We are proud to announce the arrival of our little angel! Emmy Kristine Krusemark was born on July 23, 2008 at 8:40 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 13.5 oz and was 18 inches in length.
The day that Emmy was born was pretty eventful. Our day started at the clinic with my weekly check up. On the way to the exam room, my water broke. My doctor sent us to the hospital and I was admitted around noon after a couple of tests. I didn't have any contractions at all. Our labor nurse had me go for a walk to see if contractions would start on their own. Nothing happened after walking the halls. So at 3:00 they started Pitocin. I started getting contractions and then after a couple of hours ordered an epidural. The doctor who was supposed to administer the epidural was called, but didn't arrive until an hour later. By then the contractions were getting pretty strong. By no time, I was starting to push. However, the nurses noticed Emmy's heartbeat was dropping. So we were brought to the O.R. for an emergency C-Section. Brad was getting pretty nervous and got dressed in scrubs to be with me in the O.R. He did a great job of keeping me calm despite being worried.
After Emmy was born, she was cleaned up and brought to the nursery while I was in recovery. Then we were brought to our post-partum room where we camped out for five long days. We came home on Sunday morning.
We are having so much fun getting to know Emmy. She is such a good baby. However, right now she has her days and nights mixed up and we are working on keeping her up a little more during the day. She is such a precious little peanut. She doesn't like being naked and doesn't like her bassinet very much. She loves cuddle time with mommy and loves to suck her thumb while daddy holds her.
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