Adelyn Taylor Hammans
December 1, 2011
7:57 a.m.
7 lbs, 10 oz
20.5 inches
Adelyn was born via C-section and the entire procedure went very well. It was such a weird feeling to wake up Thursday morning knowing I was going to have a baby that day. Josh and I reported to the hospital at 5:30 a.m. in order to get registered and to get me started on the pain medicine.
Here we are on our way to the hospital
Everyone we dealt with was so friendly and helpful. I got my epidural a little bit after 7 a.m. and was wheeled into the operating room at 7:37 a.m. Dr. Jewell started the procedure around 7:45 and it went pretty quickly after that. I loved that I was able to be mentally present during the whole process. Dr. Jewell told me right before she was about to be born and they announced, "It's a girl!" a few seconds later. Within a minute they brought the sweet baby girl, still blue, around to me and put her right by my face. I was able to kiss her and touch her in her first minute of life!! That was not my experience with Hunter and so I didn't expect it at all. It was such a wonderful blessing! The nurse then took my sweet baby over to the baby warmer to get cleaned up and weighed and examined. She was within a few feet of me and I was able to see her the whole time. Again, this was not my experience with Hunter and I just felt so blessed to watch her scream and wiggle around. For her first 2 minutes of life she was pretty blue. But she warmed up quite quickly and her skin became a beautiful color. She was angry for about 5 minutes, screaming her little lamby scream. She was absolutely perfect.
While I was in recovery, they allowed me to have my baby with me! I was so happy to get to hold her and love on her instead of recovering by myself like I did with Hunter. (theme: this is a better experience than my first delivery!!!) She immediately took to breastfeeding. Josh and I enjoyed these moments of holding our daughter, examining her features, discussing how she looked similar and different than Hunter, and praising God for this amazing new miracle in our lives. Within about an hour, the nurses and Josh took our sweet daughter up to the nursery for her first bath and to get examined by a doctor. After my recovery period, they wheeled me up to my hospital room on the seventh floor of the hospital. The nurse that took me to my room took me to the nursery first and allowed me to see my beautiful daughter through the window. She looked perfect. I so badly wanted to hold her!!! It took sweet Adelyn a while to get warmed up, so they kept her under the heater for about 2 hours. This was pure torture for me!!! ;) My mom and Josh both went and watched her through the window and reported back to me that she was doing well. And soon enough they brought her to my room.
During our 4 days at the hospital, Adelyn dropped to 6 lbs and 14 oz. The day we left the hospital, she was up to 6 lbs 15.8 oz, so I knew she was gaining weight again.
Going into the operating room, Josh and I were pretty certain her name was going to be Taylor Adelyn. We wanted to see her first before we made it official. As soon as I saw her I felt like Adelyn as a first name fit her better. A few hours later when Josh and I talked about it, he told me he had the exact same feeling when he saw her. We took that as confirmation that her name should be Adelyn!
Preparing for the C-Section
Meeting my daughter
Adelyn Taylor Hammans
Josh cutting the cord
Getting weighed! 7 lbs, 10 oz
Mommy, Daddy, and Adelyn
Our first night with our Daughter
