Aubrey Rose has arrived!

I went into the hospital last Wednesday night to start my induction. The first thing they did was put a miso pill in my cervics to get it soften, it lasted about four hours before they had to do another one. After I got me second one done an hour into it baby Aubrey went into fetal distress. They lost her heart rate for about 60 seconds which I didn't know what was going on at the time but 3 other nurses came rushing into my room and put an oxygen mask on me and starting flipping me like bacon so they could get her heart rate again. After the minute they were able to find it and everything was okay.

Throughout the rest of the night Aubrey would go into fetal distress but for only 10 or 15 seconds and then it would go back to normal. Around 6 am I got up to use the bathroom and my nurse was getting ready to start my piticon when Aubrey went into fetal destress yet again but for four and half minutes this time. So again all these nurses came running into my room putting the oxygen on me, flipping me like bacon and they even put leads on my to check for her. They had to call the on-call doctor and the in-house doctor to come and check on me. Hubby and I were really scared at this point because 4 and half minutes is a long time to not find a baby's heart rate. Once they picked it up a huge sigh of relief came over me but I knew there was a chance it could happen again.

So around 7:30 am my doctor came and checked on me I was still at 1cm and we discussed our options of what to do. I waited until my mom got to the hospital to tell her and between her, hubby and I we decided I needed to get a c-section because we didn't know if Aubrey would go into fetal distress again or if we were clear of all that. So at 1 pm I was taken back for my c-section and at 1:34 pm little miss Aubrey was born weighing 7 lbs 2 oz and was 20.5 inches long. To add to an even more exciting story when my doctor pulled her our she was butt first, little did we know this whole time she was breech. So even if I had tried or continued to do a vaginal birth I was going to have a c-section anyways.

Everything worked out great and both Aubrey and I are doing well. We came home yesterday (sunday the 12th) and it has been the most wonderful experience I have ever had. I am so glad she is here and both hubby and I cherrish each and every day with her. Here are a few pictures of our little family.
Mommy and little Aubrey

Our little family (right after I delivered)

Proud papa and his little girl (notice the tongue sticking out)

Just laying on daddy's lap

A really big yawn!

40 weeks and we have an induction scheduled!!

Oh boy has this past week been an eventful one. First off Saturday Randy and I had to venture to the hospital to get a stress test done because little miss Aubrey hadn't moved in over a day. While I was hooked up to the monitor for the first 15 minutes she wasn't moving and the on call doctor was a bit nervous. Then for some reason she decided she was going to show off and was moving like crazy. Both the nurse and the doctor kept asking me if I was having any contractions and I couldn't understand why. I kept telling them no and to my surprise the doctor told me I was having them I just couldn't feel them. Thankfully everything turned out okay and they sent me home a little over an hour after we got there.

Yesterday I had my 40 week check up, and some things were good and others not so much. For the first time during my pregnancy my blood pressure was high and the doctor asked if I had felt her move much that day and sadly I hadn't so they had to do another stress test... The doctor then again checked to see if I had started to dilate and I was still at a zero, so what does she do you ask? Well she forced her way through and I am now dilated 1 cm!!

Once they got me hooked up to the monitor I had to drink really ice cold water and eat some crackers, in hopes of waking the baby up. Nope, she is like her momma and loves her sleep so the nurse had to buzz my stomach which got her up right away. She was not a happy camper by all means. After almost an hour of monitoring her they finally let me leave.

The doctor told me we were going to induce labor and the nurse would call today to tell me the day an time. So this afternoon I got the phone call that Randy and I will be checking into the hospital Wednesday night and starting the induction Thursday morning! So this time next week I will be holding my little bundle of joy, Randy and I couldn't be any happier. I am just so excited that the time has finally come and can't wait to meet this little princess!!