweight, just 5 pounds 11 ounces. She was born at exactly 8:00 pm.
Phew, glad to have that over with and happy to meet our daughter!
My mom and the kids headed to the hospital right after:
Jacob and his new sister
Allison now has a sister!
Gideon loves babies
My mom! She had flown in from UT the night before and jumped right in to take care of everything. She is the 'Jan' that Claire Jan was named after.
I love this shot of Claire's checkup!
Don't remember the other measurements, but 18 inches long.
She had high bilirubin levels, so she got to spend time relaxing under the lights.
And Tom got to feed her a bottle to help with the jaundice.
Tom & my mom were co-superheros of the week, taking care of the kids, the house, a newborn and me!
Our new family of 7! Let the craziness begin... :)
