Meet Sophie

Day of induction!

Last photo of my pregnant belly

At the hospital Thursday night catching up on my Hollywood gossip

The nurse inserted Cytotech (sp?) around 8 pm on Thursday night to help my soften my cervix. I was dilated to a 1 and only 60-70% effaced. Everything went well and I was able to sleep (thanks to some Ambien) and get my epidural around 4 am. The contractions weren't bad, but the nurse who was checking my progress was awful!! (hence the early epidural).

I started progressing on my own, without pitocin and was making slow and steady progress. At about 10 am I was at a 5. Jayson left the room (dang at&t service) to let our family know the progress. When he came back I started feeling the urgency to push. When the nurse came in at 11 am to check my progress I was fully dilated! She rushed around the room setting everything up and called the doctor. She told me not to push and wait until the dr. was here. Once the dr. was in the room and suited up he told me to push once, as practice, and then quickly told me to stop. I pushed one more time and the baby's head was out, one more push and baby Sophie was here! The chord was wrapped around her neck twice and she took a minute to start crying. It was a bit scary for a minute, but she quickly started crying and the dr. laid her on my chest. It was so neat to have her so close to me so quickly.

We spent an hour and a half in the delivery room making sure Sophie's temperature was up and getting all her testing done. I felt like a million bucks thanks to the epidural and was actually able to feel my legs and get up an hour after delivery to walk around.

Sophie Clark

April 22, 2011

8 lbs. 6 oz. 21 inches long

11:27 am 

They wheeled us to the post partum room and we enjoyed the next few hours staring at our brand new baby girl. We had a few friends come visit us and my mom flew in that evening. Savannah was really cute meeting her new sister. She was a little nervous at first, but warmed up pretty quick and kept saying "hold it, hold it." Meaning she wanted to hold the baby.  

Dr. Khandalavala 

(whom I secretly have a crush on)

Savannah meeting her new little sister

We have had a great week so far with baby Sophie. She is eating great and sleeping pretty well (4 straight hours last night!) Savannah has been very sweet with her and wanting to always hold and kiss her. Every morning she asks where Sophie is, and occasionally she will just say "I wov you Ofie." My mom has been amazing this week and we wouldn't have been able to do it without her! She has kept Savannah occupied, cooked and cleaned for us, done laundry, and given us lots of support and encouragement. I am sooo glad she was here and will be sooo sad to say goodbye tomorrow.

We love you baby Sophie and are so happy you came to our family!