Abigail Ruth was born at 8:31 a.m. on May 12, 2010. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. and measured 18.5 inches long. We went in to the hospital at 7:00 a.m. to check in and get prepped for the c-section that would bring our baby girl ino the world.
We were a little nervous since we didn't know what to expect from a scheduled birth, but all went beautifully. After all the poking and prodding that preceeded the actual c-section, Andy and his dad gave Abigail and I a blessing that all would go smoothly in surgery and we would all be healthy and safe. Then we walked back to the sterile white room that would change everything. I was given my spinal while Andy was taken to change into his surgical clothes so he could come in. The anesthesiologist asked if I was feeling any nausea and I told him no, but I did feel a little light headed. Before I knew it he was putting some medicine in my I.V. and telling me I had to keep my eyes open. I was passing out from the spinal. Andy was finally brought into the room and I was telling him about what had happened and it happened again. I really could have done without that part, but as I came out of it the second time the doctor was making the incision. All of a sudden there was fluid spraying everywhere. I could hear it hitting the sheet that was blocking our view of the gore. The doctors and nurses were all saying that they should have worn their golashes to work that morning. It was crazy. All of a sudden the anesthesiologist told Andy to cover his head because he was lowering the sheet so I could see Abigail coming out. He lowered it really fast and then put it back up so I didn't see anything, but I was glad he at least tried. Then we heard the most beautiful cry ever. Chloe never cried when she was born, so it was music to my ears to hear Abigail screaming her lungs out.
They took Andy over to the table where the baby was while they finished sewing me up and taking care of me and then he brought her over to me. She was practically perfect in every way and looks exactly like her big sister did when she was born. They took her to the NICU because her oxygen saturation was a little low because she was having a hard time adjusting to room air after being in so much fluid for so long. One of my doctors had told me a couple of weeks before she was born that he thought she was going to be over 9 lbs. since I was measuring big. Luckily he was wrong. We left the hospital on Saturday the 15th and have now been home for almost 2 weeks.
She has been a really good baby. She only cries when she is hungry or tired, she hates having her clothes off or getting her diaper changed, she HATES bath time, and she is an AMAZING sleeper. She is so snuggly and we absolutely love having her here. Chloe has been such a good big sister. She wants to be a part of everything and always wants to help whenever we will let her.
She loves holding and kissing her baby sister, and Abigail LOVES her "Sissy".
