After getting to the hospital around 1 a.m. on Saturday, August, 1st, after 17 hours of labor (most with an epidural) and without a c-section, 🙂 Ashley Noelle Small was born at 5:09 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. and was 21 inches long. Even though she was born pre-term at 35 weeks 6 days, she was healthy and is doing well.
Waiting and waiting and waiting . . .
After she was born, they immediately put her on my chest after Tom cut the cord. I got to hold her for a long time before they weighed and measured her and cleaned her up.
Ashley on the scale
Tom holding Ashely for the first time