Stanley Robert Ellis arrived on Tuesday, May 17 at about 2am. Right on his due date!
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| In labor |
I had never made it to 40 weeks in a pregnancy before, so at 38 weeks when I started having contractions every evening, I was pretty convinced this baby was coming early. However, as it got closer to my due date, the contractions stopped and I started doubting if he was EVER going to arrive!
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| The Stanley Fan Club |
Monday afternoon I brought the kids to swim team practice and my good friend, Nikki, offered to give my poor swollen feet a foot rub, making sure to press on all of the pressure points known to induce labor.
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| Ellis, family of 6!! |
We went home, had dinner, and as I was getting the kids ready for bed I started having regular, painful contractions. Rob came home, we finished bedtime, called my sister-in-law to come stay the night with the kids, and headed to the hospital.
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| Little man |
Contractions started around 7pm, we were admitted to the hospital by 10pm when I was about 5cm dilated, at about 12:45am I got the most wonderful epidural in the world, and at 2am little Stanley was born.
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| Angel baby |
We are so thrilled to have him!
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