Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Meet Libby

Now that she's 20 days old, I think it's high time to finally introduce my precious daughter.


Libby Claire
Born 9/1/10 at 6:09 PM
6 lbs 8 oz, 19 inches

I've been delaying posting about Libby's birth until I finish writing her birth story, but it's taking me forever because I am trying to include all the details that I want to remember. And every time I consider sitting down to finish writing it, I realize I would rather sleep instead.

So until I get around to writing down the details, suffice it to say that my water broke in the middle of the night, I stayed home as long as possible, labored in the tub for 5 hours at the hospital (during which time I thought I might pass out from pain and exhaustion), pushed for 35 minutes, and had a healthy baby girl.

As hard as it is having a newborn, it's totally worth it when I look at this sweet face.

6 comments:

  1. I hope I get to meet her someday, before she gets too big. :) She's so cute!

    Also, do you find it weird saying "my daughter"? I had the hardest time with it at first. I felt like I just couldn't say it. I could say "my baby" but "my daughter" just was too weird for me.

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  2. Yay for you! I've been loving all the pictures on facebook. Keep it up, it gets a little bit easier every day.

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  3. Yay, congratulations, I've been coming to your blog often to see if she's come and now she has, yay! She's absolutely beautiful! and teeny! Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo. Don't worry there is a day that will come, hopefully soon, when you will feel refreshed and won't have the constant desire to sleep. I say give it two months. Don't quote me on it.

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  4. Renae - yes it is weird to call her my daughter!

    Meagan and Sarah - thanks for the encouragement. I try to remind myself of how much easier it is now than the first couple of days, so it's gotta just keep getting better.

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  5. Jenn!! You are awesome. I'm still only 3/4 finished with my birth story. I think about finishing it all the time and what details I wanted to remember and everything. I'm impressed you've started--I didn't leave the sleep haze until about three months after Isaak was born. I'm thinking about you and I think you are the bestest ever and your daughter is beautiful. I wish I could come by with Shuri and bring you dinner.

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