Newest Addition

Figure the best way to kick-off this Freeman Family Blog site is to announce our newest arrival. Emily Anna Freeman was born at 10:33am, Monday morning, 8.25.08 weighing in at 8lbs 15oz and 23" long. We had settled ourselves to having a boy, so when it was a girl, we were surprised.

Mh went into labor Sunday night about 7:00pm. This had never happened to her, she usually is always induced, so she was a little taken back with this new thing. We took her to the hospital and found that yes, she was in labor. She progressed nicely throughout the night, and about 1:00 am she decided it was time to try some pain control. She has never had very good luck with the epidural so we were a little apprehensive about another try. The Nurse Anethesitist(sp?) made two different attempts, but there was no luck. Out of co-incidents the on-call Anesthesiologist was called in for an emergency surgery and agreed to come have a look and make an attempt. Needless to say, Mh was not in a hurry or anxious to try again. After just a short time, she was resting comfortably with a fully-operational epidural! Boy was she happy! After about 6 more hours of lack of progress, the decision was made between the two doctors that were in-charge of Mh's care that things were not going well, and we decided to go to c-section. After our eventual positive experience with Nate, we were more willing to have a c-section this time and reduce any possible, future problems.

After a quick bit of major surgery, our baby was here. Mh had a few struggles in surgery, she lost about 2 liters of blood and had to have 2 units of blood post-recovery. The doctors were a little concerned for while, but she pulled through like a champ.

Emily Anna Freeman, 8lbs 15oz 23" long born 10:33 am 8/25/08

Emily also did well. There were no complications. She is healthy and strong. We took her down to the nursery and she was cleaned, poked, probed, warmed, bathed, checked and rechecked. But in the end, she was beautiful!


Things have been great ever since. She sleeps well, has taken right off to nursing, she has a great suck reflex and is a strong eater. The nurses have been checking her blood sugar all night because of her size and she is doing wonderfully.


Mh had a low blood pressure episode on Wednesday night. She was visiting with her dad and had a sudden increase in pain. She called the nurse and had her assist with standing to see if that would help with the pain. While she was standing, she began feeling lightheaded, and "the room began to go black." The nurse helped her sit on the bed, then Mh passed-out onto the bed. Over the next hour, Mh's blood pressure stayed low(54/30 at its lowest), the doctor was called and Mh was evaluated. Mh received 1000mL of fluid, and some different pain medication to try to alleviate some of the pain. The doctors believe that she had a vaso-vagel response to the pain that she had been feeling. They did an IV-P exam today(x-rays with contrast to see if everything is flowing correctly), and didn't find anything. She will be staying in the hospital over-night Thursday night and the doctor will re-evaluate her in the morning.
As for Emily, the Pediatrician is worried about her hips. He feels a 'pop' in the hip joint as he moves them so we are taking her to a specialist in Boise tomorrow to have her evaluated. We are told that they saw the joints attempting to sub-locate (pop out then back in) when they did an ultrasound, to the specialist will evaluate her to see the extent of care needed. We are told that most likely, she will need to wear a brace for about 6 weeks to hold the joint until the muscles and tendons develop completely. We'll see tomorrow.

Thanks for all the notes of congratulations and well wishes. We are very thrilled to know we have so many friends and love to hear from you all. We will do our best to keep this up and running, so please continue to check back.