Evangeline Piper Suh
Birthdate: April 14, 2009
Time of Birth: 6:14 p.m.
Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz
Height: 19 in
Wow – this labor/delivery was a million times easier than Malachi. Evangeline made it seem like the birth canal is similar to a slip-n-slide. Contractions (the real deal, not just the painful ones that accomplish nothing) began around 11 a.m. yesterday morning. Halim and I took Malachi home and dropped him off at the Pecks so that I could breathe, moan and yell through the contractions without freaking out the little guy (because he was giving me some strange looks). By 2:00 p.m. contractions were killing me and were about five to six minutes apart. We called the doctor and went into the office to get checked and I was dilated to 3 cm. We checked into the hospital around 3 p.m. and it was insane from that point on. Got the epidural around 4 p.m. and was dilated to a 6. Fifteen minutes later I was dilated to a 7 1/2. Around 6 p.m. the nurse came into check me and I told her that it felt like something was starting to come out “down there” – and sure enough, it was Evie’s head! The doctor came in with an army of nurses, I pushed about three times and there she was. She is doing great, nursing well and I’m recovering pretty well, too. Thanks to all those who have been praying for us and sending encouraging emails and texts!
As a side note, Halim’s daily Bible reading today is in Leviticus and happens to be the chapter on purification after childbirth – so consider me “unclean” for two weeks since I gave birth to a female child. . .
Here are some pictures…
she didn't like her first bath
already a drama queen...
compared to chill malachi
we always give our babies lots of hair
crazy malachi last night...
Filed under: evangeline | 13 Comments
Yay! So glad it was an enjoyable experience…if you can say that about giving birth :) She is beautiful! I don’t know if I have ever seen such a head of hair on a newborn before…pull out the headbands and clips :) CONGRATS!!
She is gorgeous! Congratulations.
Beautiful! I can’t wait until the day that I actually get to meet your little angels!
HUGEST CONGRATS TO YOU ALL!!! can’t wait to meet her in person :) malachi looks like he had a blast on your hospital bed, hehe
take care and god bless,
tina, justin, & neela white
I can’t believe u already blogged supermom!!! :)
Congratulations! We are so excited for you. Thanks for posting pics… she is beautiful.
Darril & Marie
So glad she decided to come on her own like you had hoped! She is beautiful! What a sweet face :)
yea! congrats!
You and I have almost exactly the same delivery experience! How cool! I ended up pushing once simply as a convenience to speed things up. Otherwise he would have fallen right out! I’m happy for you guys and have really enjoyed sort of experiencing things simultaneously! …more to come, huh?!
Congratulations!! Evie is a beautiful name! Glad to hear things progressed quickly and you’re both recovering well. Take good care!
congratulations! so glad that it was easier this time around. she is precious.
Congrats!!! She is so beautiful! I’m thankful that everything went well!
Congratulations guys! I love her name too!! I have enjoyed keeping updated on y’all through your blog. I can’t wait to see more pictures of her soon!!