Meet baby Janelle!

After her long awaited arrival she finally decided to join us on the outside! We're so happy she is here. Christy went in late Sunday afternoon and within 1 1/2 hrs of being in the hospital we had a new baby girl to join the family. When we arrived & finally made it thru all the admin proceedures, they did what they normally do and hooked Christy up to the heart monitor and asked her to sit for 20 min while they took readings of the baby and Christy's contractions. Christy kept saying "I feel like I need to stand up to move this along." The intern came in and checked everything out "6 cm, 90%, and zero" was the call. After that Christy decided that she was getting up for a bit. She went over to Leslie's trusty Pallotties ball and leaned over "Whoa" she said, "that was not a normal contraction.". The nurse who was holding Christy's stomach at the time trying to rig the wireless monitor said, "I just felt the baby move all the way down, she's coming." Quickly Christy was moved into the bed and within 3 minutes she went from a 6 to 10 and ready to rock! I guess standing up was what she needed! Three contractions and pushes later and hello Janelle!

Weighing in at 7 lbs 7 oz and 18 1/2 in long she's the picture of health. She's feeding very well and Christy is healing up nicely and enjoying some quiet time at the hospital. We're going to try and get her home on Monday from UMASS Memorial, but we'll see how she feels.

The girls came by Sunday evening with Christy's mom to see their new baby sister and they could barely be contained! They are so excited to have a new addition in our home. Click this link to see more pictures.

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