I am officially a mother of 3 beautiful healthy children.
Its hard for me to believe that in a few short years Jason and I have grown to become a family of five. If someone had asked me when I was going through my divorce what I thought my life would be like in 4 years, my wildest dreams would not have predicted this. I am overwhelmed with humility and my heart is so very thankful for how blessed my life has become. God for sure had a bigger better plan for me and Im thankful that I was able to crawl out of that dark time to enjoy the 3 little blessings that He has blessed me with.
Now on to baby Ella's birth story :)
My doctor had decided to let me be induced when I hit 39 weeks for a couple of reasons. Mine mainly, and maybe some people would say selfishly, was because I was just done being pregnant. She measured fine on ultrasound and I was already dilated at 36 weeks so I was ready to go. Another huge reason was because my sister in law was going to fly out for the birth and I didnt want her to miss it so we set the induction date for August 9th at 6am.
Knowing the date was good and bad. Good because there was a definate end in site...bad because each week seemed to slow down to where I felt like the date would never get here. By 38 weeks I was having pretty decent contractions all night long that kept me awake but not regular or where I felt like I should go to the hospital. Finally, the 39th week arrived.
I woke up at 4:30am to shower and get ready and I just couldnt sleep anymore.
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| All ready to go...my last prego shot |
We got to the hospital right at 6am and got lost. Thats right...lost. I have had 2 previous babies at this same hospital and we could not remember what floor to go to. Finally we figured it out and got all checked in.
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| While I got poked and stuck with needles |
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| and hooked up to monitors |
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| Jason crashed....lucky bum. |
Actually, he is just super afraid of needles and blood so he couldnt watch them start my IV and draw labs. After I was all hooked up it just became a waiting game.
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| So excited to meet our girl |
They started the pitocin right away and came in every half hour to increase the dose. At 8 my doctor came in and attempted to break my water. OMG...that was horrible. Ella was still really high and most of the amniotic fluid was apparently behind her so she tried and tried and failed to break my water. That by far was the most painful experience I have ever had in any of my deliveries. Shortly after that I went ahead and got my epidural in case she wanted to come in and do that again before I got the chance to be numb.
My epidural this time was weird. I could always move my legs like I could before the epidural. The only part of me that was numb was my lower abdomen. This scared me to death because I was so afraid that I was going to feel her coming out or that it wasnt working right. But...I never felt the contractions so I tried to relax. At around 1p my doctor came in and this time successfully broke my water and checked me...I was a 7. Literally about 15 minutes later I started to feel not just pressure but pain. I called the nurse and in 15 minutes I went from 7 to complete and baby was ready to go. She called my doctor in...I pushed through 2 contractions total...about 5 minutes...and baby Ella came screaming into the world at 1:34pm so pink and so mad.
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| Ella Rose Pfeffer...8lbs 1oz 20.5in long |
I couldnt believe how fast she came. When they told me that she would be here with the next contraction I had to try as hard as I could to not start bawling because I was overwhelmed at how fast it was all happening. Nothing in this world is as incredible and special as holding that little baby in your arms for the first time. I am so blessed to have experienced this moment three times.
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| In awe of our newest little blessing |
Ella is perfect.
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| my little angel |
She has dark hair like her daddy but I see myself in her eyes and nose and mouth. She's beautiful. She only cries to be fed...she sleeps wonderfully...and she is not bothered by my other two kids loud screams. I couldnt have asked for a better baby. I feel like for now our little...well I guess big to some people...family is complete. But ask me again in 2 years and Im sure Ill have plans for number four.
Jason and I feel so blessed.
