Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Baby girl


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. 




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