Pregnancy Pics - Talia

Quick Recap of Talia's pregnancy:
With each pregnancy I get a little worse at taking pictures. So these are pretty random. But it's all I've got so I still want to remember it.

9 Weeks

 13 Weeks

 13 Weeks

 18 Weeks

 19 Weeks -- It's a Girl Cake Pops

 21 Weeks

 28 Weeks

 32 Weeks

 36 Weeks

 37 Weeks

 39 Weeks

 39 Weeks in a Swimsuit -- AHHH!!!

 39 Weeks

 39.5 Weeks -- Induction Day

As you can see toward the end of the pregnancy I had about 2 shirts left that still fit me :) This was my toughest pregnancy yet. LOTS of sickness in the beginning. Always tired because I was chasing after 3 kids. Terrible sleep most of the pregnancy. No significant swelling or stretchmarks though. Just lots of baby weight :)

Talia Mardelle

Our beautiful daughter, Talia Mardelle, was born on July 14, 2015 at 12:22am. She weighed 8lb 9oz. We are in love with this little girl.

About her name: Talia was on our list from when we had Wesley. We came back to it and it was really the only name we could agree on! Mardelle was my maternal grandmother's middle name. 

 Here's the quick version of Talia's birth...
An ultrasound at 38 weeks revealed this baby was getting big. Since I have a history of large, late babies, and was intending to have another VBAC I opted to be induced a little early, on July 13th (3 days prior to my due date). I labored all day and after pushing for 2 hours that evening, baby girl was not coming out for various reasons. I ended up with an emergency C-section at midnight and she was finally born at 12:22am. Not the birth I had intended, but she was here and healthy so I tried to focus on that. I ended up with complications from the birth so my hospital stay was no fun...I just really didn't feel good and kept all visitors away except for immediate family. The food was amazing though and so was the nursing staff...and I had a precious baby girl with me so it wasn't all bad :)

A few days after Talia was born we finally made it home and our life with 4 kids began!!!