Well Saylor Maeve has arrived, we are over the moon (or should I say rainbow) getting settled in and soaking up all the snuggles. We truly feel she is a hand-picked gift from God and big brother Bryce. Big sister Lyla is big time loving on her new best fried and Rich and I’s hearts are bursting.
My official induction date was scheduled for July 15 however Little Miss Saylor came when she was ready on July 11.
On the early morning of July 10, I rolled over in bed and felt something a little different it wasn’t that gush I got with Lyla but it felt different(if this is tmi, you don’t have to read) . I thought wow, this was one of the dates we originally wanted for our induction date how funny would it be if baby girl came today or tomorrow. I had this funny feeling she might come early just because my other two were early also. Bryce was 10 days early and Lyla was 6 days early both of which were pretty smooth deliveries. Within the hour, I figured out my water had ruptured and called my OBGYN. She had us come in to the hospital and we were at Saint Elizabeth’s two hours later. My contractions weren’t intense at this point and very manageable. I had a situation a few weeks prior where the hospital I was originally supposed to deliver had flooded… Yes, flooded you read it right... I know what are the odds?! Ugh!!! It gave me so much anxiety but when I learned my OB/GYN could still deliver me I was so relieved as she delivered Lyla as well and is just fabulous. When we checked in, they checked all the vitals on me and baby and things sounded great. I was then hooked up to the heart monitor and they were also monitoring contractions. Rich and I sat and we were so thrilled. It was a sunny morning and we had the TV on and we were sipping our coffee’s. This was our third go at it so we were pretty calm. The nurses and doctors were absolutely wonderful and made us feel so calm and welcome. My OB/GYN talked about starting the Pitocin soon and shortly after I would get the epidural. Rich and I were thinking she would be here in no time. At this point I was 4 cm dilated. Suddenly the monitor began to beep this funny noise and I knew something didn’t sound right. I got a little nervous but the doctors were in within seconds and asked me to shift my position and then I heard music to my ears the normal familiar sounds again of the monitor. This happened quite a few times where Saylor’s heart rate fluctuated and therefore they would shift me and it was back to normal. I never once felt like I wasn’t in good hands and the doctors remained calm with me and monitored everything closely however since the heart rate was fluctuating they did not start Pitocin as soon as we would’ve liked because for those of you that don’t know, Pitocin speeds up the contractions and when this happens the heart rate can fluctuate and since this was already happening before the Pitocin, they wanted to take things slow and so did I. Finally around 12:50am (it was a long day but certainly not the longest of our lives and there was nothing I couldn’t handle as long as Rich was by my side) they started the Pitocin and gradually ramped it up. They gave me plenty of oxygen and fluids that made baby girl comfy and happy in there. Baby girl was handling it all just fine and at around 1:50am my OB/GYN came in and I was at that point 10cm dilated and crowning. I can remember the words so clearly it was like music to my ears, my heart and my soul she said “OK let’s have a baby!” My body responded so well to the Pitocin and so did baby girl. It was “smooth sailin’ “ from here on out and it was time to push. I had this urgency to just push push push!!! I was more than ready and I remember thinking what’s taking so long they had been setting up for only a minute but what seemed like forever and the doctor had told me, “don’t push yet!!” Haha!! Before I knew it I was pushing and she was here within five minutes. At 1:55 AM I heard the beautiful sounds of her cry as she came out. It was extremely emotional for both Rich and I as we have been through so much and we were just so overjoyed with relief and love that she was finally here and absolutely perfect in every way from head to toe!!! It turned out she had an umbilical cord that was a little bit on the shorter side, nothing too abnormal and very common but this was what was causing her heart rate to fluctuate a bit. I remember saying...oooh ok that’s what it was, let’s cut that damn’ thing already!! Rich had cut it as he did with all 3 of our babies and she was placed on my chest. Her warm, soft, skin against mine felt like no other and the happy tears just streamed and didn’t stop. We looked into her eyes and we just knew, her name would be Saylor (she gave Mommy no trouble come time to push and it was “smooth sailin.” I wanted to give her a nautical name like her sister as Lyla’s name means “island girl” and is spelled with a Y. Saylor’s name means “rope maker, vairient of sailor and of the sea.” And her her middle name means “beautiful warrior,” which is so fitting. I wanted babygirl to have a Y in her name also and an M middle name like her big brother and big sister. Also, since she was my “rainbow baby,” The song “somewhere over the rainbow” came to mind and I immediately thought of the hashtag #saylorovertherainbow. PERFECT!!!
We had the absolute best experience at St. E’s and I don’t have a single bad thing to say. The doctors and nurses especially my own OB/GYN were absolutely wonderful and the nurses that left their shift before she was born, even made certain to come check on us in the morning at the start of their shift.
Since baby girl has been born we have had so many signs from her big brother Bryce. We had rainbows sent to us from family and friends the day we brought her home to the hospital, we’ve seen endless blue dragonflies, and the day we took Saylor to her first pediatrician appointment one of Bryce’s songs I used to sing to him when he was born, was playing over the speaker. We truly feel such a big presence here with him and we just know for certain he’s watching over us. Lyla is such a proud big sister and is constantly kissing Saylor’s forehead and hugging her and it melts my heart.
The meaning behind the date she was born (711) is a huge sign in itself.
Saylor is truly a blessing from above and the perfect addition to our now family of 5. Yes, 5 because though we have a guardian angel now, he’s very much here and present and ALWAYS will be the “big brother that guides us protects us and looks out for us.
We are SO IN LOVE! 💙💗💗🌈
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