I wanted to update you all about Kari's labor. She is doing very well, dialated to about 6cm and her water was just broken. Clara will be here soon! Lets all say a prayer for a safe delivery!
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I wanted to update you all about Kari's labor. She is doing very well, dialated to about 6cm and her water was just broken. Clara will be here soon! Lets all say a prayer for a safe delivery!
Will do!
Prayers that all goes well!:)
Thanks for the update!
Happy labor day Kari, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!! My virtual little Granddaughter is on her way!! Thinking of you both, Kari and David!!.....and Clara too, of course :)
Thanks Leslie!!
prayers said and thinking of new family! :D
Thank you for the update. We are all so excited to see Clara.
Gentle thoughts and prayers for Kari!
Clara Elizabeth was born via c-section at 5:11 PM, 7 pounds 15 ounces, 21 inches long. She's beautiful and the whole family is doing great. Good job mommy Kari!
:love: Great news!!
Thanks for the update!:D
Well done Kari, hope you are getting some rest now so you can enjoy wee Clara, cannot wait to see the pictures, take care and heal well. thinking of you and bubs.
Was Clara born on the 21st if so that is my girls birthday too.
Yay!! Congrats to the family!! :D :D
Welcome to the world, Clara! :) :love::love::love:
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What a beautiful welcome Karen!!!
Congratulations to you Kari and all the family x x x x x
Welcome Clara Elizabeth!!!:) Congrats Kari and David!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! I'm glad everyone is doing well and I can't wait to see pictures. Welcome Clara!! :)
Congrats, glad baby and Mom are doing well!
Welcome to the World Clara !!- Congratulations Mom and Dad!!! :love: :love: :love:
This is fantastic, Kari and David and Crew !!! So glad to hear this wonderful news. Can't wait to see pictures. Clara, you've been born into a great family.:D
What an exciting announcement. Now we all have to be patient until the pictures arrive.
Clara - you have more Aunt's than you could ever count!:love::love::love:
WOOHOO!
Welcome, Clara!
Hope your Mom is feeling ok after the C-section. :):love::love:
You're worth every little thing it took to have you here as a new human! :D
I saw a cell phone pic of Clara, she's PERFECT!!! :love: :love: Just absolutely perfect!!! Kari feels great and said she's coming home Monday afternoon. That will be nice to have extra help with Clara and prepared meals and snacks. That's the hard part about coming home, you need to take care of yourself and a new person. Hospital food isn't great, but it's better (in my opinion) then having to cook for yourself when you've got lots of other stuff going on. I can't wait to see more photos of her. I also hope to be able to meet her in person since Kari is only 2 or so hours away.
So that's my update for now. :)
Yay, congratulations Kari and welcome, Clara!
yay congratulations!!:D
and WOW about getting to stay in the hospital until Monday afternoon:eek: I had two c-sections and both times they wanted me out as soon as humanly possible.:eek:
Congrats! Welcome little one.
Congrats Kari and David and welcome to the world little Clara!
Congratulations to Mom and Dad, and Welcome to little Clara!!
Congratulations! I just saw this thread! I was looking for news in the 2009 pregnancy thread! Hehehe!
Can't wait to see pictures!
Congrats!!!:D I'm glad to hear that baby and mom are both doing well. I can't wait to see pictures of little Clara.:)
Welcome Clara Elisabeth! And congratulations mom and dad! :)
Welcome to the world little Clara Elizabeth!! :D
And
Many http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...atulations.gif Kari & David!! :D
:) I send so many Congrats as well..Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisH
Welcome to the world, little Clara Elizabeth!!:love:
You have no idea how loved you already are!:)
Leslie, thank you so much for updating the family here! We are home, and David and Clara are napping! :) I'm going to be joining them very shortly. :) Clara is wonderful, she is already such an integral part of us that it's difficult remembering life without her! She has been introduced to Finn and Dudley (she is ok with being licked in the face, but not the feet!). :)
We labored from about 4:30 to 4:30 on Friday, and I dilated to nearly 9 cm and was having good, strong, regular contractions...but Clara absolutely would NOT shift into the pelvic region. With each contraction, she would shift down a little but then scoot right back up as soon as the contraction was over. That's why we ended up going the C-section route. I got my staples removed this morning before leaving the hospital and now all there is to do (in regards to healing) is rest and not overdo it. :)
Everything went well, and every single member of the hospital staff was phenomenal. I would never have imagined that my hospital stay could be so enjoyable. Amazing people!
Clara's doing really well, and has only lost about 6% of her weight (I guess the average is about 7 to 10% in the first few days). She is great at breastfeeding, and although I am a little sore, it has been so much easier than I expected! She absolutely HATES being diapered and changed, and does not have a newborn voice. She was crying like a big MAD girl within about five seconds of birth. ;)
I am going to include some photos from the big day. There will be more later!
Thank you all for the well wishes and the congratulations, it has been a joy reading through the thread!
Yay, glad you are all home and things are going well! :)
This is while we were laboring, unaware of the fact that she was going to be delivered via C-section...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...dKariLabor.jpg
Healthy baby girl!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...laraWeight.jpg
Our first family photo.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...lyPortrait.jpg
In the nursery...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...ClaraSmile.jpg
She is very funny with her tongue!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...laraTongue.jpg
All swaddled up and ready to go to the room to meet all her family!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...bethLemons.jpg
Me and my girl, Clara...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...raKariKiss.jpg
David and his little miss sunshine...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...idAndClara.jpg
She has big feet, thanks to David! ;)
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a86...Footprints.jpg
I could swear she is SMILING in two of those photos! What a beautiful girl - seems to have her own personality already!:D
Congrats- and I hopw you get to heal and rest and get spoiled a bit. :) Do you have other family or friends to help out for a bit?
Clara is gorgeous!! Congratulations again! What a beautiful family you have. :)
Oh I am so happy for you! Congratulations! She is a doll!
I smiled when I saw your first family photo as mine is very much the same. :D
I'm happy Finn and Dudley love her too!
Get lots of rest and take it easy momma!