we finally have a baby!!! miss Margo Mae was born August 10, 2017 at 6:43 pm weighing in at 7 pounds 14 ounces, 20.5 inches long! and she is oh so heavenly. we are so happy she is here! obsessed is an understatement!
when i was thirty six weeks pregnant with Olive we noticed that my amniotic fluid level was looking a little low, so i was sent home to take it easy and we would check it again the following week. at my thirty seven week visit my fluid levels were extremely low, and because Olive was breech we had to do a csection. so with Scotti i debated on whether or not i should do a vbac, and in the end i decided to just go with a return csection. with Margo, the thought of a vbac once again popped into my mind and i thought about it for a few weeks but in the end i decided to go with another scheduled cesarean. i really was happy with my previous procedures, i trusted my doctor and a csection is what Dave and i were both comfortable with.
so about thirty five weeks pregnant with Margo we scheduled my csection at thirty nine weeks on August 10th at 5:30 pm! with my other two pregnancies i never felt any sort of contractions, not even braxton hicks. but this time around i definitely started feeling BH contractions early on. they were nothing too intense but i could tell it was something. at about 36 weeks they were getting stronger and a lot more uncomfortable and i was praying every day that maybe this would be the pregnancy that i went into labor all on my own and that we would be meeting this sweet girl a few weeks early. at 37 weeks, Dave surprised the girls and i with a trip to california. Olive has been talking about going to disneyland since the day she found out there was such a place! we made a road trip out of it, spent five days in cali at the beach, swimming, disneyland and seaworld and spending lots of time with family and friends. i definitely was feeling off as far as my pregnancy goes, my braxton hicks were intense and i was praying we wouldn't have this baby on the road in the middle of no where. well we made it home without a brand new baby. spent two weeks prepping for Margo.
on August 10th, the girls and i spent the morning getting manicures and spending time with just the two of them before we added another girl to the party! i had to check in an hour and half before my scheduled time so at about 3:00pm Dave and i headed to the hospital. we delivered at the IMC as we did with our other two girls as well. we checked into labor and delivery right on time and started the process of getting prepped for the procedure. in my previous deliveries skin to skin with my babies was not allowed until surgery was done and i was moved onto my permanent bed for the next few days. it had been something that i wanted so badly but was turned down in the past. i was unaware this time around that it was something that i could do and before i changed into my gown i was asked if that was something i wanted! which it was, so they had me put on this special tube top underneath my gown so that they could snuggle my baby safe and close in the operating room!
5:30 came and went, my doctor was called into another room to deliver another baby so we had to wait until she was ready. it was probably close to 6:15pm that we walked down to the OR and there i got my epidural
(which is not my favorite feeling) this time around the epidural felt like it had gone further up than normal, my arms were sort of numb
(i mean i could still feel them and use my hands) and i also felt like it was difficult to breathe. with Scotti i got really nauseous during the procedure and actually threw up
(sorry TMI) so this time around they gave me some nausea medication from the get go! they put up the tarp and started the procedure!!
Dave has the apple air pods so we were both able to listen to music to take our minds off of things while in the OR. i had a lot of anxiety during my second csection so i wanted to do everything possible to make this one go much more smoothly. i remember the only way to keep myself calm was by looking up at Dave the entire time and listening to him make conversation with all the doctors. the procedure is actually really quick, about ten minutes in and our precious baby was born. i remember my doctor saying, " okay sarah, you're going to feel a lot of tugging and a lot of pressure" and then Dave stood up to watch them pull our baby out! the doctors kept saying " holy cow, this is a huge baby!" or "she doesn't want to come out!" once she was here they took her into the corner where Dave then followed! i always tear up when i finally hear my babies cry for the first time. it's such a tender moment. i get emotional typing this. you grow a special bond with your little baby those ten months and to know that they are finally here is a feeling that is indescribable.
they weighed Margo and yelled, where were you hiding this baby sarah! telling me she weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20.5 inches long! with an amazing set of lungs. she cried until they placed her on my chest. this was such a special moment, a moment that i had longed for and thought i would never experience. however because my arms were numb i didn't feel comfortable keeping her there for too long, so after about five minutes they took her and wrapped her up, then Dave was able to hold her!! seeing Dave become a daddy again to another sweet girl is something that makes me fall more in love with him. you can just see the love in his eyes that he has for this little baby that he just met.
the rest of the procedure is what takes the longest, but once they were done it had been about 30-45 minutes total. they transferred me to another bed, handed me my new precious baby girl and we went into our recovery room. there we did more skin to skin, started breast feeding
(which she latched on right away) nurses were in and out, we called big sisters Olive and Scotti and about an hour later we were taken up to our room for the weekend!
the first night or the first few hours always feel like a blur with all the nurses coming in and out, checking mom, checking baby. we couldn't wait for our girls to meet their new baby sister so we had them come right away. even though it was about 9:00pm and passed their bedtime. and for the first time, we had someone come and take photos in the hospital. Daves employee Austin who does all the design work + videography and his girlfriend
(who took my maternity photos) came to take pictures and get video. we knew this was going to be a special moment, so having a video to took back on the first time Olive and Scotti met their baby sis was important to us! and photos to go along with the video.
the moment Olive and Scotti met Margo was so sweet!! they were so excited but yet they were so quiet and gentle. and when Margo would cry they were so concerned. they are proud big sisters and that moment is something i will never forget, i'm so lucky and so grateful that we have such a special video and photos to remind me of a time in my life that means so much to me.
with a csection, you are required to stay in the hospital longer than a vaginal delivery. Margo was born on a thursday and we checked out sunday early afternoon. we have always loved our stay at IMC, the nurses are amazing!!! we actually have had one of the nurses take care of us with all three babies so that was so cool! we had lots of visitors, lots of grandparents and aunts and uncles wanting to meet our new addition. the girls came and visited every day that we were there and i loved that! when Scotti was born Olive wasn't allowed to visit because of the flu season. so being able to have our girls there was something that made this delivery and stay so special.
(how many times can i say special in this post?! ;))
after ten long and rough months, both dave and i are so happy that our little caboose is finally here! actually i think by the end of my pregnancy the girls were sooo ready for mommy not to be pregnant anymore! Dave and I both agree that this delivery went so smoothly and we are both so happy with how everything went!
Margo is such a dream, she brings such a sweet spirit into our home and i am so thankful that Heavenly Father sent her to us! she is the sweetest thing and is so heavenly! i am one of those few that love the newborn stage, it's actually my favorite! i am trying to savor every moment of this precious time with Margo and if i could i would just freeze time. because honestly, life is perfect right now. i do have my moments with my toddlers, but even then they are at the perfect stage and i am loving it right now. transitioning from two to three kids in my opinion has been a breeze! and my recovery has been a million times better than it was the second time.... still not as easy as my first csection but definitely not terrible!
Margo is two weeks old as of yesterday, she is currently 8 pounds 3 ounces of just perfectness! she loves to eat, she is just like her sister Scotti. she is eating about every 2-3 hours, poops a lot, sleeps a lot! :) hates her carseat and is a pretty decent sleeper at night. Olive and Scotti love to hold her and sing to her. Margo loves to look at her big sisters and will listen intently whenever she hears them close by. Mornings are by far my favorite time of day with my THREE girls
(how do i have three girls!?)! the girls faces light up the second they see Margo and love to cuddle
(or should i say smother) for a good 20 minutes in the morning when they wake up.
dave and i are so so lucky, i still can't believe this is my life! we love having Margo apart of our little family!
