Jake and I have been married for over 4 years now. We decided that we wanted to start a family
back in 2010 when we were in Chile. The
plan was to get to it when we got back to the states….Well, that didn’t go
exactly as we had planned. It turned out
that we needed a little help with fertility.
Without going into all the details, we found out I was pregnant while
sitting at our favorite Mexican restaurant in March.
I didn't get that moment of satisfaction when the stick turned blue or
pink, or if it had two lines or one. I
had a blood test done at the doctors and they called with the results. It didn't matter we were so happy. We had tried and waited for what seemed like
forever and it was actually happening. I
know there are people who try and try for years and never get to have
children. I feel for them and am
eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father that he blessed our family so much.
November 28th 2012 I was 38 weeks and 5 days
pregnant. My feet and legs were horribly
swollen.
I spent the entire day
yesterday resting at home. My blood
pressure was pretty high when I went for a checkup and my OBGYN was afraid I
might have pre-eclampsia. I waited to
hear from him all day to see if we were going to go in for a c-section that night. Our little baby girl was breech
and if it turned out I had pre-eclampsia he was not letting her stay in past
tonight. I wanted to have her normally,
but if having a c-section was the best and safest way to get her here then I was
ok with it.
I left work and headed to campus to pick up Jake. My doctor called while Jake and I were
waiting in the parking lot. He said that my test results had me barely under
the line for pre-eclampisa (something about the Uric acid levels) and that I
had gestational hypertension which leads to pre-eclampsia so we needed to head
to the hospital because we were going to have our baby that night. Jake and I headed to Vanderbilt medical
center around 6:00PM. We waited for
about an hour before a nurse came and brought us back. It took another hour to get me prepped for
the OR.
I was taken in first so they could give me a spinal block,
not a full on epidural. A spinal would
only last about 3 hours. It took about
half an hour to get everything done. It
was a bizarre experience to be naked from the waist down and then for it to go
completely numb. Oh the glamour of child
birth. Jake was allowed in once the
sheet was up and we were ready to go. I
felt a little bit of tugging and then we heard this little cry. Naomi Alexandra Sauer was born at 9:35PM, weighing 7 lbs 15 oz and measuring 21.25 inches.
They took her over to the warmer to get her cleaned up and checked
out. Jake went over to her once the
nurse said it was ok. I couldn't see her
at all. Once she was declared to be
healthy Jake brought her over to me. The
way my body was restricted, I couldn't really see her face, but I could hear
her.
Jake then went with her to the
nursery while they stitched me back up. It felt like forever for them to get me sewn back up and
back into our room. I waited a little more
than an hour before they finally brought her into the room. She was absolutely beautiful and all
ours.
Jake said she got her first bath while she was in the
nursery and that she grabbed onto his finger and wouldn't let go the entire
time. After all the morning sickness and
the swollen feet and the sore back, we finally had our own little family.
