The birth story and one week in

By the third pregnancy, I had an idea of how I hoped the delivery would go.  So in my very first doctor's appointment I had two requests: I wanted anti-nausea medicine and when the time came, I wanted to be induced.  My past deliveries were rough and this time around I had a great OBGYN who knew how to handle things better and I didn't want a middle of the night run to the hospital where I was begging for people(doctors, anesthesiologists, nurses...anybody) to take the delivery seriously and not make me wait until I was almost fully dilated before coming in to check on me and give me pain medicine.  And then them freaking out because mine and the baby's heart beats were being lost and them realizing they should have been more on top of things.  Anyway...not bitter. ;)  So yeah, my doctors were in favor of induction due to past history so on June 27th at 6:30AM, we went into the hospital to have our baby!

Really, it felt a little weird, and amazing, walking into the hospital, not in pain, after a full night's rest and telling them we were checking in to have a baby.  And then after they started giving me pitocin and breaking my water, it took until around 2:30 to have contractions painful enough for me to start thinking about an epidural.  I think I was dilated to a 5 around that point.  At the same time, the nurse came in to tell me that the anesthesiologist was already on the floor giving someone else an epidural so even though I hadn't asked for one yet, I could get one right then if I wanted.  I immediately said yes and it was just in time.  The anesthesiologist came in, the contractions started to get even more intense as she was giving me the epidural and that was it.  By 3:00, I had the perfect epidural where I could still feel my legs but not any pain.  I rested for about an hour, until 4:00, and then the OBGYN came to see how far I was progressed and was surprised that I was all ready to go.  The baby was up high and faced the wrong way so he tried to turn her and then had me give a couple test pushes just to see if that would help her drop. The pushes ended up going really well so he had me keep going and by 4:32, our little Sammy was born.

                                                                


Best delivery yet.  No stressed out doctors or nurses rushing around.  The pain was completely manageable.  I only had a couple of stitches which have not been bad at all.  And little Sammy has been a dream baby.  I've been on the other side with an incredibly painful recovery after an emotionally and physically challenging delivery and a non-sleeping baby with postpartum blues hitting hard from the start and this has been a complete blessing that I don't take for granted.  Each delivery and recovery has gotten better each time.    

The boys have been soo excited to have a baby in the house.  

 

All ready to go home!

                                             

                            

Multiple times a day, I look at my baby, my boys and my husband and realize how insanely blessed I am.      

Introducing Samantha Jo

On June 27th, 2017 at 4:35 PM, our little Sammy was born.  We are so in love.  I have a birth story to write and more pictures to add(I've been taking pictures like a madwoman) but right now we are too busy cuddling our sweet little girl.  Here are a few of my favorites so far.