Our little baby arrived last night at 7:38pm. My labour and delivery was ideal and I’m very happy with how everything went. Holly Antoinette weighed in at 6 lbs 10.9 oz. and measures 20.75 inches and has a decent amount of hair. Conor and I think she’s a lovely mix of the two of us. She has the sweetest dimple in her chin and as soon as I saw that I knew that she was my baby. The feeling right after she was born was unlike any other. Definitely one of the most joyous moments of my entire life.
I finished Holly’s Christmas dress this morning. Yes, another “bonus” project. I love the fabric; it has wonderful weight! And I adore the scandinavian look to it. To add to my love for it, I bought the fabric at Denver Fabrics for $1.97 a yard. Score! I think Holly will like it.
Update: I’m almost 4 cm dilated and still 80% effaced.
Having false labour at 38 weeks is the worst thing ever. Whoever is praying that this baby takes a little longer better stop it and stop it right now! I’m very sore after having 4 hours of consistent contractions last night. Can we just do this thing already?
If Holly is her father’s daughter and a true Muirhead, she’ll be born with a love of shoes. I made these on Saturday. I’ve finished all my “must sew” projects and now I get to work on “bonus” projects. These are bonus. The apple ones match Holly’s Apple Pinafore, and the pink and green ones are from leftover fabric from her quilt.
Holly come out now!
The pattern for these cuties are from Amy Butler’s Little Stitches for Little Ones book.
Yes! 38 weeks. The end is nigh! I must say it’s annoying to know about all these signs of labour and have quite a few of them (my least favourites are nausea and a baby’s head in my pelvic region), and still not know when it’s actually going to happen. We’ve been saying to Holly, “Holly come out now!” for a while, but obviously we’re having some obedience issues. The little tyke has definitely dropped and I am ready to have my body back. She feels restless on the inside. I’m hoping this week is the week, but she’ll probably be late. An August baby. On the upside, I gained a total of just about 25 lbs and then lost half a pound between my last two appointments. So hopefully I don’t get any bigger. Wishful thinking? Probably.
