Scarlett Lee

Scarlett Lee Kennedy

July 4, 2009

7 lbs 9 oz, 19 1/2 inches

After months of not blogging and a week and a half of making everyone wait to see our new baby girl...here she is! Scarlett made quite an entrance into our family...(of course, I have to tell you the story....)

On the 3rd, I went into the doctor to check my blood pressure because it had been high earlier in the week. It was a little high and the doctor left it up to me...he wanted to induce and I agreed. Once you are full term, you are thinking, I just want to have this baby! So, we showed up at the hospital a few hours later and started the pitocin (sp?). It took quite some time for contractions to start and I was a little bit bummed when the contractions were getting quite hard around midnight and there was still not a lot of progress! I really wanted to have a natural labor...but I knew from previous experience that it would be wise to get an epidural (my first one!) and have enough energy to deliver later...I knew this was going to be a long one! A few hours later I started shaking all over and apparently was progressing really quickly. It was crazy...then the nurses and residents came in and started making me change positions really quickly and all of the sudden they started ripping cords out of the wall and saying "CODE BLUE" and pushed a button and lights started flashing and then we were running down the hallway! We were in the OR in a few seconds and they said they thought the cord was around her neck and gave me the option of waiting or having a c-section...hmmmm...let me think about that...pretty much a no brainer. In a matter of minutes I was ready to go (Praise God for the earlier epidural which made the anesthesia take much quicker!). Scarlett was born perfectly healthy with a strong cry a little while later. Clif and I were in shock but so thankful that she was ok. Then, we got to spend 3 days in the hospital. It was super relaxing...I actually kind of enjoyed it. We've been home about a week and honestly, my doctor must be one great stitcher-upper because I have been relatively pain free. I just keep forgetting to not pick up Evy. We are all in love with our new little one, the kids love to kiss and hold her and I am enjoying the sleepy stage. I don't want her to "wake-up" in a few weeks like our other two did and start screaming! We are so happy to have her finally here and have been blessed with our Moms, Mam and Tutu, taking care of us and our Church family has been great, as well. I will really try to get a more steady stream of photos for you to look at!