The boys meet Ruby for the first time.
Ruby about 12 Hours Old.We are so excited to announce the birth of baby Ruby. She made her entrance into the world at 8:28 pm on Sunday Jan 11th after only 1 push! Ruby is our biggest baby 8 lbs 11 oz and 21.25 inches long. She's absolutely perfect, beautiful, and healthy - we are so proud.
As the blog shows, I started labor Saturday morning. Contractions were kind of slow to get started, but Cody stayed home from work, cleaned up the house and got things ready for baby. By that evening contractions had stopped so we went to walk around the store and had dinner out with friends. That night was the biggest full moon of the year which apparently means something to babies! I started having consistent uncomfortable labor pains at 4am Sunday morning. By 8am we decided to head to the midwifery clinic. We were the 3rd baby of the day which is a lot for the 3 room clinic.
Labor was still a bit slow because I had a lot of excess amniotic fluid. The midwives aren't quick to break the waters since they like things to go natural. They helped me get dilated to about 5 cm which took most of the day. At 5:30pm, they broke my water and the real fun...er...should I say pain began. The midwives predicted Ruby would be born within 4 hours of my water breaking and sure enough she was born just 3 hours later. Those were the hardest 3 hours of my life. Oh my gosh. The midwives are awesome about suggesting different positions. They had me in the bath, in the bed, sitting, laying, etc. Finally we found a good position.
Unfortunately Ruby has a mind of her own already. She refused to turn her head and her body in the right position so she got sort of stuck. My midwives were incredible though and just patiently helped my body do what its made to do. With their help I literally only pushed once and Ruby was here.
Now we are relaxing at home. Feeling very elated & enjoying letting all three of our beautiful children get to know each other.
Keep checking - we'll have pictures posted within a day or two. xoxo
5 comments:
Congrats!! I cant wait to see pictures!! ( hopefully I can come and take some too..)
ok so I just love the first meeting pic!!! that is so priceless!
i love her already!!!
Welcome Baby Ruby Suzanne,
We sure are happy to have a girl enter the mix. We can't wait to meet you! Tell you mom we are really proud of her, too!
Love and pink stuff,
Congratulations Megan and Cody, Baby Ruby is priceless! I really enjoyed the new photos. I am very happy you tried a natural birth at a nice center, it is amazing isn't it? You all take it easy and enjoy your 3 blessings!
Cherish & Brett
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