Aubrie's birth story

Thursday, July 5^th, was a strange day and I would blame that on knowing that the next day we would have our daughter; one of the reasons I’m not a fan of being induced. I hate thinking about the “lasts”. This pregnancy I struggled with emotions around Brody. Don’t get me wrong, I was SOOOO happy to be pregnant and adding to our family. I just got sad that B didn’t have a say in anything. I got sad that he had no clue he wouldn’t be the only child anymore. I got sad thinking we would have to share our attention with someone else. I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to love our daughter as much as we loved Brod.  These emotions really stemmed from the fear of the unknown.  So little to say Thursday was just weird as we tried to get as much family time in and yet as much “resting time” in also. 

Mike and I headed to the hospital and got checked in at midnight. I was feeling fine until I saw the hospital gown. For some reason that’s when it all became real to me. We were having another baby! I suddenly got really nervous for the labor part and really not wanting to do it. I was quickly re-thinking this idea and going home. Mike wouldn’t allow me to stay pregnant forever so as he guarded the door paper work was done, an IV started and medicine begun to get me contracting. At check in I was a whopping 2 cm. Mike and I were “tucked in” and tried to get rest. Mike got a couple hours of sleep. I stayed wide awake staring at the monitor waiting for the worst to happen as it did when I was in labor with B. I started to feel some discomfort within an hour or so but totally tolerable as I nibbled on ice chips and got out of bed every few minutes it seemed to go to the bathroom. Something about having IV fluids pumping into you while having a baby on your bladder just doesn’t go together. 

At 6:00 am when Pitocin was started I remained at 2 cm. So frustrating because I was putting out strong contractions every couple minutes. By 6:30 I was feeling miserable. I hate contractions and everything about them.  Why feel pain when there is relief is my philosophy. So my epidural was placed and working by 7:15 J Life was good again! Soon after, I felt as if my water had broke. To our surprise I was bleeding, bleeding a good amount to the point we all began thinking my placenta had abrupted. Baby girl, thankfully though, continued to look great on the monitor. Additional labs were drawn from me and we just waited it out because Aubs wasn’t in distress from the bleeding. 

Doctor came in to break my water at 8:00am and I continued to stay at 2 cm, holy moly I thought!! I was able though to continue enjoying my “no pain” state and rest. Have I said how much I LOVED my epidural? I kept telling Mike how much I wish he could feel as great as I felt. It was the first in months that I was able to be comfortable and rest.

Finally at 9:00 am I had progressed to 4cm and at 10:40 to 8 cm and the bleeding had stopped!  Making progress!!  Soon after that exam I became nauseated and knew I was entering transition time! I looked at the monitor and also noticed a heart rate rhythm that is indicative of baby being ready to be born.  We wanted my sister in the room to take pictures so we quickly called her to come immediately. I was feeling pressure but kept my mouth shut until she entered the room because I really didn’t want her to miss the birth. She entered the room and I sent Mike to tell the nurse about my pressure. She checked me and quickly called my doctor because little girl’s head was just about to pop out! At the time some other nurse friends from the floor were in my room and my nurse looked at me and strictly told me not to laugh because I could laugh her head out! :) 

Doctor got to my room quickly. I told him I was feeling pressure and he pretty much just said push away. It went two pushes for her head, and one push for her shoulders/body and I then our ears heard for the first time our sweet Aubrie Marie screaming away in our doctors arms!! I remember so clearly seeing my slimy, vernix covered girl and noticing some fat on her body and being in complete disbelief of how big she was! Everyone was in disbelief!  I held Mikes arm as he kissed me and we just watched our sweet girl. We all in the room were laughing, smiling and saying over and over “look how big she is!” Then my nurse did the greatest thing. She placed a blanket on my chest as my doctor then placed my daughter on it. Because Brody was in distress, he was taken immediately to the warmer and so I was so ecstatic to hold Aubs right away! I scooped her up, and dried her off as I kissed her like crazy!  She was perfect! We have a daughter! We are a family of 4!

We couldn’t wait to get Brody up to the hospital for him to meet his sister. So after nursing Aubrie we called Mike’s parents (who were with B) to bring him up. He walked into our room sporting his Big Brother shirt and of course did nothing of how we imagined the moment to go! Ha! Sweet, silly boy! He was kinda timid of the room, me being in bed and me holding a strange little girl. He did let Mike hold him but that was about it. In his defense though it was a big moment in his life. He did pose long enough for a family picture. Brod has warmed up lots to his little sis thankfully. In fact I would go as far as saying he really does like her.

So there it is, Aubrie’s birth story. The thing I love most about it is the fact that it’s boring. We got our excitement with Brody’s birth story and so a boring story was exactly what we were going for.  It was nice, relaxing and just fun! Aubs and I went to visit my floor yesterday and the word going around the unit concerning my delivery is PERFECT! Thank you Lord! We were so concerned about placental issues and A still continued to measure close to 4 weeks off days before being born, and NOTHING came to be (well except for the bleeding, and once doctor looked at my placenta there was no abruption)! We left the hospital the next day and anxiously came home to begin our new adventure of being a family of 4! I love being a family of 4!