Rylee Anne's Birth Story!

First of all, I am sooo excited to tell you all, that our babyGIRL number three [3] was born last night, January 08, 2012!! Though let's be honest, we had been saying it'd be a girl from the get go. Now Eddy has his three little princesses, and our family of five is perfect. <3 So here is our story of her entrance. (:


Come 10:00 AM on Sunday [January 8th] I had been having contractions since the early evening before. I didn't really think much of them since they hadn't really increased all too much in intensity, but were definitely more consistent than before. I was pretty grateful to have gotten a night full of sleep though.. they'd backed off enough at that point to actually sleep for 7 hours solid.. something that I feel had eluded me for weeks! So by 11:00 AM my sister, Karen, and I were headed to church with Paetin. We'd left Camy home with Eddy since I'd just have to chase her all through the sermon, and since he was home, I'd save myself the energy when I had the chance. By the end of church, I'd noticed they were a bit harder to breathe through.. but really, they still didn't feel like real labor. I mean, I could function fully, and was out and about, no problems. Karen and I ran and did a couple of things with Paetin before heading home, and decided that I would go for a walk and get a bath and such to see if they'd change at all...
Well, for those of you who know me, I never just relax and sit in the bath. As soon as I got home, I realized I'd still needed to squeeze some lemons to freeze [ to have the lemons' juice ready for anytime fresh lemonade (: ] and HAD to get some strawberry freezer jam made, since it is a definite essential in this house, and alas, we were OUT! So I got those things done, and was pretty tired. So I headed up to my room for a bit and couldn't sleep.. so I watched an episode of  "Once Upon a Time" recommended by my sister. LoL. (: After a while I was pretty bored, and honestly annoyed, with the lacking increase of intensity in the contractions, that I went down and started fast-walking the block with my sister. Loop after loop, I felt that the contractions were actually lessoning. UGH. I was so annoyed, and thought for sure it'd at least be tomorrow before baby came. Lots of time. So at 4:30 PM, we stopped walking and decided I'd get a bit more rest, just cause I hadn't eaten a whole lot for the day.. This was cause I was kinda scared to.. if things did progress I didn't want a full stomach. LoL. Come 6:00 PM. Eddy called our midwife office just to give them a heads up that I'd been having contractions, and see what they recommended. They'd said I should come in just to see where I'm at, but honestly, the contractions weren't hurting really at all [ at least not what I'd think was labor from my memory ].. and Camy was ready for a bath, so I figured I'd give it a shot, see if it'd make things more relaxing for me [ hoping for a nap finally ]. I really enjoyed being in the tub with Camy Raye.. I was SOO relaxed. And because of this, I thought for SURE I was not in labor. When I got in the tub while in labor with Camy, I'd just felt so trapped and crammed that I was out within five minutes.. So I hung out for a bit, and eventually decided I should probably go walking again. Obviously the contractions weren't really going to go away, but if they were going to stick around, I wanted them to do something. Not even five minutes after getting out of the tub, say 15 minutes after 7:00, I had two gut wrenching contractions. "CRAP!!!" Instantly knew it was transition. Egads! The hospital is a good 25 minutes away!! So hurry, hurry, Eddy and I grab all the last minute things we needed and headed to the car. In the car at 7:37 PM and headed to the hospital!! We called Donna, my on call midwife that night, and made sure she was still at the hospital! That was the hardest 20 minute drive ever! LoL. Not so much the fact that I was in pain, but mostly cause with every contraction, all I could think about was, "Oh my, this might break my water!!" and I knew if that happened, I'd have to push! I'd waited TOO long! Eddy was so great. I had my mental control, and breathing taken care of, so he just kept assuring me that we were almost there, and that we we're going to make it just fine. (:

When we got to the hospital we had to go into the ER since it was later in the evening, and they put me right on a stretcher to take me up! The poor boy pushing me! Aw, he was so worried he'd have to deliver me in the elevator! LoL. I felt so bad for him. I was moaning through contractions, and felt so lame being rushed passed everyone.. I just kept apologizing for making noise. He says to me, "Yell, hit scream, swear, just please don't push yet hun!" Poor guy. LoL. Alas, we made it up, Donna was in my sight and I knew I'd be able to push soon! For those of you who have delivered a baby, you know pushing is the best part. You no longer have to just wait through pain, but actually work with your body! Aw, to push! LoL. They had me move over to the other bed, undressed, took off my shoes and I was 9 cm with water still intact. She said she was going to break my water, and I'd be free to push. Less than 10 minutes from getting out of the car [ 8:16 PM ], and entering the ER, I was holding our beautiful, new, baby girl; Rylee Anne Polansky. She was perfect! The third little girl that her daddy had been hoping for. (: 

The rest of our night was filled with getting all of the paperwork filled out that we'd skipped at admission. Then we were settled and off to our first night with our princess. (: She did awesome. In the morning, today, my sister brought over Paetin and Camy to meet their new sister. They were so beyond sweet with her, that it melted my heart!! Paetin wanted to hold her right away, and Camy was all about kissing on her and playing with her feet. (: Auntie Karen got a bit of baby time, but honestly, Paetin wasn't willing to back off enough for her to feel it was her cuddle time. But hey, a proud big sister takes priority in a situation like this. (: When it was time for them to go, Paetin was SO worried about leaving without Rylee. We had to reassure her little self over and over that Daddy and I would be bringing her home safely. No giving her away to someone else. She is Paetin's baby. (: So here we are. Home now with all three girls! Our family is complete and we are so blessed! (: