They started inducing Jewel on Tuesday night. We came in to the hospital on Wednesday and have been here ever since! I don’t know yet how long we’ll be here, possibly until Monday.

After many hours of labor and then several hours of hard pushing, mid Friday afternoon they decided that a C-section was going to be necessary. They were able to do it pretty quickly, except is sure seemed like a long time before they came to get me.

I sat behind the curtain, and it was alarmingly low. I made sure I didn’t accidentally look behind it. There were a lot of people in there, and suddenly everyone started exclaiming.

“Oh my goodness, it’s huge!” And a few seconds later, “It’s a girl!” A great big girl. Ten pounds and seven ounces! No wonder she wouldn’t come out.

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Getting dressed and checked over.
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Her Apgar score at birth, five, and ten minutes was 7, 9, and 10.

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I sure look good in scrubs, although they tend to obscure my physique.

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Mom FINALLY got to hold the baby.

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Grandma could hardly wait to start combing that hair!

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And putting bows and things in it.

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