Entries from January 2009

January 22, 2009

Mama speaks

posted by Mel
Thank you all so much for the well wishes. I want to be able to tell you all about Simone’s entrance into the world, but I’m not ready with/don’t remember all the details. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it was the most beautiful and worthwhile thing I’ve ever done [...]

January 18, 2009

Welcome Simone!

Hi, everyone! Guestblogger Katie F. here blogging for Mel and Simone.
Simone Adelle arrived at 4:44am Sunday, January 18th and weighed 4 pounds, 3.8 onces. She is 16 3/4 inches long. Mel and Simone are both healthy and happy.  Simone is beautiful.
Mel’s water broke around 1am Saturday morning and Simone was born 27 hours later. [...]

January 17, 2009

Water broke!

posted by Mel
At 1 AM. At the hospital now (3:20)– 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. They want to go ahead and start an induction since my contractions are minimal, but we’ve asked them to hold off a couple of hours in the hope that maybe I can have a normal delivery after all. On [...]

January 7, 2009

It’s a Date

Posted by Mel
Simone will be born January 23rd or 24th. We start the induction bright and early the morning of Friday January 23rd. Holy crap.

January 5, 2009

Almost There

posted byMel
Sorry I took so long to post an update. Simone had a sleepy Friday morning, so we got NST’d FOREVER. She measured 3 lbs, 15 oz, so it looks like she’s growing about an oz/day now. I’m pretty happy with that. The peri confirmed that she will get evicted whether I like it or [...]