Wow how time flies! Little sara has been in our home for 4 months now and I have yet to write down the story of the day she came into this world. All I can say is having 3 kids keeps me busy... but I love it.
Here is her story.
A week and a half before her due date we went to my routine dr. appointment, I had really bad sciatic pain that made it so I couldn't walk very well. Dr Lunt could tell how much pain I was in and offered to induce me the next day if we wanted to... YES, Finally, we couldn't wait to meet this little girl. so we went home and packed our bags.
the next morning Mckensi and Olivia came down to watch luke and Jane in case we got called in early in the morning. at 11 am the labor and delivery called us to let us know we could come in to have our baby. We were beyond excited and jumped in the truck to go ( not literally jumped... still 9 months preggo).
They showed us to our room and I asked to immediately have an epidural to avoid any unnecessary pain :) I was a 3 when we got there, after the Epi they checked me again and I was a 6! this was 1 hour after we got to the hospital. they gave me an antibiotic for group b strep through my I V.... it felt like someone was cutting my arm off. I started to cry which I was embarrassed about until dr. Lunt came in and slowed the the drip so it didn't go in as fast (they were trying to hurry to get it in because of how quickly little Sara was coming) this helped tremendesly. after that everything was a breeze. they checked me again and I was an 8. 10 min later I began to shake, which my Mom recognized as going into transition to deliver. they checked me again and I was a 10 and ready to go. Luckily this time Dr. Lunt was there waiting. I asked if we needed to start pushing before he came in, and the nurses just laughed and said the baby is ready for the Dr.
Dr. Lunt came in and the very next contraction they told me to push for a count of 10 seconds, i took a breath and began to push again and Dr. Lunt told me to stop, that the baby was out, at 4:00. I asked if he was serious and he held up beautiful Sara and I instantly fell in love with her. I could tell immediately that she had a very sweet spirit about her. Chris cut the chord and they handed her to me to hold after 9 months of waiting, it was a perfect moment.
She weighed 6lbs 15 oz and 21 inches long, such a tiny little thing. she didn't look much like Luke and Jane, she looked more like me. I always thought I wanted all of our kids to look like chris because of his beautiful features, but when I saw her I was secretly very happy that I got one who looked like me.
Luke and Jane came in to meet her a couple hours later, Luke had been so excited for the Dr. to pull her out of my tummy that he asked me several times a week if today was the day. it was so cute how excited he was for another little sister. Jane on the other hand was too young to care ( I wonder why). when they met her they were so sweet, the nurses warned me that the kids usually want nothing to do with mom when she was in a hospital bed. nope not my kids they climbed right up with me to cuddle, and rode with me as they pushed me to our new room. from the moment they met Sara they were smitten and wanted to be by her all the time. I keep waiting for that to change but 4 months later they still treat her as if she is the center of their world. in Janes case, that makes for one nervous mom... and for good reason:)
We sure do love sweet Sara and the great baby that she is. I cant believe how much the Lord has blessed me, and how much he has trusted me to be the mother to 3 of his choicest spirits. for the rest of my life I will never stop thanking him for the joy that is mine because of my children. my cup runneth over, what an amazing job I have on this earth, and I wouldn't trade motherhood for any other calling.
