Ruby came into the world making quite a dramatic entrance! On Monday October 7th, my mom had arrived into town the weekend before so we were determined to keep busy and keep crossing things off the to do list because I had absolutely no contractions going on whatsoever. With the boys, whenever my mom arrived into town, the cx kicked in...with Ruby, the cx completely stopped when she came to town.
That morning we cleaned out of the garage, I cleaned out the truck and swept it all out & detailed it. It was a beautiful day outside, the first day I could remember without humidity...so we enjoyed it! We took a loooooong walk and showed Memaw the turtles at turtle lane, pocket parks and just kept moving. That evening after Kit got home we decided to do haircuts for the boys to get that crossed off the list too...Kit was cutting hair and I was in the bathroom giving baths and putting on PJs. Looking back at this I would say this was a defining moment. Ruby had been laying on her right side the entire pregnancy but I look back now and know this is when she got into position and moved from laying on her side to moving into birth position. I just remember feeling sore but had no cx and was SO looking forward to good sleep bc of all we had done that day.
We went upstairs to put the boys to bed and played for a long time in the toy room just having fun with them. After we put them to bed I was so tired but who wants to go to bed at 8:00? Looking back, maybe I should've! ha! There was nothing on TV that night except for the movie, "That thing you do" so I had fun watching that. I was not having contractions but remember thinking she had moved because I was finally feeling movement on both sides of my belly, instead of just the left side. We headed to bed around 10p.
I woke up around 1am with a slow water leak so I was up and down in the bathroom but I still had no cx so I went back to sleep hoping I could get a few good hours before we had to head into the hospital. I just get back to sleep, Ruby would squirm and there would be a gush of fluid. Guess it was time to call the doctors office. When I called my cx were about 12 minutes apart. I was still in no rush. Well, it took about 10 minutes for the doctor to call me back and by that time they were coming quickly. I woke up Kit and said we better get moving. All we had to do was throw a toothbrush in our bags but the cx were more intense and closer together. Thank goodness my mom was here and we didn't have to wait on a babysitter to arrive. Before we were even 2 miles down the road the cx were 2 minutes apart. Great. It was going to be a fun hour ride to the hospital!! Ha! Texas roads are NOT smooth that's all I'll say. A couple times since it was in the middle of the night and there wasn't any traffic, I'd just have kit stop in the middle of the road to catch my breath. We pulled up to the hospital and they had a valet service. They got me a wheelchair and that's when it all got crazy fast. Moving from the truck to the wheelchair, my body went into transition. When the nurse was wheeling me to the room I couldn't stop throwing up and I just remember her and Kit to tell me to get on the bed. My body was in my major contraction & I couldn't stop shaking....ummm...I can't move! haha!
So Kit literally picked me up and put me on the bed. At this time the nurse checked me and confirmed my water had broke, I was at 9.5 cm and she saw hair! It was at that moment the nurse yelled for back up and all I remember was laying on my right side while they were yelling at me to not push and set the room up. The longest part was the nurse trying to get the IV in before delivery. WIth my history of postpartum hemorrhage the doctor on call would NOT deliver without an IV. Once that was in I said, that's it! I HAVE to push. I can not NOT push anymore. And with that...one push...out came Ruby. The Doctor said to stop since Ruby had the cord wrapped around her neck once, then I pushed once more and she was out at 3:54am! The nurse later looked on the contraction strip and said it was 11 minutes. We just made it!! whew!
I don't care if it's your first or fourth, it's such an incredibly amazing experience each time. Afterwards I then got to do all the registration and paperwork that didn't get done upon arrival when we took turns holding her and looking over all her beautiful features, 10 fingers, 10 toes.
It didn't seem like it was very long and it was time to leave labor and delivery and go to postpartum. She never left our room and we couldn't wait for the big brothers to meet their new sister!!!
It was such a beautiful experience and we are so in love with our daughter!!!
