Our sweet baby is here!

She's here : Rylee Kate Deamer!

Born, Tuesday Jan 19th at 5:23 p.m.

6 lbs. 8 oz.

19 1/2 inches

So far, she is such a super good girl! We are still working on nursing - she has done well at times, and quite uninterested at other times. I don't know if this will continue, but yesterday she slept very long at night. In fact at one point she was absolutely impossible to wake up.

An unexpected thing was that we were able to have visitors, and even Reese came up to see us. As of a week or two ago, the rules were quite different. I was happy to be able to have Reese see her baby sister.

The labor went extremely different than my expectations. I was induce with Reese and 5 1/2 hrs later she was born, with me having a very nice epidural.

That was not the case here. We went up at 7:00 am, had my water broken and was on the pitocin, just like last time. But unlike last time, my body wouldn't dilate. I was feeling pain to where I was ready and get my epidural, about two hrs later than I asked for it. My left side never felt numb on my leg, but I couldn't feel my contractions so they thought it was fine. I continued to not dilate past a 1 and 1/2 which was getting frustrating. I was nervous I might have to have a c- section. Then at three thirty four ish, after having been feeling very good with me epidural I started to feel the contractions again on my left side. After about an hour or so it was getting way bad, and not just my left side. They tried to give me something else, at that point I had suddenly dilated to a 5. So I was hurting but excited. After he gave me the medicine I felt more and more pain and pressure. After only 15-20 min, I was a ten. I felt at this point like I had had no epidural at all. Although I'm sure it was still helping a little. The doctor came up, and we pushed for just a few minutes and she was out. I could swear I felt all the pain. I definitely cried. As soon as she was out I felt so much better.

She barely cried when she came out, which I didn't even hear, and so far hasn't cried much since.

I am so thankful for her, and for our little family. I loved having Jeremy there who held my hand while I pushed and cried like a baby. I am so thankful to have such an amazing father for my two little girls.