The Rammelsberg Fammelsberg: Worth the Wait

I am pleased to announce the arrival of Elliot Noelle Rammelsberg!

Born June 10 at 10:43 a.m.

8 lbs. 7.5 oz.

21.5 inches

And as the title suggests, she was definitely worth the wait :).

This is just going to be a short blurb, with a few pictures because, well, I had a baby 5 days ago. I am quite tired and frankly would rather spend time with my itty bitty bundle of joy than my computer. I promise to do a bigger photo dump at a later date.

To make a long story short, my water broke Saturday morning and we were pretty sure a baby was coming right away. God had other plans. After being in labor for 26 hours, fully dilated for most of them, the doctor determined baby's head was too big for my pelvis and would not be able to pass through. So, devastated, I went through with the c-section. I say devastated because illogically I felt like a failure for being unable to do it naturally. This is silly because the c-section went extremely well and since I was completely exhausted after such a long labor it was a relief to have someone else do the work for me in a procedure that seemed to only take minutes (I'm sure it was longer, but it didn't feel that way). As it turns out, it didn't matter in the end how she got here, just that she did safely and healthily. She is perfect and I am healing up remarkably well considering I had abdominal surgery five days ago and have been caring for a newborn since then :).

Here is a brief glimpse of what we have been up to:

Bonding

Meeting our grandparents and great grandparents (Grandma and Grandpa Rammelsberg not pictured even though they have met. I just couldn't find the pictures for some reason.)