Britain Lilly Ahlstrom

Britain Lilly Ahlstrom has joined our family! Dr. Nance set me up to be induced so that we wouldn't have to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital and things went MUCH quicker than last time! We got to the hospital at noon and got everything set up.

All hooked up and waiting.

My contractions got very painful really quick and about 2:00pm I got an epidural and then tried to take a nap. Well....that nap didn't happen because I was dilating so fast that the kept checking me and checking me. Also, Dr. Nance realized that my placenta had started coming off early causing lots of blood, so they were watching Britain's heart rate closely. Luckily, her heart rate stayed right where it should and things progressed quickly.

At 4:30pm I was 7cm. At about 4:50pm I told Russell I thought it was getting close because I was starting to feel pressure. A minute later Dr. Nance came in to check me and said "you're a ten, let's do this." He got ready, and about 4 pushes later Britain Lilly Ahlstrom was born at 5:08pm.




Britain weighed in at 6lbs 8oz (half a pound less than Eden!) and 19 inches long. Because of the problem with my placenta there was blood in her lungs and her color wasn't the greatest, so after a hug from Mommy they took her to the nursery to give her some oxygen in an incubator for an hour or so. Russell went with her and came back to check on me every once in a while. After she was doing better they gave her a bath and got her all ready to come back and see Mommy!

Getting some oxygen to improve her color.


Britain's Hospital Bath

Back in the room loving Mommy!

One proud Daddy.

Later that night my mom came to the hospital to love her for a while, and she brought Eden back the next day to meet Britain. Luckily, we were able to come home that night and sleep in our own beds! We had to take her back for two days to have bilirubin tests, but we got to love her at home.

Meeting Grandma Flanagan

Meeting her big sister.

Daddy and his girls.