she is here!

I have neglected to post mostly because I have NO time. but here is the very short, un capitolized and poorly punctuated version.

emma james fitch was born at 1002 am sunday nov 30. we left home for the hospital at about 550am sunday. she is 22 inches long, and 8 pounds 11 ounces. her head is 14 inches around. (dr swajakoski wasnt kidding when he said she had a big head at 35 weeks!)

she is chubby and healthy, but since leaving the hospital i felt like she wasnt feeding properly and went to see the lactation consultant yesterday. she has lost too much weight and my milk supply just isnt here yet, so we are feeding, suplimenting, pumping. her latch was great, untill after the appointment yesterday because we are switching her back and forth every few minutes to keep her awake and sucking well, she is now really causing me to be sore. the lactaion consultant (joan) said she would be eating about an ounce each time. i feed her some amount of milk from nursing, then she gets about a half an ounce from what i pumped, and she still eats close to an ounce of formula. she is a hungry hungry baby and hopfully my milk supply will catch up with her soon.

there are pictures up at facebook and myspace, and i will add a real post later. in the mean time please pray for the three of us. jasons been back at work since tuesday, so the time he spends with emma is limited, and often she is just screaming. pray that her gas and feeding go away and go up acordingly and that i continue to heal from a very quick delivery that left me very torn and achey as i take care of emma.

she is a beautiful, chubby baby girl, and i am so glad that she is finally here.