Our Family Has Grown By 19" !!

Our baby girl has finally arrived! Lucy Love Shugart was born last Saturday morning at 12:28 am. She was 6 pounds 6 ounces and 19” long. She is quite the cutie and is very healthy and happy. It’s amazing how similar her personality is to how it was in the womb. She is very calm and content. My mom says she’s the most content baby she’s ever seen. It’s been fun to have her home with me. I can’t stop staring at her! And even more exciting…she slept for five hours last night.

So here’s the story of the delivery. I went to my prenatal appointment on Friday expecting to come home a few hours later but after checking my blood pressure and because Lucy was still breech they decided to admit me to the hospital and deliver her that night. They tried turning her but her heart rate dropped so they decided to do an emergency c-section. It was the most uncomfortable, icky hour of my life. But we got this adorable little girl because of it and it was completely worth it.

As for my recovery, things are going very well. I always heard horror stories about how painful recovery is after having a cesarean. That hasn’t really been the case for me. The first day was pretty uncomfortable but it was definitely bearable. I’ve been up and about and moving around more smoothly than I did when I was pregnant.

Here are a few pictures of her earliest moments.