Aspyn Raelyn

She Is Here!!!

November 11th I had an appointment with Dr Garrard. She did a quick ultrasound to check my fluid as well as a check to see if I had dilated anymore since the week before.  I hadn't changed at all as far as the dilation, but my fluid was down to a 7 when it had been a 16 the Friday before.  We had planned to induce on the 12th prior to this appointment for other reasons.  Dr Garrard said it was a good thing the induction was already scheduled otherwise we would have been scheduling one then. The fluid was just getting too low. That night Cody & I finished up with little projects around the house as well as packing Jordyn to go to her friends house the next day. I was a little nervous, but nothing too bad. I did actually get some sleep that night.

November 12th at 8:00am, we checked into the hospital. The nurse put me on the monitor for an hour just to see what the baby was doing.  At 9:30am she checked me, I was still only 2cm dilated and 50% effaced. She then placed the Cytotec, the drug that was to help "ripen" my cervix and to help dilate. Following that medicine, my contractions did get harder and more frequent. The nurse had us up walking around the hospital & the room to try and get things moving along. At 1:45 she checked my again, I was still only 2 cm & 50%. I thought "Oh man, this is going to be a long day/night!"  We were still supposed to keep walking around until the Dr came in to break my water.  At 3:00pm she came in, broke my water and said that I was 3cm & now 70% with my cervix being anterior (that's good!). Dr Garrard said I could have an epidural anytime I wanted I just had to have a bag and a half of fluid in me before the epidural could be placed. I tried just walking around for a little bit, but lucky me, I was having back labor with Aspyn. I had it with Jordyn also. Back labor is by far the worst pain ever. I finally decided it was time for the epidural!  The anesthitist came in about 4:30pm, we got the epidural line in, started the medicine. The epidural only numbed my left side. I was still feeling everything on the right side. The nurse came in and gave me some Fentanyl in my IV to try and help with the pain after we tried different positions to try and get the epidural to work.  The Fentanyl seemed to help. I was able to relax a bit more.  At 6:15 the nurse came in to check me again. She didn't think I would have progressed much, but checked anyway. I was 8cm and 100% effaced. She was shocked!! She quickly called my Dr, had the CNA set up a table and began getting the baby's stuff set up. At 6:30 my Dr was there and we were able to start pushing!  I was numb enough that I couldn't feel a lot of pain, but I was able to feel a ton of pressure. Dr Garrard was amazing and easy going! She didn't have the nurse/CNA convert the bed to a delivery bed, there were no bright lights, no hurry to get the baby out. We just let my body do what it was supposed to do! 

At 6:56pm Aspyn Raelyn Survis was born! She weighed 6 lbs 3 oz & was 19 inches long!  She looks a lot like Jordyn & Cody! She was placed on my chest and wasn't crying at all. The nurses said all her stats were great! She was just content to lay on me for quite awhile!

We were pretty worn out, but all 3 of us were doing well! Jordyn called the hospital 5 minutes after she was born to talk to me. It was pretty funny. She didn't know we had had her, but she called and was informed that her sister had arrived!!

Jordyn was able to come the next day to meet her new sister! She was so cute with her. Jordyn had a cold so she wasn't able to hold her a long time, but I was so glad that she was able to see her. She absolutely loves her!

We were able to come home Saturday night. The first night wasn't too bad. The hardest part was waking Aspyn up to eat every 2-3 hours. Now we are old pros and only get up once a night!



Aspyn loves having a bath in her big bathtub. She has just been so much fun to have in our family.  It's amazing to see how much she's grown & changed just in the 11 days that she's been here!  Jordyn loves being around her all the time and loves telling her friends about her.  Cody is such a big help. He'll feed her, change her. get up with her at night, just hold her! I think he loves her!!

I can't wait to see how much she changes and how our lives will continue to changte with her here.