After spending several months living in PA again, we moved back to Michigan. We had rented our house out so we rented a little house in town until our renters could move out.
I was excitedly planning on having a VBAC home birth with my dear friend as my midwife. Everything was looking good except for dealing with GBS again.
My due date came and went without our new bundle of joy. I had so much pressure on me to have my baby before my 100 year old grandma passed away. But labor just wasn't progressing. Contractions would start and stop week after week.
Finally at 13 days overdue I went to the hospital for an ultrasound and a stress test. Everything looked good during the stress test and my ob-gyn was OK with me waiting a few more days...until the ultrasound proved otherwise.
Baby Ruth was at least 9 lbs and my amniotic fluid was low so no one would induce labor for me. My husband and I decided to just go ahead and have a second C-section so I was quickly prepped for surgery.
The entire time my doctor was working on me she was complaining about my previous incision. It was up too high on my belly which is why I had so much drainage and issues with healing. She made another incision site lower on my belly so I now have two C-section scars.
At 4:32 pm on February 18th Ruth Julianna was lifted screaming from my womb. After experiencing a blue birth with her brother, the sound of her screaming was music to my ears.
I was so happy to see a healthy, big baby. And holding her after I was settled in my room was pure heaven. No waiting 30 hours this time around.
Ruth Julianna Nolt
9 lbs
21 1/4 inches long
Big brother loves Baby Rush! He was so excited to hold her.
And kiss her!
Welcome to our family, sweet Baby Ruth! Mommy, daddy, and big brother love you very much. You bring so much joy to our life.
Sadly Baby Ruth never got to meet my grandma. Two days before she was born my grandma passed away. It was difficult for me to miss her funeral but no way was I traveling four days after a C-section.
Three generations of Ruth...my grandma would have been the fourth.
Five generations of Ruth - my mom, daughter and I posing next to the grave of the very first Ruth.
Ruth Viola, Alma Ruth, Ruth Naomi, Martha Ruth, and Ruth Julianna.
I wish that my grandma and my daughter could have met. My grandma lived a long life and she deserved to go Home and be with Pap again.
I am so thankful for my godly heritage. I have so much to live up to and I hope to pass it on to my own children. I am so blessed.
