A week before Sarah was due I went in for a non-stress test. During that test the technician told me she was 95% sure I was having a girl. After three boys I could hardly believe it! For the next week I looked at all the little girls I saw and thought, "I'm going to have one of those and this is a whole new realm of spending money!" The tights, barrettes, dresses, shoes, etc....
The day she was born everything was going well. She was to be my second v-bac and I looked forward to her arrival. After fighting so hard for my first v-back this pregnancy seemed so easy.
It was easy until the dr. broke my water. Sarah didn't do so well then. Her heart rate decelerated with every contraction and I think in between also. They kept giving me a warning that if things didn't progress soon, meaning her heart rate go up quickly and I dilate just as quick, that I was headed in for a c-section. Then I remembered that during one of her sonograms her umbilical cord was right in front of her face. When they broke the water there wasn't a buffer and her face must be pushing on the cord. I told someone in charge my thoughts and they decided to do an amniofusion.
Doing an amniofusion provided Sarah the relief she needed until she was ready to make her appearance. Since this was very stressful for me I didn't progress much in the way of dilating. I think I was at about 6 when I felt as though I needed to use the restroom. Since I was hooked up to the amniofusion and Sarah had wires connected to her scalp inutero I couldn't get up. Steve graciously got the nurse to help me with a bedpan. BUT! I didn't need to use the restroom I was ready to push! In ten minutes I had gone from 6 cms. to needing to push. She was born quickly and everything was fine.
She was born with a HEAD FULL of black hair, long fingers, and dark skin. If I hadn't seen her come out I would have thought she belonged to a Latina mother. She nursed right away and was a good little nurser.
Sarah is now married and a mother herself. She is expecting her second baby which we think is a girl!
I would post newborn pics of her but my scanner hasn't been working so newer pics will have to do.
