Luna Emery Fullmer

I finally remembered where all my photo CD's were. So i thought i would post a few blogs with a few of my favorites from each. The first one is Little Miss Luna's from the day or so after she was born. She was 5lbs 14oz. So itty bitty!

At first i never thought i would get them. It made me so upset. Luckily when i emailed someone from Bella Baby Photography they had them archived. I was so happy!  

I remember so much about that day. It was a pretty horrific delivery but the reward was more than worth it. I'd been having contractions, for 3 or 4 days before that but it wouldn't dilate me. I kept going into Labor & Delivery at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. But they wouldn't keep me, you have to be at least 3cm to stay. At this point i was almost wanting people to just get rid of me. 

Finally on April 20th i got an amazing nurse who 
fought for me to stay. There was no way i could 
keep going through that crap! They decided to 
start me on Pitocin to see if that would help it 
move along faster. I started around 3:30ish in
the afternoon. I'm not sure what time it was but i got the epidural sometime later that evening. The only reason i am thankful i got it was it prevented me from having a seizure. I regret it because it didn't work. I kept telling them i could feel my entire right leg and they didn't do much about it. Come to find out the machine had shut off. Oh well! That's a lesson learned the hard way! Next time i will know better!
After pushing for 2 1/2 hours we finally got our sweet baby girl. I have never felt so relieved! We found out then that her umbilical cord was only 8 inches long. So every time i'd push she'd pop down then i'd stop and she'd pop right back up.  It was so hard but worth it. During the labor her heartbeat kept dipping because of this. So once she was born they had to have NICU come in and do the CPAP on her. She was just fine but they had to touch all their bases.
At 3:23am we became proud parents to our gorgeous itty bitty Luna. I remember them letting me hold her for just a second. I was so emotional and drugged up that the only thing i could think about and say was "IS SHE OKAY?!?" Thank goodness she was.  I can remember when i started crowning and Bry could see her head he started jumping up and down. " Oh my gosh there she is!!! "  It was the cutest thing I've seen. He was so excited and could hardly freaking stand waiting any longer. But how can you blame him? She spent 10 months in the belly then a 12 hr delivery from hell!

Afterwards my placenta wouldn't deliver. This is where my lovely birth of my first child turned into a cow birth. It gets a little graphic from here. If you have a weak stomach don't keep reading. He had to cut me and go in elbow deep. He kept yanking and pushing down on my ribs. It was the most horrific thing I've ever experienced. Apparently i also hemorrhaged. I remember the doctor having this really panicked look on his face and yelling for the anesthesiologist. They drugged me up really

good but i could still feel him shoving down on my ribs. He finally got it to detach and they sewed me up. Talk about insane! I was so happy to just get to my room and lay there in the dark silence. That may sound a little selfish but i was so exhausted. Bry went with her to give her a bath and get her all cleaned up. He wouldn't leave her side at all. I think he came in once to check on me before he brought her to our room ha ha ha! He was so proud and happy. I don't think she was in the nursery much after that. We couldn't get enough of her!

Bry, my mom, my mother in law, and my father in law were all there during the birth. When i started pushing i had them all go outside though. It was definitely a moment i wanted to share with just Bry. Especially since it was our first baby. Despite all the troubles along the way it was one of the most beautiful experiences we've ever shared. He was the best coach. Even though he had to hear the lady next door who was going natural scream. But if i hadn't had him there i would have gone crazy!

 

 We had so many family and friends come visit us! I was overwhelmed with all the support! I think the best was the grandparents. They couldn't get enough of our new little girl. Before last August she was the first and only girl. Luckily Bry's sister had Olive so Luna has at least one little girl cousin! Maybe one of my brothers with have another baby and it will be girl! I'll keep my fingers crossed :) Maybe one day it will just happen and they won't have a choice! ha ha ha!

No matter how hard that day was i wouldn't trade it for anything! She is the closest thing to my heart and so precious to me. Mommy loves you sweetheart! You are my everything!