Sarah's Birth Story

Here we are in June....and our baby girl is already over a week old! She is the most precious and wonderful thing that we could have ever been blessed with. She has captured our hearts for eternity.

So I am sure many would like to know how the whole L&D went....so it is easier to put it on my blog and let those who want to to know have the opportunity to.

On Tuesday night, May 31st, at 10:30 my water broke. THAT was an interesting experience...and most definitley as dramatic as what you would see in a Hollywood movie LOL. To me that was the grossest thing of the entire even.
My midwife got there close to midnight and she saw that there was meconium in the water. It was not a lot, but we decided it was best for us to go on to the hospital just in case there were any issues with Sarah.
We got to the hospital around 1ish June 1st and was admitted there. I hadn't started any contractions (shocking after my weeks of pre labor), but Sarah's heartbeat was fine. They put an IV in and told me thye would decide what to do after 8am that morning.
Eight AM came and I had only had very distant contraction, but nothing that showed signs of going into active labor. They decided that if I hadn't started anything by noon that I should be induced.
So Sam and I walked around and got some paperwork done...signed the agreement for epidural and anesthesia if needed....and nothing progressed.
At 12:30pm I was induced with a oxitocin drip, and let me guarantee you an induced labor is 10000000x harder than natural labor.  I thought I was going to die. I labored "naturally" with the drip from 12:30-2:30 and they checked me and I hadn't dilated at all. The contractions were 2 minutes apart and lasting about 1 minute, but they hadn't progressed anything. They decided it was best I have a mild epidural to help me relax and so that they could increase the dose of the drip to strengthen the contractions. I conceded and got to experience the epidural. It STUNK....but better than the induced contraction pain.  Within 4 minutes I was high as a kyte and slept for an hour or so.
From 2:30-7:30 I dilated from 3-7CM and by then my epidural wore off. They refused to give me anymore medication for the pain, and I had to do the rest on my own.
From 7:30-10:30 I dilated 7-9CM and got stuck. They continued to up my dosage until my contractions were so strong and frequent that I did not have a break in between them at all. Some of them double peaked, and I swear to you it was the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life.  I begged for something to take off the edge and they refused it.
Between 10:30 and 11:30 I dilated from 9-10 and felt the urge to push.  I pushed and pushed and pushed, sometimes with the attending midwife practically laying on my stomach "helping" me push, until I couldn't push anymore.  I pushed from 11:30 (according to Sam) to about 1 ish.  They finally told me Sarah was stuck and was not going to come out. Also, they told me she was in distress and told me to stop pushing that they were going to do a Csection to get her out.
Trying not to push was the most excruciating pain ever....they injected me with something to stop the contraction but they didn't stop for another 10 minutes.
Within minutes I was in the O.R. and they put me on the bed...strapped down my arms and legs like I was some crazy person.  They injected me with more epidural stuff and it didn't take at all. I could still feel the needle on my belly. The doctor told me he was going to go ahead and cut me open, and I told him NO.  So next thing I knew they had a mask on my face and I was blacked out.
I woke up being rolled into the delivery room and there was Sam holding our Sarah Rose.
I truly hate that I missed her birth....and I hate that I missed those first moments of her life...and I hate that the instant bond I so longed to experienced was hindered by drugs...but that is how it happened.
I got to nurse her immediately as they wheeled me to my room....and it was so...I instantly became a mommy.

Sarah Rose Schultz was born June 2nd at 1:27am. She weighed 4010grams and was 51cm long ( roughly converted to 8.9lbs and 20 1/2 inches long).

The next day...drug free LOL...I got to hold my baby girl. It was so surreal the feeling of holding her. I loved her immediately and knew that I would do anything for her.  She instantly became my little angel and the love of my life. She is so precious...and her cry breaks my heart.

After 4 days in the hospital we were able to come home....and we are so happy here.

Sam was amazing through it all. He coached me through every contraction...he held my hand during each push. He wiped away the sweat from my forehead and the tears from my eyes.   He fell in love with his little girl immediatly, and held her tightly and comforted her until I was able to nurse her.  He slept in the truck so he didn't have to go home the first few days, and would bring me food and anything I needed.
He came home and moved our bed downstairs and made it so I would not have to climb the stairs when I got home....he gets up with me at night to change Sarah's diaper and swaddle her for her feeding. He has been so gentle and caring and I just love him so much. He is a wonderful husband and a great father. I don't know how I would have done this without him <3.

Although my dreams of homebirth and idea of those first few moments with my baby would be were completely taken away....and although everything I didn't want to have happen did.....I can honestly say I would do it again for her. She was worth the pain of labor, and the trying times of recovery.... just for her to look at me with those eyes and know I am her mom...and I am going to take care of her....to see how much she looks like me and acts like Sam....the noises she makes in her sleep....the way she instantly stops crying when I pick her up and she knows food is coming... worth it. Worth every second.


We love our little girl. God has truly blessed us beyond what we deserve with her.  We love her sooo much.


Pray for us that we can train her up in the ways of the Lord as we should.

Thank you,
Sam, Amber, Baby Sarah