Alleesha's Birth of Ruby
My name is Alleesha & i wanted to share with everyone -
The Birth Of Ruby Heather
We found out we were pregnant on NYE 2010.
Well everything was going good, we booked into the docs for urine and blood tests to confirm everything, my results came back positive and my HCG levels were low but consistent for where I was at, they were only 351 but I was only 3 weeks along…
2 weeks passed and everything was perfect, until one morning when I went to the toilet and I was bleeding quite heavily… I instantly started bawling my eyes out, called Steve at work, asking if he could come home so he can take me to the docs, he got home and he held me tightly in his arms while we started to cry together…
We got to the doctors and there was a big queue, and we had to tell the receptionist why we needed to be seen, and an older lady must of overheard what we said, as after we sat down she walked up to the counter, then walked up to us and said she’s asked if we could go before her… I’ll never forget how grateful I was to her, we said thank you and we tried to find her when we got out but she was gone.
Whilst in talking to the doc, I can’t remember what he said all I know is that I was terrified I was losing my precious baby…
I asked if he could write me up a referral for an emergency scan, which he did and he also sent me for more bloods to be taken…
We were able to get a scan that same day up in the city, got there, Steve got a parking ticket, and we had to wait almost an hour to be seen, but went in and we couldn’t see much with an external u/sound so I had to have an internal one, it was uncomfortable, but we were able to see the yolk sack but instead of being 12mm big it was only 1mm and instead of having a heart rate of around or above 120 it was only 80bmp…..
Concerned she kept on looking and right next to bubs was a blood clot, it was 20mm big, the ultrasound tech said that we’d more than likely miscarry, and we should prepare for that outcome, and also that we were to have another U/sound in about 2 weeks…
Around 6 days after that u/sound I was still bleeding but I got the results of my blood test back and they had shot through the roof, they had now gotten up to around 18500, which was a fantastic sign, on the 25th January I had another U/sound, my bleeding had slowed down, and the scan revealed that the blood clot was almost gone, and that baby had gotten STRONGER and healthier, to the point where she should have been at that point, it made both Steve and I really happy, to know our baby was safe and was and is a fighter! By this point also I had developed ALL DAY sickness Lol.
A few weeks passed and before we went on a week holiday to Albany with Steve’s mum and dad, I had to have yet more bloods taken for the 12 week NT scan, then when we got back I would have the scan… I still had the ALL DAY sickness down in Albany with sort of spoiled the holiday for Steve and I because I was grumpy all the time and I just wasn’t well…
We came home and it was time for our 12 week scan, we were very excited for this scan (to see if the clot was gone) as up until this point we thought we were having a girl and so did everyone else… we went in had our scan all the measurements were perfect and the clot had now GONE and there was this over active little baby just jumping around, then our minds instantly changed from GIRL to BOY BOY BOY Lol…
Another 3 weeks later, I was 15 weeks (my sickness had finally stopped and I was 17 kilos lighter) we had booked in with foetal photo’s to have a 3d/4d scan in hope that we could find out if it was a boy or girl…. (Now before I go any further you must know that if we were to have a girl her name would be Ruby, and for a boy Jordan) For this scan Steve’s mumma came along, and on the drive up to the city, we passed a street name RUBY, which got us thinking is it, could it possibly be a sign?
Then got the U/sound place signed in got my forms went and sat down and started filling them in then all of a sudden the presenter on tv said the name’s RUBY… All 3 of us looked at each other, and smiled we got called in, and not even 5 minutes into the scan the lady said congrats you’re having a little GIRL…
We knew straight away that the street name and the tv was a sign… On the way home Steve’s mum called his dad and let him know…
We also stopped in Cockburn to do a little shopping for some cute girlie clothes, teehee…
At 17 weeks I started to feel movements and lots of them, at first they were really soft and delicate, but then they started to get really powerful Lol.
Another 4 weeks passed and it was time for our 19 week anatomy scan & just to make sure we asked if they could tell us the sex of bubs half way through the u/sound tech said that she was 90 % sure that bubs was indeed a girl, anyway at the end of the u/sound they still needed a clear picture of the heart but Ruby kept putting her arms in front so they couldn’t get one so the POKED and PUSHED and made me cry trying to get this 1 picture, in the end they didn’t get a really clear one like they wanted but being in there for 3 hours already it was 5 o’clock and they gave up…
The next day I hadn’t felt Ruby move and I was in A LOT of pain from all the poking and prodding so being scared and also being our 1st baby, we went to the hospital - but because I wasn’t 20 weeks yet (just 2 days short) I was kept in the ED, and after about 3 long hours waiting we finally got to listen to her heartbeat and everything was fine, which was GREAT news…
The half way mark came and went and then before Steve and I knew it we were at 25 weeks and it was our baby shower, we invited about 20 people, including my Aunt, Uncle and cousin AKA my mum dad and brother, at first they told me they wouldn’t be able to make it, cause of work, which was understandable as they live 6 hours away so it’s not just around the corner…
The morning of our baby shower I got a txt from my mum and dad saying they were really sorry they couldn’t make it.
We set up the living room with all the decorations and food and all those bits and bobs.
I had a couple of my school friends and Steve’s mum sitting with me in the lounge whilst the boys were outside, anyway I hear a car door slam, so I looked out the window, only to see a lil pink Nissan micra, which only meant one thing…
My mum, dad and brother where here after telling me they couldn’t make it (they tricked me)…
anyway I got up so quickly I couldn’t find my feet fast enough so I staggered forward and fell on my knees grazing them on the carpet (where there is now a permanent mark reminding me every day what happened) and I was screaming cause I was so excited lol, Steve thought I was in a fight with one of the girls that were already here so he ran through the house, when I did manage to get back up I gave my dad the BIGGEST hug ever and same with my ma and brother (I hadn’t seen them in over 2.5 years)
Any way the day went so quickly, later on my M,D, & B took Steve and I out for dinner and I had the most GORGEOUS porterhouse steak with garlic sauce OM NOM NOM… then we had to say goodbye and that was the longest most saddest drive home!!
4 weeks passed and Steve and I were sat watching a scary movie eating Hungry Jacks and all of a sudden I was in A LOT of pain that kept on coming and going, we called the maternity ward and got told to go in so I could be checked over and Ruby monitored, the midwife said I was in very early labour and that I was to take it very easy, every week from here out I would be in hosier being monitored for reduced movement and falls and also a lot of pain in my hips…
The 9th of September came and it was time for my appointment with my OB, my MIL came with me and I got told that I was going to be induced either later that day or the next… And that the hospital was waiting for me…
So my MIL and I walked over to the maternity ward, got set up in my room, called Steve to come home from work, to be told early the next morning that there were no spots for me to be induced and I would have to go back in on Tuesday the 13th, so that day came and they were yet again ready to check me in and 6:30pm came and my Ob and midwife come in and gave me the prostaglandin gel, it started working STRAIGHT away, now my cervix was still very posterior, and I wasn’t dilated at all…
I was to have another lot of gel at 12:30 1am and from that lot of gel it really amped things up, I was having regular contractions and by 5 the midwife came in to see how I was, gave me another internal to see if anything had changed which it hadn’t, but she could see I was in labour so she said to have a shower and try and relax…. YEAH RIGHT! By that time my contractions were every 2 minutes lasting 30-40 seconds, after I got out the shower I got told to put on a hospital gown and call Steve cause today was the day our beautiful baby girl would finally arrive!!!
At 8:30 my OB came into the birthing room and broke my waters, and I was 2.5 cm dilated, straight away I was in excruciating pain, I tried having a shower but couldn’t stand up as the contraction were that strong and trying to breathe through them made me sound like a steam train lol...
Whilst waiting for the anaesthesiologist to come and give me my epidural, I tried the gas and air which made me go LOOOPPPPYYYY lol. I didn’t like it one bit but it helped ease the pain until the epidural was put in and started to work… And once it kicked in OMG I loved it hehe.
11:30 came and I had another internal to find that I was fully dilated (yes from 2.5 cm to 10 in 3 hours) and her head was just there not even a whole finger length away, but she was stuck, and I had no energy to push, as I hadn’t eaten in almost 24 hours and I had been awake for almost 12 hours, they told me to get on all fours, and try push that way but as my legs were numb I had to have a lot of help getting in that position and it didn’t help at all it just made the pain worse, so they called in my delivering doc and they decided I needed help so I had an episiotomy and had the suction cup attached to Rubies head. The first one was broken so a new one had to be put on and within 2 pushes our beautiful baby girl was born…..
~**~ Ruby Heather ~**~
3:08 pm, 14/09/11, 8lb 6oz, 51cm long with a HC of 36, she was 4 days late.
Ruby is the 1st born GIRL into my fiancés Dads side of the family in OVER 100 years...
She is now as of 17th April 2012 7 months old she weighs 9.5kilos and 73cm tall & we have just found out that were prenant again and it may be twins :O
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:39PM 
