Hey Friends! Happy Tuesday! Am I the only one that has to ask what day it is every single day?! What a month it has been. From the COVID-19 virus hitting the U.S. to welcoming Poppy into our family the last 4 weeks have been one for the books. I have found myself commenting often on the stories we will have to tell Poppy one day surrounding her birth and early days of life.
We welcomed Poppy Farris Trahan into the family on March 18th. After going 8 days past my due date, I was more than ready to have her in my arms. As the virus was just starting to make changes to our everyday life here, we learned that Chris would be the only person allowed with me at the hospital. Although this dashed all the visions I had in my head of George meeting his sister while we were there, it ended up being good alone time with us and Poppy.
I was concerned about being induced since my induction with George did not go so easily. He took his precious time (nearly 2 days) after they started the Pitocin to arrive. My doctor, hearing my story regarding this told me that he didn’t schedule inductions without it being necessary and told me a lot of times babies will come by 41.2 weeks. I was 41.2 weeks the day I checked into the hospital and wouldn’t you know that morning by the time I arrived in my room I could tell my body was starting the labor process on its own. My doctor arrived at 8:30 and used a drug similar to Cervidil to finish getting me effaced. By 1:30, he came back to break my water and by 4:30 I was ready to push! I truly believe I would have had Poppy fully on my own without any type of help that same day or early the next. As hard as it was to wait it out 8 days past my due date, it definitely made the entire birthing experience so much easier as my body was that much more prepared for the process.
Poppy weighed 7’11 and was 20 inches long. She came out with a bunch of dark hair in the back and a bald spot in the front! All those cute bows hide it well! 🙂 She definitely has similar looks with her big brother but so far I can see more of me in her than I ever could with George. It will be fun to see her grow over the next few months to see just who she will favor.
Throughout the pregnancy, we had the hardest time deciding on a name together. Poppy has always been one of my favorite girl names and Chris seemed to gravitate toward flower names like Tulip (no I’m not joking) and Hyacinth. Where are the emojis when I need them! 🙂 After I vetoed those names we settled on Poppy. Farris is my middle name and it is from my dad’s mom’s side of the family. I love having a family name thrown into the mix! George and Poppy has a good ring to it to me and it has been the sweetest thing to watch him become her big brother. Every day begins and ends with him giving her a kiss and checking up on her throughout the day. I cannot wait to watch them grow up together and become best friends.
Quarantine life definitely has its challenges, but I can think of no better time to be at home than with a snuggly newborn! Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you all are hanging in there in this new world we are living in.
