Lilia's birth

This morning I woke up with a horrible feeling that the hospital would again be busy and I would not have my baby girl. I finally broke down and asked Jacob to kindly call the hospital and try to find out how our day was looking so I wouldn't be a complete mess the whole day. Jacob walked out of the room to make the call. When he came back he didn't look excited, which actually told me it might be good news because he likes to prank me. Anyway he was trying to prank me, we were next on the list! She said we should get a call in 30 minutes to an hour! I was so happy. We quickly ate, showered, got the boys ready and finished some little things around the house.  Before everything was done we got the call and headed to Linda's to drop of the boys. Eli was concerned about this whole thing and then I remembered he had school, so we took him there and he was much happier with his normal routine. 

We got to the hospital and filled out what seemed to be hours worth of paper work...which by the way I already went in and did. I never understood the preregister part because they ask you all the same stuff over again. After the paper work they still were not really ready for us so we sat in the waiting room. I am glad to say I was really calm. All week I was so nervous about be induced I was surprised I was just ready.  After waiting a while our nurse finally came out. Her name was Vicki and she took us to our room where we would have our little girl. I liked that it was room number 5, that's one of my lucky numbers. 

Once we got to our room again the paper work started up. They asked all these questions again. I wasn't annoyed or anything I just thought it would be different and we would get there and start right away.  The nurse checked me and I was a 4 and 60 % effaced. Jacob was hungry so I told him to go get food since I didn't really need him right then. Dr Huish didn't leave instruction so we were trying to find out the plane. When he finally called he said he would be over in a few hours to break my water but to start my drip. Finally Vicki was ready to start my IV so she could start giving me Pitocin.   After trying to find a good vain and blowing one of my veins (ouch) she went to get another nurse for help. After 2 more pokes they finally got me! I finally started to get the actual drugs a little after 12 o'clock.

 Jacob came back like 5 minutes or so before the drip started. I thought this would be a long process and I forgot our camera so I said he should run now and get it before I was in too much pain. Jacob started to walk across the room and I was having a horrible contraction in the middle of it Lilia gave me a big kick which actually made me kind of yelp and then there was a big gush of water. Jacob wasn't even across the room and I said, "Jacob my water just broke." He replied, "No way!" I said, "my water broke or I just peed my pants." All the sudden I was real worried I peed because that kick really hurt I probably let me guard down or something. Anyway Jacob came over and started to peek under the sheets to see if he could tell what happened. Right then the nurse walked he to catch Jacob peeking. He quickly explained what he was doing and she checked and sure enough my water broke. Jacob and I were shocked my water never broke on its own before. Liam I was pretty much ready to push and even then my water wasn't broken. 

Jacob quickly decided it wouldn't be wise to leave right then so he called my sister to get the camera. I am glad he made this choice because once my water broke the contractions went it super painful mode. The nurse asked if I wanted the epidural yet and I said no. Then I had a few more painful ones and I thought why be in pain right now if I am going to get  an epidural eventually. I finally said I wanted it. The Dr came and had me sit up to get my epidural.  The last two times I was on my side so this was different for me. It wasn't as fast and I could feel a lot more pressure then with on my side.  After what felt like forever (my other two were much quicker) the epidural was in and I was on my way to comfort. (or so I thought). The nurse checked me and I was an 8 and 90%. Dr Huish then walked in and he checked me again two second later. He looked up at me and said, "we are going to have a baby sooner than I thought. I am going to hurry and do a few things and I will be right back." Another nurse came in right after Huish left and said they were turning of the potocine since I was having some crazy contraction and they didn't think I needed it. She said this is pretty much you because we haven't even given you a syringe worth of pitocine yet.

 I liked that Dr Huish thought it wouldn't be too much longer. However I was nervous because I felt A LOT of pressure on my tailbone. So much I would actually say it was painful. At this point everyone started to show up my sister, Aly and even my dad. He just got done with Chemo and Radiation and he had Randy drop him off.  My mom showed up at 2:20 and she could tell I was in a lot of pain. She was right for having an epidural I wasn't feeling good. I could even feel the contraction on the left side of my stomach. Jacob had been chit chatting with the Anasteologist. So he happened to be there. I quickly moved to my other side now laying completely on my left and he pushed a button to give me more drugs.  ( I actually didn't know he did this until after since I had my eyes closed because of the pain) The nurse came in and checked me she said I was ready and called the Dr. The funny thing is I felt like I was ready for a while but I just didn't think I was right and I didn't want to bug people.  I am also really grateful for the roll over and the extra push of drugs because instantly I felt great and felt NO pain.

Vicki called Dr Huish and he said he would be right over. They actually brought in everything had it set up and we were still waiting. Dr Huish's office is so close you can see the hospital from it so we were surprised that he wasn't there yet. The hospital called again. After about 30 minutes Huish showed up quickly got dressed and we were off. I let everyone stay because my dad was looking pretty sick from his Chemo and I didn't want him to be alone in the waiting room. I said he was fine in the chair by my head. Aly was nervous so she went with my dad. Dr Huish told me I was having a really good contraction and so I should start pushing. The first push was more memory for me. Trying to remember to focus how to push and things like that. After the first push I quickly went into my second and Huish said, "Stop!" So about halfway throught that push I stopped. My sister was telling Aly she had to see this because you could see he head. I was relaxing waiting for Huish to say when I should start again and but he didn't the next thing he said was, "and there is her shoulders". That's when I realized she was out. After all the worrying, all the fear, all that complaining to my husband Lilia came out in 2 pushes! From my first contraction to birth wasn't even 3 hours. It was awesome. 

Lilia's birth stats: Born 11/13/12 @ 2:48pm 8lbs. 6 oz and 20.5in long.

Now during this whole process my boys were down feeding the ducks with Linda. We were getting some really cute shots and they were having a lot of fun. After she was born we promised Eli (who had called us a few times in tears) we would call. We called and Eli was having so much fun he said he would be down when he finished giving the ducks crackers. Shortly after that we got a text that Liam fell in the lake throwing in his last cracker and that he needed to go get cleaned up first.  Everyone stayed waiting around because everyone wanted to see the boys reaction to their new littler sister. 

When the boys finally arrived Lee and Austin go there too. So basically that room was packed with people.  Liam did not like all the attention and crawled up on my lap. I wasn't feeling well so they got me some food thinking that might be why I was so dizzy. (I hadn't eaten since 7am and it was close to 4pm)I ordered some French fries for the boys so Liam satin bed with me eating those.  Eli on the other hand was all about his sister. He walked right up the sick and started washing his hands. He sat by her and stared and was smitten and excited. Soon they had her ready for him to hold so he sat on the couch and loved on her for a while. Linda tried to bring the baby over to Liam so he could see her but he offered Linda a French fry instead. By this time my cousin Kristyn and Aunt sue showed up (they didn't even know I had her, they just stopped by to say hello.)

Everyone stayed for only a few minutes since it was a lot of people plus the nurse needed to do some more checking on me and the baby.  Everyone started to leave and that is when Liam hopped right down and went up to his sister. He wanted to hold her. He was very sweet and excited, but just didn't like all the people around. 

Things I want to remember...

• First off I already knew this but my husband is the best. I love how he acts while we are having a baby. He goes through ever emotion and he is extremely supportive. It makes me giggle to think of his face while I am in pain he hates seeing it to the point I think it makes him sick. He's great!
• I want to remember how much love was there. So many people came to see this sweet girl and we are so lucky to have so much love and support.
• My nurse was a great nurse and probably only left my side for 20 minutes the whole time. She was very friendly and we had some great conversations.
•  I want to remember how sweet the boys were and how excited. They are such sweet spirits and I know they will be excellent brothers to their sister. 
• I want to remember how many prayers we said praying for a healthy baby and a good delivery. That is exactly what we got. As soon as everyone left me alone I said a prayer thanking Heavenly father for all our blessings. Jacob came in later and we did it together. We have truly been blessed! 
• There is one picture I took from my bed of Lilia in her warmer while they are checking her. She kept lifting her little hand and I loved seeing it. I wanted to remember how sweet that moment was even from a distance. 
• Eli kept saying things like, "I can't wait till you come home tomorrow so we can be a family." I quickly reminded him we are always a family and that now we are just a bigger family with more people to love. That made Eli very happy.