Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
Novah's Birth Story
Well I am thrilled to announce that my baby girl has finally arrived! I couldn't be more ecstatic to announce her arrival into the world on Wednesday July 24 at 12:06 am.
Here is the story of her arrival into the world.
I started to have contractions on Monday July 22 in the morning. Here's the thing about my contractions they are never very consistent and don't typically progress on their own. None the less as I continued to have them throughout the day I decided I should try to help them keep going so that there may be a chance they would turn into something a little more like real labour. They picked up around dinner time and we decided to take a little walk around the neighbourhood. The walk definitely helped and they were coming more regularly and stronger as we walked. However almost immediately as we got home and stopped walking the contractions slowed right back down.
We got the kids to bed and I told Dan I really wanted to keep on walking to try to help get things going again. So my folks came over and Dan and I headed to the Chinook Center to walk the night away. We did 2 and a half laps of the mall, which seems absolutely endless when you're waddling like I was, and by that point my contractions were stronger and more consistent again so we decided to go to the hospital and see if anything was happening.
As expected when we got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the heart rate and contraction monitor pretty much everything stopped. I was only 2cm so after about and hour they sent us home.
The next day was my due date, July 23rd, and I had an ultrasound booked because I had been measuring small during the last couple months of my pregnancy. Dan stayed home that day (as by the time we had gotten home from the hospital and to bed the night before it was about 3am) so we slept in what we could, and then got ready to go for the ultrasound at the TRW building at Foothills Hospital. My dad came over to watch the boys and we headed out.
At the ultrasound things went quite quickly and after the technician left and then came back to get some more measurements I suspected that the doctor might be a bit concerned about something. When she brought him in he explained that the fluid levels around the baby were low, and baby was on the small side indicating the placenta wasn't doing the best job anymore. He gave us a printed copy of our report and told us to go straight to the Rockyview Hospital to have the doctor from my group of doctors check me to make a decision about induction that day. He had already called the hospital to let them know we were on the way. He said he felt it would be best to induce me and wished us luck that the doctors on the other side would agree! At this point I wanted to jump up and hug the doctor, as you know from all my complaining lately I was SO done with being pregnant, him telling me that he hoped/suspected they would induce me was literally the best news in the world! I seriously wanted to jump for joy!
So we left one hospital to head for another, letting Grandpa know what was up and that we may be gone a little bit longer. When we got to the Rockyview things were a bit busy in triage so we had to wait for then to set up a room for us elsewhere. Once we finally got in I was once again hooked up to the monitors. It took awhile for us to be seen as I guess there were other people a little but priority to us, like the gal who came into the other half of the room I was in who's water had broken like 2 weeks before her due date, lucky gal! In any case the doctor finally saw me and said she thought induction would be appropriate. I was about 2-3cm so she said they would break my water. However because of the low fluid levels and baby's heart rate which had some decells she wanted the Ob. Gyn. to see me in case it was necessary to bring them into my case. At this point I sent Dan home to collect our bags as it seemed that we would be spending the night in the hospital after all! He went and returned before I finally saw some resident doctors who thought that they might try inducing me with the balloon, not at all what I wanted to hear. The nurse also seemed to think this was a bad idea and not long after my doctor came back and said they absolutely did not have to use the balloon. She said I was dilated enough and would easily be able to break my water. Finally after about 3.5 hours in triage I was admitted!
Immediately after I was admitted the doctor came to break my water. This was at 6:40pm. My contractions picked up almost instantly as I had been having them all day on and off. Once my water was broken they started to come much more frequently and started getting stronger. After labouring for about 2 hours with contractions now 3-4 minutes apart I decided it was time to get the epidural. Why sweat the pain when you can relax and rest in comfort? I may be a wuss when it comes to pain, but for me I wouldn't want to labour any other way. It makes the whole experience almost enjoyable, if it's ok to say that about giving birth. Instead of screaming in agony and using my death grip on Dan every 3 minutes once the epidural kicked in I was able to sit back, close my eyes for a bit and even play battleship with the hubby while waiting for the magic to happen.
When I got the epidural at 9ish they also put me on the oxytocin. My body had been doing pretty well on its own but I was still only 3-4 cm and they wanted to get the baby out sooner than later to prevent any possible complications. Things seemed fine but every once in awhile her heart rate would decelerate. The oxytocin had it's effect almost instantly, my contractions picked up to every 1-2 minutes and around 10:30 I was 7cm. An hour later I started feeling some insane pressure and I knew it was baby time! I told the nurse I was having pressure she checked me and baby's head was right there. She asked how long I pushed last time and I told her 8 minutes so she called the doctor right away and they came in to set up and got ready to deliver. Everything happened pretty quick and I think I was ready to push around 11:50pm. It took a few more pushes than my second delivery did, but it still happened really quickly and painlessly. Before I knew it I had a baby girl in my arms at 12:06am!
As soon as I felt her coming into the world my body was filled with relief. I always experience this sensation of relief when my babies are born. I don't know how to explain it other than it feels like my body is giving a long sigh and suddenly feels so much better. I know that may seem strange but I immediately felt so good once my little girl was on the outside.
I held her for awhile before they took her to do the routine check up and it was just as magical a feeling as I had with my first two babies. It is so incredible to hold a tiny little human in your arms and know that they grew and lived inside of you for 9 whole months. It was so amazing to see this sweet little baby girl and know that she is mine. There are no real words to describe how it feels. It is what it is and incredible is the only word that comes even close to explaining what "it" is.
I feel so blessed to have had an easy and quick delivery and even more blessed to have a precious baby girl to love and to hold and to cherish for the rest of my life.
Welcome to the world sweet Novah!
Jordan
Novah Elle Fuller weighed 6lbs 8 ounces and measured 19.25 inches.
Here is the story of her arrival into the world.
I started to have contractions on Monday July 22 in the morning. Here's the thing about my contractions they are never very consistent and don't typically progress on their own. None the less as I continued to have them throughout the day I decided I should try to help them keep going so that there may be a chance they would turn into something a little more like real labour. They picked up around dinner time and we decided to take a little walk around the neighbourhood. The walk definitely helped and they were coming more regularly and stronger as we walked. However almost immediately as we got home and stopped walking the contractions slowed right back down.
We got the kids to bed and I told Dan I really wanted to keep on walking to try to help get things going again. So my folks came over and Dan and I headed to the Chinook Center to walk the night away. We did 2 and a half laps of the mall, which seems absolutely endless when you're waddling like I was, and by that point my contractions were stronger and more consistent again so we decided to go to the hospital and see if anything was happening.
As expected when we got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the heart rate and contraction monitor pretty much everything stopped. I was only 2cm so after about and hour they sent us home.
The next day was my due date, July 23rd, and I had an ultrasound booked because I had been measuring small during the last couple months of my pregnancy. Dan stayed home that day (as by the time we had gotten home from the hospital and to bed the night before it was about 3am) so we slept in what we could, and then got ready to go for the ultrasound at the TRW building at Foothills Hospital. My dad came over to watch the boys and we headed out.
At the ultrasound things went quite quickly and after the technician left and then came back to get some more measurements I suspected that the doctor might be a bit concerned about something. When she brought him in he explained that the fluid levels around the baby were low, and baby was on the small side indicating the placenta wasn't doing the best job anymore. He gave us a printed copy of our report and told us to go straight to the Rockyview Hospital to have the doctor from my group of doctors check me to make a decision about induction that day. He had already called the hospital to let them know we were on the way. He said he felt it would be best to induce me and wished us luck that the doctors on the other side would agree! At this point I wanted to jump up and hug the doctor, as you know from all my complaining lately I was SO done with being pregnant, him telling me that he hoped/suspected they would induce me was literally the best news in the world! I seriously wanted to jump for joy!
So we left one hospital to head for another, letting Grandpa know what was up and that we may be gone a little bit longer. When we got to the Rockyview things were a bit busy in triage so we had to wait for then to set up a room for us elsewhere. Once we finally got in I was once again hooked up to the monitors. It took awhile for us to be seen as I guess there were other people a little but priority to us, like the gal who came into the other half of the room I was in who's water had broken like 2 weeks before her due date, lucky gal! In any case the doctor finally saw me and said she thought induction would be appropriate. I was about 2-3cm so she said they would break my water. However because of the low fluid levels and baby's heart rate which had some decells she wanted the Ob. Gyn. to see me in case it was necessary to bring them into my case. At this point I sent Dan home to collect our bags as it seemed that we would be spending the night in the hospital after all! He went and returned before I finally saw some resident doctors who thought that they might try inducing me with the balloon, not at all what I wanted to hear. The nurse also seemed to think this was a bad idea and not long after my doctor came back and said they absolutely did not have to use the balloon. She said I was dilated enough and would easily be able to break my water. Finally after about 3.5 hours in triage I was admitted!
Immediately after I was admitted the doctor came to break my water. This was at 6:40pm. My contractions picked up almost instantly as I had been having them all day on and off. Once my water was broken they started to come much more frequently and started getting stronger. After labouring for about 2 hours with contractions now 3-4 minutes apart I decided it was time to get the epidural. Why sweat the pain when you can relax and rest in comfort? I may be a wuss when it comes to pain, but for me I wouldn't want to labour any other way. It makes the whole experience almost enjoyable, if it's ok to say that about giving birth. Instead of screaming in agony and using my death grip on Dan every 3 minutes once the epidural kicked in I was able to sit back, close my eyes for a bit and even play battleship with the hubby while waiting for the magic to happen.
When I got the epidural at 9ish they also put me on the oxytocin. My body had been doing pretty well on its own but I was still only 3-4 cm and they wanted to get the baby out sooner than later to prevent any possible complications. Things seemed fine but every once in awhile her heart rate would decelerate. The oxytocin had it's effect almost instantly, my contractions picked up to every 1-2 minutes and around 10:30 I was 7cm. An hour later I started feeling some insane pressure and I knew it was baby time! I told the nurse I was having pressure she checked me and baby's head was right there. She asked how long I pushed last time and I told her 8 minutes so she called the doctor right away and they came in to set up and got ready to deliver. Everything happened pretty quick and I think I was ready to push around 11:50pm. It took a few more pushes than my second delivery did, but it still happened really quickly and painlessly. Before I knew it I had a baby girl in my arms at 12:06am!
As soon as I felt her coming into the world my body was filled with relief. I always experience this sensation of relief when my babies are born. I don't know how to explain it other than it feels like my body is giving a long sigh and suddenly feels so much better. I know that may seem strange but I immediately felt so good once my little girl was on the outside.
I held her for awhile before they took her to do the routine check up and it was just as magical a feeling as I had with my first two babies. It is so incredible to hold a tiny little human in your arms and know that they grew and lived inside of you for 9 whole months. It was so amazing to see this sweet little baby girl and know that she is mine. There are no real words to describe how it feels. It is what it is and incredible is the only word that comes even close to explaining what "it" is.
I feel so blessed to have had an easy and quick delivery and even more blessed to have a precious baby girl to love and to hold and to cherish for the rest of my life.
Welcome to the world sweet Novah!
Jordan
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