A precious little girl to add to our baby boys!
Her birth was the most eventful we have had, but I would do it all again to have her here and safe...
According to my midwives...I had a bit of a swimming pool in there. Meaning that they didn't realize I had SO MUCH amniotic fluid. This made my progress slower, and caused her to turn from straight to sideways when my water broke. They were worried that she might also compress her cord when my water broke, so they tried to slow the flow a little when it did break.
So, you have a baby head aimed at your hip instead of the exit...what do they do? Some would say automatic c-section, but I have some awesome women taking care of me, and we decided to try and turn her.
With the help of my midwife and an OB they coaxed our little one back to the right direction...and thankfully I had an epidural, because I was a little bruised after that. The OB made mention of how much room she had in there and then said something about a "corner" in my belly and I said, "well, according to both of you I have a playground in there!"...believe me, it was either a make light of it or lose it time for me. I was very scared, not because of myself, but turning our daughter came with the threat of her being in distress of some kind and them performing an emergency c-section. My only goal was a healthy baby...to heck with my body, she's my baby and they had permission to do whatever they needed to to me in order to keep her safe!
My husband has never looked so worried...but he held it together for me, and then hugged me and reassured me when it was all over.
But, our little adventure with our girl didn't end right there...
About an hour later her heart rate was very erratic, and the midwife came in and asked me if I could haul my half-paralyzed, from my epidural, self onto my hands and knees and lay over the back of my raised bed so that they could see if it would stabalize her heart rate....yeah, it worked! But, I got to wear an oxygen mask, and hold myself up for another hour.
My midwife came in again, and ta-da, I'm ready to push! In less than 30 minutes my husband got to bring the third of our children into the world!
I am so proud of him for wanting to be so involved in the births of our children! It's his biggest accomplishement according to him, and I think that they will come to appreciate his involvement in their first moments when they are parents one day.
And here is our precious Carita being held by her Great-Grandma Carita! Great-Grandma stayed with me and my husband at the hospital all day and got to see her little namesake come into the world...full of stubborness and spirit just like her!
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