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Hello ladies! I would like you to meet the newest member of our family. Our beautiful little girl made her appearance to this world via emergency csection on 5-23-19 at 9:02pm. Introducing Emersyn Ivory, weighting in at 6pds 15oz and 19 1/2 inches long We are so in love and so incredibly blessed!

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Aww roo what a delight!! Congratulations to you and your family. Such a gorgeous little bubba. How are you feeling? I've been patiently waiting to hear the news xx Beautiful name by the way.

@confuzed thank you so much! I've been doing alright just trying to recover from this csection and I'll tell you what I admire any women that have given birth this way! I've delivered all my other children vaginally some with and some with out epidurals and this is sooooo much harder to recover from. But she makes it all worth it:) how have you been doing lately??

Oh my goodness Rooroo- that is so exciting, i am so thrilled for you. She is so precious and what a beautiful name! Congratulations lovely!

AFM- i had my meeting with work, they are not going to provide any pay/benefits while i am on maternity leave but i will have 3 paid days late in my leave to help me transition back into work. As for the Government payment, i will receive 18 weeks paid leave at the minimum wage which will be backdated do bubba's due date which is standard practice, after which i can receive payment for the annual leave i had accrued during the year which will be a little extra help - so not great but not terrible either.
Thank the lord for tax returns!

Hope everyone else is travelling well! x

Roo- Ive heard c sections are such a pain and much longer recovery time, never had to have one so far thank God but all that matters is that your okay and your baby too! Enjoy that little one, I can't wait to share my news with you guys in the next 5-7 weeks.

Samantha - Oh that's great you've got some resolution to the maternity leave stuff, hopefully you and your partner can get by and have enough time with your bub before you head back to work, if you decide too. I know childcare here can be expensive and totally understand why mummas choose/are forced to stay at home and look after their little ones.
How are you feeling so far?

Thanks Confuzed, definitely more calm now that i have all the facts, i only go crazy when i have no info but now i feel empowered and have a plan! I will be having 10 months off initially and go from there.. thank god my partner Matt earns a decent wage and can work extra hours with his dad here and there if we need it!
Pregnancy wise I'm feeling pretty good, just the early internal body clock preparing me for no sleep
How are you lovely?

Haven't seen any updates in days, hope everyone is travelling well! x

Roo roo!!! Yay! I’m so glad you had her! She is so precious and adorable! She looos perfect! I’m sorry to hear about the csection but atleast everything done with finally. Hopefully you recover fast!

Confused, I was put on iron pills last week cause I guess mine is low too. Which reminds me, I have to go take mine. They found out you were low because of the way you were feeling or blood testing? Mine was blood testing. However I either have restless leg syndrome or it’s the lack of iron which is messing up my hips and thighs at night time, it feels achy and uncomfortable, like numb sometimes. It’s weird. Do you get that?