Look who is here...and early!

Rylee Laurel Giles

June 25th, 2010

8:10 p.m.

7 lbs 6 oz

19 inches

2 weeks and 1 day early!

Giving birth to this precious baby girl was the most amazing thing in the world. And I definitely didn't expect it to be as quick and easy as it was! We are so in love with her and can't imagine life without her. I am so lucky to be her Mommy and for Kelly to be her Daddy. She is already a Daddy's girl I can tell. Whenever anyone else is holding her and she hears his voice she looks around for him. She is always sticking her feet straight out in the air. When I was pregnant with her she would always stick both her feet and kick me in the right side when I was laying on my left side. Which explains why she sticks her feet straight in the air now! It is so adorable.

So onto the birth story...it is quite the story. :) Sorry it is so long...I was mainly typing it all up for myself so I don't forget anything. Friday morning I woke up and started getting ready for work. Around 6:30 am I started leaking fluid. Just a very small leak. It would start and then stop...over and over. Then it completely stopped. I didn't really think anything of it cause it definitely didn't seem like it could be my water breaking but I just wasn't sure. So I went downstairs and started eating breakfast and making my lunch. This was at about 7:30 am. And then it happened again. I went back upstairs and woke Kelly up and said "I keep leaking fluid, it's weird." In my head I kept thinking it was my water breaking but I just kept saying no way... So I decided it would be best to call my boss and tell her I would be late for work...and so I did. Then I called labor and delivery and they told me just to come in they can't diagnose me over the phone. I kept thinking I don't want to go all the way over to the hospital and them just send me home. That would suck! So I decided to just sit on the bed for a bit and see what happened. At this point I was just crying cause I didn't know what to do! Kelly kept saying "Why are you crying? This is supposed to be exciting if that's what it is and you are crying!?" haha. I was just very emotional and anxious and didn't know what to do. So I just continued to sit there...30 minutes later nothing was happening so I went to work. When I got there I started leaking a little more and decided to call my doctors office and see what they said. They said the same thing...so I called Kelly and said I really just think we should go to the hospital and get checked. Especially because I was positive for group B strep and if it was my water then I would need to be started on an antibiotic right away. Kelly came and got me. We got to the hospital about 11 am. They took me back and did a little test. They got a strip of green paper and swiped it across the fluid. If it turns blue, it is amniotic fluid. It didn't change color. They did another test just to be sure. Another strip of paper and a swab in my cervix. The paper changed color this time to blue and the swab they looked at under a microscope to see if they could see any amniotic fluid. They only saw one spot of amniotic fluid under the microscope. So then they had to do ANOTHER test. They have to hold the swab in my cervix for 1 minute and then stick it in fluid for another minute. They said they would have the results back in about 30 minutes, but to pretty much plan on staying cause there was only a 5% chance it was negative! I was freaking out at this point. I was SO not planning on my baby coming so early! I was so excited but so nervous! I had just had my 38 week visit the day before and met with Dr. Broberg. The same doctor that was on call when I got to the hospital. At my appointment the day before he told me to mentally plan on my baby being 2 days late, but if she comes tomorrow then I can celebrate. HE TOTALLY JINXED IT and I told him that when he came in the room. It was so funny. Not even 30 minutes later...maybe like 5 minutes they came back and said yep you are staying! By the time they started my iv with pitocin and penicillin it was about 1 pm or a little after. Before they started me on pitocin I was dilated to 1 1/2 and 50% effaced. By 3 I was at a 3 and 60% effaced. That is when Dr. Broberg broke my water completely. Wow that was a fun experience. :) My stomach looked hilarious cause it wasn't all tight anymore. And I felt like gallons of water was coming out...and it wouldn't stop! A little while after he broke my water, her heartrate dropped so they had to put some liquid back inside to cushion it better because they thought either the cord was around her neck or she was laying on it. They also placed an internal monitor. I went for quite a while without getting an epidural cause I have heard it slows down your progression. At about 5 pm I was still dilated to a 3 and the contractions were really painful so I decided to get the epidural...cause I have also heard that getting the epidural relaxes you so you can dilate faster. I was pretty surprised at how long I went without getting one. I just didn't know really WHEN I should or what people usually do?! The nurse said that most people would have gotten it long before I did. So I got the epidural...the nurse came and checked me a little after 6 pm. I was now dilated to a 5 and 90% effaced...still a while to go! (So we thought) She came and checked me at about 7:30 pm. As she was checking me she said do you feel lots of pressure? I said no...I can't feel anything. She said well the baby's head is low...like really low...and you are complete. UMM are you kidding me? It was time ALREADY!? I was freaking out and my whole body started shaking. I was so nervous! They called Dr. Gamette to let him know and then at about 7:45 pm I started pushing with the nurse. Every contraction I would push 3 times, 10 seconds each. I only did 3 sets with the nurse. When Dr. Gamette got there I pushed 4 times and she was out. Seeing her the first time when she came out was the most amazing feeling in the world. Definitely one I can't describe. I just cried and said over and over "oh my gosh! oh my gosh!" After they cleaned her up and weighed her and everything they gave her to me. Oh my gosh I cannot describe how I was feeling holding my baby for the first time. I will always remember every move she made and every noise she made. I just kissed her over and over and kept looking at Kelly and crying because I was so happy. After I held her for a little while they had to take her away. My poor baby didn't cry when she came out, just kept grunting so they had to take her to the NICU and put her on the CPAP machine for an hour. After that hour everything was fine. I however, was not fine! I had to sit in my room all alone while Kelly was with our baby! Finally my family came in the room to sit with me for a while but it was still what seemed like days before I got to see her again. Finally, at about 11 pm or so (3 hours after I had her) I got to see her again!!! Oh I just wanted to hold her and cuddle with her. We didn't get much sleep that night cause we were up so late with her just amazed at her and that she was finally here. We love her so much!!! Giving birth is just so amazing. She is so amazing. We love her more than words can describe! We can't wait to see what the future holds for us as her parents! She is such a beautiful baby girl and we feel so blessed to be able to be her parents and raise her! My birthing experience was so incredible and I can't wait to do it again.