Emmy's delivery...
The day finally came! Like children waiting for Christmas morning, we had waited anxiously wanting to see our beautiful baby’s face, fingers, toes and EYES! We knew we were having a girl, so we prayerfully chose the name Emmalyn Kae.
We picked the colors for her nursery, lavender and pink-lavender, and hung her name behind her bed in big white wooden letters from pink ribbons. We had planned everything to the smallest detail…..or so we thought. Emmy decided to make her entrance early at 36 weeks 6 days, no apparent reason, guess she was just as anxious to see us as we were to see her!
After a three-day labor she showed her beautiful face to us on July 12, 2009. She started life fighting, being delivered with forceps, having some difficulty breathing, and a low blood sugar count. She was moved into the NIC unit (intensive care for babies) , where she repeatedly endured being stuck with needles to monitor her blood count.
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A tearful Mom was only able to spend a few minutes with Emmy in her first 15 hours here on earth, as Kristen had difficulties too from delivery which made it impossible for her to get out of bed.
Those few minutes were a gift from the nurses as they came up with a plan to wheel mom’s bed down to NICU so that mom and baby could have an emotional bonding time together. Emmy was surrounded with lots of love, however, from Dad and other family members that stayed by her side every minute. Thankfully, after a few days in intensive care, she was able to unite in the hospital with us, and we were allowed to go home a few days later. =)
