Corinne Mattea Emberger

Well, she is finally here! Corinne Mattea Emberger was born on Saturday, June 28th @ 3:02 in the afternoon. She weighed exactly 7 pounds and is 20 inches long. She is absolutely beautiful and we are so in love with her!!

I started having contractions at about 3:30 in the morning, and boy was in for a painful surprise. Contractions were nothing like I expected they would be!! When we got to the hospital around 6AM, the nurses had a hard time giving me an IV. They had to poke me 3 times before they got a weak IV and then the anesthesiologist had to poke (aka STAB) me a 4th time to get me an IV good enough to allow me to have an epidural. I did have some medicine in my IV that made me very loopy (I don't recommend it) and a very wonderful epidural that I am so thankful for!! I pushed for about two hours and just as I was about to push out the baby's head, another women who was sharing my doctor was pushing out her baby. So I had to hold my position for what seemed like hours (really only a few painful minutes (hey, epidurals aren't miracle-workers)) before I finally got to see my beautiful girl!!

Things have been wonderful and trying all at the same time. I absolutely adore this little girl and she is beautiful and alert and charming. But breast-feeding has been tough and sleeping even tougher and recovery ain't no joke! Please pray for us as Jason goes back to work tomorrow and I attempt to make it through my first 8 hours without his AMAZING help!!

Emotions

I had a little breakdown today. Who knew that waiting for a baby to come could be such an emotional experience. I'm not sad or angry at God or even bitter. I'm just so happy at the thought that today could be the day, that at the end of the day I feel a huge letdown. (Well actually, I feel letdown when I wake up in the morning from a glorious sleep that wasn't interrupted by a trip to the hospital!) It's a constantly roller coaster of "this could be it" and "I guess that wasn't it". I've never felt so unstable in my life! HAHA Before you start worrying about me and casting out demons, let me just say that I am fine. You try waiting for the single most amazing moment of your life day after day without knowing when it's supposed to happen. Then you'll understand. ;o) But until then, pray for us, that we would be patient and trust God's timing and plan!

Sleep?

We are now 1 week away and the days (and nights) are dragging on! I woke up at 4:30AM and could not get back to sleep. I think that God is preparing me for the lack of sleep that comes with a new baby, but why couldn't He prepare me by letting me be well rested? Haha!! If you are in Maple Shade this week, stop and see me and we'll go for a "let's get that baby out of there" walk!

Come Soon, Corinne

We are 1o days from our due date and we can't wait for our little girl to get here. We thought that it would be a good idea to start a blog so that we can share our good news with everyone as soon as possible. Check back for more updates!