Catharine Beverly Jackson was born at 6:28 pm on November 22, 2018. As I mentioned last week, she's the first November birthday in the Roy and Catharine Rasband family. Elise had to endure a bit of a roller coaster as she had planned to go in to the hospital Tuesday morning and have the baby in due coarse, thus being home for Thanksgiving to celebrate it with us. After her weekly appointment with the doctor, she was told to report to the hospital Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm. Her cervix hadn't begun to thin and so she needed to do an all-nighter with some medication to jump start he process. As 6:00 neared, she received a phone call and was told all the beds were full, so to wait for further notice. Finally, around midnight, she was able to go with Andy to the hospital. Her mother-in-law was in town, so she watched the boys until she had to leave the next morning.
At least for me there was a silver lining in the delay--I arrived in time to join Elise and Andy in the delivery room (after a long day of travel from home. We left Wednesday morning early, around 4:30 am), and watch Beverly come into the world. I've never seen a baby being born from the vantage point of a spectator, and it was amazing. In 1985, when Elise was born, Roy was in Atlanta working at a new job while I stayed behind until the baby came. My mom was able to accompany me at the birth. She told me how much it meant for her to be able to see a baby born, because when she had her babies, she wasn't aware enough to pay attention (and they had no mirrors). Elise was the first girl, after two wonderful baby boys. Beverly followed the same pattern.
Unfortunately for Elise, the later arrival of the baby meant that she could not be home on Thanksgiving. I don't understand why it's so hard to get out of the hospital here, because I went home with at least half my babies after 24 hours because we didn't have maternity insurance. There was no way they were going to let Elise out of there until the baby had been there 24 hours and could have the necessary tests. At least the baby was here and healthy and that made the disappointment about Thanksgiving pretty insignificant.
I didn't mention yet that the baby was 8 lbs. 10 oz. and 21" long. One of my first thoughts as she was born was that she had to be close to 9 lbs. She would have easily met that mark had the labor not been induced as it was obvious that Elise's body would have carried Beverly for at least several more days.
We have so enjoyed being with Maverick and Max this week. We brought Caitlyn along and she has been a huge help, taking over bathing Mav and getting him down for his naps. It was obvious as I went through the pictures that she's developed a soft spot for this little boy. She leaves to go back to Utah today so she won't miss any school.
As you can see from the pictures, Mav and
Max were pretty excited to see their
new little sister:
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| Elise, fully ready to come home with her Thanksgiving baby. It took the nurses forever to check her out of the hospital on Friday. |
At home (in Texas) with the boys:
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