June Claire Morrison

Everyone that has ever had a newborn knows why I haven't posted yet! Even though they say newborns sleep around 18 hours a day - you still can't find time to do what you need to do or want to do for that matter :) So the moment you have all been waiting for - let me introduce Miss June Claire Morrison - born Monday, May 18th...





All of the Gory Details:
If you remember I was supposed to be induced on Wednesday and I REALLY didn't want to be induced so Sunday night we started the 'natural induction' experiments. We had tried all of the typical ones - long walks, rides on bumpy roads, etc. None of them even came close to working! I had a lot of people keep telling me to take Castor oil but I was very leery about that due to having a VERY touchy stomach! Well, Sunday night I said forget it and took about 2 tablespoons!

Nothing happened except frequent bathroom trips for a LONG time and I was really regretting having tried it at that point! Around 2:30 in the morning I started having pretty serious what I thought were stomach cramps. I tried to ignore it as long as possible but finally had to wake Logan up to see what he thought. He started timing when I had the cramps and we realized they were coming regularly and lasting about the same time - gosh, they must be contractions!!

Around 4:00 a.m. we headed to the hospital - by then they had moved to my back and I was having back labor - NOT FUN! I got hooked up to all of the machines and was checked and was 1 cm dilated! Woo hoo! Finally getting somewhere! About an hour later I was 3-4 cm! I figured things would go quick but they really didn't - I am telling you, this baby did not want to come out!! She was determined to stay for a little while longer :)

Skipping all of the technicals, June was born at 3:59 p.m. on Monday, May 18th! I did it WITHOUT an epidural - yea me! I did however have to have an episiotomy plus I did some pretty major tearing so I have a billion stitches - I am just now getting to the point where I can get around easily. Logan was great and was a wonderful coach and June is already a daddy's girl! Here are the rest of the stats:

Weight - 7 pounds, 15.9 ounces
Length - 19.25 inches

She really is a very good baby! She was VERY cranky in the hospital and the first night we had her home (Tuesday - they only made us stay 24 hours which was very nice!) but has since settled in and adjusted very well. She is sleeping well and eating well and everyone - especially mommy and daddy - are very pleased!

So, be prepared for a barrage of baby pictures to come - I will try not to overload everyone - we still have other things going on in our lives, just nothing as cute or as important :)