Christmas was truly a blessing this year as God did as he always does and blessed my wonderful children with more than they could've dreamed. I cried at the blessings that came. We had a wonderful time at mom and dad's house. Emma and Buddy were sooo worn out they slept through all the gift opening. :) James wanted to help everyone out with theirs. And I got some wonderful needed/wanted kitchen items/appliances.
Then along came January, on the first day I went into false labor at 33 weeks. I was in L&D observation for 5 hours, before being sent home. I really didn't want to be there but my family is a little cautious, so we went in.
Ryan and Cassie moved up here from Houston, so Ryan could go to school and they could be closer to family. I was so happy that they made this decision. :) I love having Cassie up here. Though we don't see each other everyday, we see each other at least once a week and we try to talk more often than that. Well the day that they were moving their stuff into their new apartment, she started early labor and was in the bath while everyone else unloaded the truck. When they were about 85% done, she said it was time to go and at 1:47pm she gave birth to my beautiful niece Abby.
PHOTO CREDIT: CASSIE KINGSBURY
That next week was crazy. So much was going on and I was getting ready as my due date was just around the corner. Kris and I helped her out in the unpacking of the house and I rather enjoyed that beautiful baby girl. I was having lots of false alarm contractions and pains for weeks and everything. GRRR. I do thoroughly hate the end of pregnancy.
Well two weeks after that beautiful little girl was born this happened (birth story):
The whole week I had been feeling like crud. I had lots of hip pains, back pain, cramping, etc. I was getting upset about nothing all the time and complained A LOT. Mainly cuz i wanted to be let alone by Rebecca. So Saturday, January 18th came along, I woke up around 6am and had the awesomely huge burst of energy. So I decided it would be great to clean. I deep cleaned the living room as it was annoying me. I had started on the bathroom, when mom and dad brought the kids home. I told them I was feeling awesome. No pain, no complaints, nothing. I was feeling great and was on sort of a high. I had to run to the store to get diapers for James. So James and I ran to walmart. I figured when I get home I would do the kitchen. When I did arrive home I had a painful cramping feeling. Then the contractions started and they were 6-8 minutes apart. I had started to move around to try and take care of them. So after about 3 hours of contractions coming 7 minutes apart I texted mom and told her what was going on. I then called the midwife. She suggested I drink a lot of water and take a hot bath. So I did both. The shower/bath I took only made them stronger and longer. So after another hour I called the midwife back and she said that it could be labor and if I felt I needed to come in to do so for peace of mind. I decided I would eat something, get a few things ready and call mom. She sent Missy over to watch the kids and we headed to L&D. When we got here I had done so much walking that the contractions were now at 5 minutes apart. When I got to L&D they started coming two minutes apart. They checked me and I was at 2cm, soft and she was head down. The contractions were hurting so much and I felt like my water had broken, but it was all blood. They said they would check me in an hour to see if there was any change. At the 45 minute mark they checked again and I was at 3cm and she was traverse (sideways) and her hand was presenting (dr. felt her little fingers). He said that I was definitely in labor and moving along rather quickly but they cannot deliver a traverse baby naturally. So he gave two options. One was he could try an external version or we can do a c-section. I asked him what the chances were that the version would work and he said about 5% maybe 10% but it would be rather hard as the contractions being 2 minutes apart would make it hard for him to get a good grip on her to get her to move, so the best option was a c-section and he wanted it done soon as he didn't want my water to break. I looked at Kris and we both knew it was the only option. So we all prepped. While they got the OR ready, Kris, Dad, Mom and I all prayed for the surgery and for me and Rebecca. I was taken back and the 20 minutes being separated from Kris was the longest 20 minutes of my life.
I don't remember much of anything else, other than what I was told. I was told the surgery went fairly well, but they had to cut into the placenta to get to her and the uterus tore more than it should have but they found the bleed and were able to close it and close me up. I had been given demoral for the pain i may feel coming to from the spinal. I fell asleep half way through while Kris was holding Rebecca and apparently threw up twice while out. They brought me recovery and told me that Rebecca had been sent to the NICU. She wasn't breathing right so they needed to give her a little help. They gave her some meds to completely open up her lungs. It worked great and she had a rather short stay in the NICU, which I am so grateful for.
I know for a fact that it is all apart of God's plan and He had everything under control.
Her stats:
Weight: 6lbs even
Height: 17.75in
Time: 8:20
Day: Saturday January 18th 2014
Gestation: 36 weeks and 1 day
Her due date: February 14th 2014
Her due date: February 14th 2014
She is now 3 weeks old and growing so fast. She was only in the NICU for one week. She is super loved by her siblings. They cherish her so much. They are both so helpful with her and come when she cries to make sure she is fine. She doesn't flinch at all when they give her tons of loves. I couldn't ask for more loving kids than these. I am truly blessed.
So the past two months have been super busy and it's just now starting to calm down again. The kids are doing great and this week Taylor (and possibly James) will be starting AWANAS at church. I know she is going to thoroughly enjoy that.
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