Brittany Stanski is the sister of Kenny, who is married to Kara's stepsister Jamie. She is a sweet person who has mutual friends with us through Chicago Cru, a group that helps college students consider questions of faith and spirituality, and also a labor & delivery nurse at Prentice Hospital. The induction was scheduled only the Friday prior and Kara did not expect Brittany to be available to help, as she has her own baby and works just two days a month now.
But praise God, Brittany was scheduled to work on our induction day.
our favorite nurse Brittany
Kara was able to talk through the process with Brittany on the saturday prior. She offered great tips about how labor goes so differently with the second child and even offered to hide Kara's IV because of her needle fear. You can see the sock on Kara's arm that hid the IV placed just above the wrist. It was also nice that jude didn't have to see the needle in mom's arm when he visited.
The epidural process took a few minutes longer than normal from the enthusiastic residents. but brittany was a great support holding kara's hand and helping her get through several more contractions as they worked. What a treat to share this special day with nurse Brittany.
checking harry soon after birth
Grandma Carole came up the night before to help with jude while kara and greg went to the hospital. she got to hold harry soon after he joined us.
meet harry
mom and grandma
Grandpa Chuck also came along to help with jude and provide the jokes. We are grateful he is loaning us Grandma Carole for a week to help everyone recover at home.
jude checks out harry close up with greg and chuck
Love the pictures! ...and love the happy blog update! Congratulations to everyone.
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