We went to sleep on April 25 with the full expectation that we were going to have a busy couple days ahead of us. We had been waiting for Emersyn/my body to progress without success for the past two weeks and yet still had a couple weeks until we hit our due date. We had finally given up on "waiting on go" and had resolved to just get our large "to do" list accomplished. However, Emersyn had other plans. At 3 a.m. the next morning my water broke. Although this is our third child, this was my first time to experience this crazy phenomenon naturally. All I have to say is that there was no question that my water had broken. We arrived at the hospital to be admitted about 5 a.m. After hours of only mild contractions, things finally began to progress around lunch time and before we knew it she was here!
Emersyn Grace Alford was born at 1:07 pm on April 26, 2020. She was 6 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long. She was perfect in every way except for high bilirubin values that required her to get poked and prodded every day for her first week of life. She even got her very own personal UV light to take home until her numbers came down.
Our good friend, Jenn, was able to stay with the boys that first day until Gammie and Papa arrived to help out. All three boys were smitten from the very first moment!
On her UV light
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