On the morning of August 16 I was scheduled for an induction due to medical complications. (For details you can read all of the updates I did in July & August.) When we got to the hospital we were told that my doctor was on call for another doctor at the Mansfield hospital and wouldn't be at Arlington Memorial from 12:00-5:00. While it was disappointing news the back up doctor was one I had seen before and really liked. They had me all hooked up and in the system around 9:00am. Around 9:30 they decided that the monitors weren't keeping good track of Sophia's heartbeat so they wanted to break my water and put internal monitors in. My stubborn little angel didn't mind having the water broken, but she did manage to push the internal monitors around & gave the nurse fits! (It was quite comical!)
Overall my labor wasn't too terribly bad until 11:00am. At that point they had cranked the Pitocin up and I was having bad back labor. Jeff was a sweetheart and tried massage/ counter pressure, but it wasn't much help because there was little to no down time between the contractions. After a little while of this & having my BP start to climb I made the decision to get an epidural. The anesthesiologist was amazingly quick! The nurse was sitting there telling me what to expect and what I should feel, and I was trying not to laugh b/c he had already finished before she was 1/2 way through the explanation! Around noon the epidural had kicked in and we were in a wait and see mode.
Once I had the epidural my labor seemed to go by incredibly fast. By 12:30 I was 5-6 cm & fully effaced, by 2:45pm the nurse wanted me to see if a small push would do the trick to get past the last little lip of cervix that was being stubborn. It did the trick and they called the doctor in. The doctor came in and started getting his gear on while the nurses started breaking down the bed for delivery. As soon as they had my legs in the stirrups nurse #1 said, "I see a head!" Jeff had gone over to the table to grab the camera and he looked up after the nurse commented & he said, "Yep... its a head!" Nurse #2 looked over & for some reason felt the need to confirm that there was definitely a head coming out! The poor doctor, who barely had his booties on, said "Hey wait for me!"
The bed wasn't ready and the doctor didn't have on all the protective garb, but Sophia decided that she was ready to come! One small push was all it took to help guide her shoulders out and at 3:10pm our beautiful little girl was born!
The medical staff kept saying wow this is a big baby & trying to guess her weight & height before the official numbers came through. Sophia weighed in at 9.8lbs & 21 1/4 inches long... She was my biggest baby and quickest delivery! While they were cleaning her up and measuring her Jeff noticed that her eyes got big when she heard my voice, and she kept looking all around for me. The first thing I noticed when they were carrying her around was her hair! Neither Chloe or Hannah had much hair, but little miss Sophia has dark brown hair that I could actually put a bow in!
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| Hannah |
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| Sophia |
So far we haven't had to deal with sibling rivalry, unless of course you count the arguments that Chloe and Hannah have about whose turn it is to hold Sophia, or who is going to get something for me that I need for Sophia. While there have been sleepless nights, and a bit of frustration when big sisters want to help a little too much, we are truly blessed!
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| The Goldsack Family |
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