BMHarvey has become BMJ! Juliet Britain Harvey arrived on Friday 9/18 at 2:02pm. She weighs 7lbs. 13oz. and is 21.5″ long. She is really healthy and both her and mom are doing well. We are getting to know each other. So far she has been an amazingly good natured baby.
So here’s how it went: We had an induction appt. for Friday morning at 8am. Thursday night I had Back to School night and then stayed until 10pm to make sub plans for the 3 days I was going to be absent. When I got home, Megan was pacing and breathing. Turns out she had been in labor for a couple hours. She stayed up all night and at 6:30am, we decided it was time to go in. When we arrived at the labor & delivery desk at 7am, the nurses said “You’re an hour early!” By the time the doctor checked her at 9:30am she was 5-6cm. No induction needed they decided. By 10:30am when the anesthesiologist came in to start the epidural she was 8-9cm.
Megan pushed for about 1.5hrs. and did awesome. After the epidural, she felt pressure but no pain. She was totally ready and had all the things she needed. It was a really calm wait. When she finally came out, I have to say it was a strange experience. It was like watching a little purplish white ghost fly out of there. She was quiet because she still had fluid in her respiratory tract which the doctor suctioned out. Pretty soon she was giving out cute little cries. Truly amazing. She was on Megan’s chest for a few minutes until the baby nurse took her to clean her at the incubator in the room. Then she gave her to me and I was floored. I don’t know how to describe it. She was instantly our baby. The nurses remarked that she was really calm – not crying. Looking around the room right away.
Mom was a little dizzy when she got to the maternity ward but is doing great now. Everyone has noticed her big feet & hands. I think we have a tall one on the way. We just got a brainwave hearing test where they put soft sounds into her ear through an earphone. The brain stem responds and sends out brain waves and a device reads these Otoacoustic Emissions on a screen. A good response is a score of 160 and tests can last about 20min. to see higher scores. Juliet (look at me, I’m already bragging) reached 300 in just 35 seconds.The nurse said she was the fastest baby she had ever tested. Basically she’s a genius.
We’ll be out of the hospital tomorrow with Juliet. We are falling more in love with her the more time we spend with her. We took a new family moment in front of the Mac cam below. More photos coming soon. . .
our new addition, Juliet
Hey! It’s the awesome niece again! Little Jujube
is so cute. I was hoping she’d be named chocolate or candy, cuz who doesn’t like candy 
,and if she was named that we’d like her even more. 
Congratulations Megan & Brett!! Juliet is absolutely gorgeous!! Guess she decided to arrive on her terms, huh? No induction for her! Megan, you were such a trooper and are going to be an amazing Momma. Love to the new family…can’t wait to meet your precious little girl.
Awesome. Pushing for 1.5 hours does not sound fun. Congrats!! You two will love being parents.
Congratulations guys! Trella says she agrees with Rachel about the name. And she wants to know if your house is already piled with girl baby clothes. Hope you are feeling great.
Woot Wooot! FINALLY. LOVE the name. LOVE the smiles on your faces. LOVE that she waited until the very last minute (like my daughter too). LOVE that you get to experience parenthood no. Can’t wait to meet her!
Woo hoo! Welcome to the family Juliet!
That moment makes me so happy.
Congratulations BMJHarvey!
Juliet is the total package…beauty and brains!
Brett, I loved your description of holding her for the first time. There’s nothing like it in the world, huh?! Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you all soon.
Congrats to both of you! I love her name.
Who Hoo! Yea B & M are parents..Congrats guys. Baby Juliet(love it) is a beauty!! You guys are gonna have so much fun with her.
i found you! congratulations! megan, you’re a rockstar for getting to 9 cm without meds. i can’t wait to meet little juliet. watch out, they grow fast.