Getting all set up! Was dilated to 5 & 80% effaced! No false labor here!
Here she is! Brand Spankin New! Brielle with her favorite OB in the whole world! We love you Kathryn!
She can out scream any of you!
Proud Parents!
Daddy is excited to have another dramatic little girl!
Lots of energy for being almost 2am!
Tomorrow is the actual day that little miss Brielle was due.....boy am I glad that I do not have to wait any longer! Brielle Kathryn Mortensen decided to come a few days earlier, eleven to be exact! That is the earliest any of my kids have come & I must say it is quite nice! If you read my post just before this one, I had been contracting for quite some time & kept thinking ANY DAY NOW. Finally on Sunday, the 17th, I decided that the contractions were frequent & painful enough that it was TIME! Kiley took all the kids to church, I made arrangements with great friends to take the kids, he came home & we got ready & took off. We were really hoping that she would be born on the 17th, Kiley's moms birthday (she passed away 13 years ago). The 18th is my birthday & although I don't mind sharing it, she may not like it when she's older. Kathryn met us there at the hospital. I was dilated to a 5 & 90% effaced, this was the real deal! It may sound weird, but that was the funnest day/evening! Kathryn painted my toenails, just hung out & chatted, & even watched a movie--I had a hard time watching & knowing what was going on cause I was in labor, but it was a pretty funny movie! It was so fun to have my own personal doctor hanging out with Kiley & I! She was so great! I had plans of going natural & think I did a pretty great job, until they upped the pitocin 6 more notches.....finally dilated to an 8, I knew that I needed some relief! The CRNA came in, worked hard to give me an epidural, had to pull it out & do it OVER--NOT FUN! I could still feel major pain in my bum, but I knew that the end was near. Not even an hour later, I could feel she was heading out! They got things ready the nurse lifted the sheet & told me NOT to push! She was right there! Kathryn came rushing over, and one push later little Brielle made her entrance! It was such a surreal experience! So easy & so fun! She is a little peanut, weighing a hefty 6 lbs 8oz. & 19 inches long. She was born at 1:10 am on January 18th! She has TONS of black hair & a set of lungs that keep us on our toes! Literally this girl can scream! I am sure the neighbors can hear her! Kiley brought the kids in that evening & we had dinner & birthday cake. They all adore her! Liv had a rough couple of days....I will spare the details cause it was pretty rough, but she seems to be adjusting & loving being a big sister! Kiley had work off for about 9 days & my mom just got here today & will be here for 2 weeks! Thank Heavens! I am not ready to be a mother of 4 all by myself just yet! Brielle is the BEST birthday gift I have ever been given! It always amazes me that with each child we have brought into this world, I still manage to LOVE them just as much as the other kids (sometimes a bit more seeing that they can't talk back) & they just fit right into our little family, like they've always been here! I am so grateful for her & so grateful that things went as smoothly as they did! What a blessing it is to be a mother! Now...if I could only get a bit more sleep at night......
Happy Birthday to me! The kids were so excited to sing Happy Birthday to me & to eat birthday cake!
After a LONG 9 months, we finally meet face to face! She's a beauty!
She LOVED her bath, especially when they washed her hair!
Teagen was so excited to meet her! He kept asking my friend who was watching him when his dad would get there so he could come see us at the hospital!
Lots of love from the siblings!
Brayden was excited to hold her.
Olivia kept saying, "My turn! My turn!" Then after holding her for a few minutes, she says, "I'm done!"
Tomorrow is the actual day that little miss Brielle was due.....boy am I glad that I do not have to wait any longer! Brielle Kathryn Mortensen decided to come a few days earlier, eleven to be exact! That is the earliest any of my kids have come & I must say it is quite nice! If you read my post just before this one, I had been contracting for quite some time & kept thinking ANY DAY NOW. Finally on Sunday, the 17th, I decided that the contractions were frequent & painful enough that it was TIME! Kiley took all the kids to church, I made arrangements with great friends to take the kids, he came home & we got ready & took off. We were really hoping that she would be born on the 17th, Kiley's moms birthday (she passed away 13 years ago). The 18th is my birthday & although I don't mind sharing it, she may not like it when she's older. Kathryn met us there at the hospital. I was dilated to a 5 & 90% effaced, this was the real deal! It may sound weird, but that was the funnest day/evening! Kathryn painted my toenails, just hung out & chatted, & even watched a movie--I had a hard time watching & knowing what was going on cause I was in labor, but it was a pretty funny movie! It was so fun to have my own personal doctor hanging out with Kiley & I! She was so great! I had plans of going natural & think I did a pretty great job, until they upped the pitocin 6 more notches.....finally dilated to an 8, I knew that I needed some relief! The CRNA came in, worked hard to give me an epidural, had to pull it out & do it OVER--NOT FUN! I could still feel major pain in my bum, but I knew that the end was near. Not even an hour later, I could feel she was heading out! They got things ready the nurse lifted the sheet & told me NOT to push! She was right there! Kathryn came rushing over, and one push later little Brielle made her entrance! It was such a surreal experience! So easy & so fun! She is a little peanut, weighing a hefty 6 lbs 8oz. & 19 inches long. She was born at 1:10 am on January 18th! She has TONS of black hair & a set of lungs that keep us on our toes! Literally this girl can scream! I am sure the neighbors can hear her! Kiley brought the kids in that evening & we had dinner & birthday cake. They all adore her! Liv had a rough couple of days....I will spare the details cause it was pretty rough, but she seems to be adjusting & loving being a big sister! Kiley had work off for about 9 days & my mom just got here today & will be here for 2 weeks! Thank Heavens! I am not ready to be a mother of 4 all by myself just yet! Brielle is the BEST birthday gift I have ever been given! It always amazes me that with each child we have brought into this world, I still manage to LOVE them just as much as the other kids (sometimes a bit more seeing that they can't talk back) & they just fit right into our little family, like they've always been here! I am so grateful for her & so grateful that things went as smoothly as they did! What a blessing it is to be a mother! Now...if I could only get a bit more sleep at night......
Let's go home!
Getting all dressed up to go home! NOTHING fits this girl, she is TOO tiny!
Yellow is a good color on her!
These pictures don't show how really tiny she is. We felt like the car seat was going to eat her up! It was SO nice to finally get home! What a fun adventure.....now for what lies ahead! Wish me luck!
