Rambling Renee: 1 year ago today

1 year ago today I was laying in a hospital bed waiting for my husband to arrive home from Ohio to watch the birth of our 3rd child. Baby Arianna was due on June 6 but due to complications we knew she would come early.

At 32 weeks I started seeing the high risk doctor for my pregnancy. We went for a spot on her heart. He discovered that her heart was fine but her placenta was the age of a 42 week placenta. He was afraid that the placenta would stop providing for her. I went back at 34 weeks for a follow up and things were still looking okay. Then at 36 weeks I went for another follow up. Of course this was the appointment that things went bad. The baby was looking okay but slowing down in movements and my blood pressure was really high. The doctor sent me straight to the hospital for a Non Stress Test and Blood pressure Check. When I arrived at the hospital I was sent for an induction instead.

I immediately called Scott and told him to head home as soon as possible...he was 3 hours away at least. He arrived at 8pm. At 10pm they broke my water and we were on our way...so we thought. At 7am we shut the pitocin off and slept for 2 hours. It was a very long process. Finally Arianna Mary joined our family at 3:18pm after 1 hour 33 minutes. Arianna was born with black hair. She had apgars of 9,9 and weighed in at 6lbs 14oz and 18 inches long. She was classified as a preemie so the NICU was present but weren't needed thankfully. They did suction off 10cc of fluid from her lungs though so that was nerve wracking. She was so beautiful.

Arianna has been very healthy. Some of her milestones: Smiled at 7 weeks, Laughed out loud at 3 months, Clapped hands at 11 months, Rolled over from back to belly at 5 months 3 weeks, Belly to back at 6 months 1 week, Crawled the army crawl at 8 months, real crawl at 9 months, Ate solid food at 5 months, pulled up at 9 months, Waved bye-bye at 10 months, Said dada at 7 months, Mama at 8 months. Went the cabin at 1 week, spent the night away and 2 days at grandma and papa's house at 4 1/2 months. First tooth at 11 months.

Here are some great pictures.
Fresh out of the oven