It’s a girl! Emma Lou Jones (yes, her name was, first, Emme, but Jessica just called and said they changed it to Emma!) was born at 8:38 am on Monday, June 9, 2008! She weighed 8 lbs and was 20.5 inches long. Her apgar scores were 8-9. For my non-midwife friends, this is a score given all newborns taken at 1 minute and 5 minutes of age out of a possible 10 points. The story is, only the babies of OBs get a score of 10, so Emma did pretty good.
Jessica called me at 3 am letting me know she thought it was real labor this time. I was thinking of suggesting she call me back in an hour and let me know for sure, when the line appeared to go dead. I looked at my cell phone and saw we were still connected, and I waited and waited, and finally Jessica came back on the line. She had been unable to talk during a contraction. I knew what that meant, and I said I’d be right there! We arrived at the hospital about 4:30, am and she was 5 cms dilated. She labored so well without drugs of any kind and easily pushed Emma out without any tears.
Her doctor came in while she was pushing and said, “Good morning Jessica, what’s up?” and she said, “I’m here to cut your hair.” He said, “I should have asked you to bring your shears.” And she said, “I bet you’ve got some scissors around here somewhere I can use!” Then they got down to the business of having the baby! The doctor did need a haircut, but he was pretty busy that morning. I guess they had lots of babies lined up sort of like airplanes circling the airport.
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 The light was low over the scales, and this shot didn’t turn out well, Her actual weight was 7 lbs 15.6 ounces, but it rounds easily to 8 pounds. |
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 Andy’s letting everyone know the good news while Jessica got her nursing for the first time. |
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 Kay brought over lunch and got to visit! |
 She has really big feet! |
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 Andy’s brother Marvin visited with his lovely little girl Lola! |
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 Andy’s parents brought Delilah and Bryce down to meet their new little sister! |
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And, what would a “Tina” photo shoot be like without a sunrise or sunset? This was the view from Jessica’s room and Emma and I shared the sunset together on her first day “outside her Mamma.”
