Charlotte Elizabeth is here!!
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Charlotte Elizabeth is here!!
| Sun, 07-18-2004 - 6:24pm |
Charlotte Elizabeth was born at 10:43pm Saturday July 10th! I had a 48 hour labor ending in a C section because her heart rate was dropping from pitosin (sp?). She was 7 lbs 14 ozs. 21 1/2 inches long! She is beautiful and perfect! Her name was not decided until after we got back to the room. During the C section all the doctors and nurses wanted to know what we were going to name her, and we still didn't know. I whispered to dh during the surgery, "well, what are we going to name her?" He answered "Charlotte" which I didn't think he really meant. So afterwards they took her away and finished sewing me up, then back at the room they sent my parents out for a minute and we were alone with her. I said "let me see her". I said "What do you think?" He answered Charlotte again. I said are you sure, not sure at all myself and all wacked out on drugs too!! It was a shock to really name her. So that was it!
The next day the anesthesiologist came in and said "I have to know, what did you name her?!" Everyone at the hospital kept saying that it was pretty, and that they never hear it. My dad absolutely loves it, which surprised me.
I want to thank you all for your support and interest! I almost cried when I saw the posts looking for me! Of course I am very emotional these days!
We haven't come up with any formal nicknames yet--dh does call her shmoopy and I call her my little rosebud. She has very dark hair and rosy skin. I will try to figure out how to post pics and post one.
Thanks again!! I could not have done it without you guys!

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Congrats!! You can deal with the Lola nn issue some other day =)
I'm sure Charlotte Elizabeth will appreciate the care that you put into choosing her name.
Happy parenting!
Oh I'm so excited and happy for you!
Shelby
SAHM to Haylei
I remember reading your posts with MUCH interest. You had such a nice group of names, and you and your husband were so funny about it. I think I told you that I have a daughter named Charlotte, too, but I nearly fell over when I read that your husband is calling the baby shmoopie. We call our Charlotte that all the time! It was our in-utero name for the baby when we didn't know if she was a boy or girl, and we still use it. Did he get it from the Seinfeld episode when Jerry & his girlfriend keep calling each other shmoopie and George & Elaine are disgusted with their affection for each other??? ("You're shmoopie!" "No, you're shmoopie!" "No, you are!")
Congratulations, and enjoy! Motherhood is the BEST!
Cara
mother to Charlotte Daisy, 11/18/03
"It was a shock to really name her."
I remember that feeling well.
Michelle
Graham (May 1999),
Glad to hear all went well, can' wait to see pictures of the beauty!
Devin
Best wishes!
Jen
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