We Love You Chloe!

Tommi checked into Madison Memorial Hospital just before 1:00pm on Friday afternoon so that she could be induced. Chloe Mae Amelia Williams was born at 11:18pm Friday August 10th, 2012. It took Tommi a while for the pitocin to get her into active labor and since Chloe's head was bearing down so much they couldn't really break her water. Once Tommi was in transition it only took about an hour to get fully dilated and only about 10 minutes to push (3 contractions). She was also really lucky because she only tore a little bit, but it was too small to stitch. 

I asked Tommi for her guess at how big the baby would be while we were waiting for the pitocin to kick in but she refused to guess. I said Chloe would be 7 lbs 2 ounces and 19 inches long. She ended up being just shy of 7 lbs 4 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Pretty dang close!

Chloe was wide awake the whole time after she was born, which was surprising because she was moving constantly during the labor. She was not a fan of the eye ointment they put in her eyes because she wanted to keep her eyes open. I took this picture at around 2:00 am because she finally fell asleep.

The next day Grandma and Grandpa brought Jimmy to come see his new baby sister. This was his reaction, he is still in denial. Here are some more pictures of baby Chloe.

Chloe has been really good with her pacifier. She is pretty good at holding it to keep it in her mouth, so nice!

Tommi has been recovering really well. She reports that she already feels better than she did before giving birth. From my perspective, it took Tommi about 3 weeks to feel how she is feeling now when she had Jimmy.