Isabella Victoria Ruscigno

It was in April of 2009 that i had a feeling that i might just be pregnant. i had peed on several sticks previously because i could have sworn i was pregnant all those times.

however i had 2 extra test so i decided to take them. i waited till it was my FMP which was liek around 445am i took the cheapy dollar store test and i was still SO tired that i wasnt sure i seen anything so i put it in the drawer then go back to bed. around 7am i got up to go pee and i had looked at my test i took earlier and there was a very faint line... i figured it was a evap line since it was past the maximum wait limit so i just decided to take the other test to be sure and then i saw another very faint line but it showed up right away. then i thought it was prob just the test and i wasnt really pregnant.

about 2 days later i had gotten a pack of the first response test and i took it right when i got home which was around 6pm and sure enough a very faint line appeared so i knew i was pregnant but since i had another test i tested yet again the next morning and sure enough  two visable lines.. well to me anyway because Tim swore he didn't see the 2nd line on any of my test lol!

so a few days later we go to planned parenthood and sure enough. i was pregnant. 4 weeks pregnnat and expected to be due in January 22nd 2010! i couldnt believe we were expecting our FOURTH baby!

I had a pretty great pregnancy in the begining i hardly had any morning sickness. only a few times when i didnt eat but boy was i tired a lot

i had my first prenatal apt in June i had a u/s at the same place and same dr i had with my last 3.

i was 9wks 4 days pregnant everything looked great

around 12 weeks i started feeling less tired and i even felt a few flutters it was great i also went in for a fetal scan to check and make sure there was no defects and what not with the baby and of course there was none the baby was perfect and big and moving all over the place.

 everything was going pretty great with my pregnancy i was feeling little movements everyday and was enjoying my pregnancy. i craved everything SWEET i just had to have cake and cookies and anything even tho i had to limit my intakes. we were praying for another little girl to comeplete our family i know it was selfish but i just wanted a little girl SO bad that i would cry when i seen little girl things. i wanted TWO of each it would have been perfect for us!

at 19.5 weeks pregnant we had our BIG u/s by that time i was pretty convinced it was a girl. we had no boy names picked out and EVERYONE told me i was having a girl. everyone felt it as well

so me and Tim and my mom all went to my u/s and i kept looking to see if i could see those 3 lines and prayin that there was no peepee. the tech had measured the babys legs and i seen that the legs were open and i didnt see a peepee i got pretty excited but wasnt getting my hopes up. then the tech was ready to check the sex of our baby but the baby was being a little stinker and kept its legs crossed and then we were finally able to get a few peeks and sure enough it was a GIRL!! i almost started crying because Gods given me my hearts desire he KNEW i wanted a girl and he gaven me another one! the tech checked a few more times and she even mentioned to me that she never saw a peepee when measuring and then right before we stopped the u/s she spread her legs and  we got a perfect shot of her goods lol! 

I was pretty stoked about having a girl it was amazing! 

i started REALLY feeling those kicks at 22 weeks pregnant and always right before i would go to bed.

everything was going great and of course the usual for me i had GD and was put on insulin nothing new to me i was a pro at that for reals! i had some minor aches and pains but nothing to bad. not until i was in 7-8 months pregnant thats when it all started hurting.. nothing great but i expected it all seeing this was my 4th baby.

i did however have HORRIBLE sciatic pains that lasted for HOURS all day until the day i had her. it was horrible and the hearburn was CRAZY! i thought i was going to die because of how painful it was i figured she would have a head full of hair with all that heartburn.

I had went to be seen at 35.6 weeks pregnant i was checked and i was a 3-4cm dialted so i knew i would have my baby at any given time my dr stripped my membranes to help me progress but unlike my last pregnancy it didn't do anything but cause crazy cramping.

Christmas morning i was 36 weeks pregnant and i felt some crazy contractions that lasted 3 hours and they were every 7-8mins apart. i thought this just might be it so i go to the hospital to get checked and the nurse checked me and told me i was 0cm dialted  i was like HUH my dr said i was 3-4 so they sent me home. [[ i had gone back another time after and the nurse again told me i was 0cm dialted]]

at 37wks pregnant i went to my OB apt and i had told my dr what had happened and she checked me and she says im 3-4cm still. i guess because i have an antiror cervix which i guess makes it hard to check dilatation

anyway she decided to strip my membranes yet again to try and see if that will help.which of course didnt! i also tried castor oil to see if that would workd since it did with Ashton and NOPE it didnt i went to 37.5 weeks pregnant and i had decided to take castor oil again. i was in a lot of pain and i was tired and i just wanted my baby out i KNEW i was going to get induced at 38 weeks if i didnt have my baby on my own and i did not want to be induced again so i took some of the oil with a pepsi around 2pm i felt crampy on and off throughout the day with mild contractions. i didnt want to eat anything just incase i go into labor so i had some pineapple i heard that is a natural inducer as well. 8pm came around and i was laying on the couch eating more pineapple when i started getting very painful contraction. i ignored them until 9:30 when they came even stronger and every 7mins apart. i decided to take a hot shower to help the pain and i had to have Tim in there with me just in case.

by that time the contractions were about every 4 mins and they were making me drop to the floor. i STILL didnt want to go to the hospital after being told to go home 3 times priror but Tim insisted that it  was time. so around 1045 we leave to go to the hospital and i managed to walk to the L&D i figured walking would help. when i got there the nurse had hooked me up to the monitors and such and by that time my contractions slowed down a lot it was about every 8 mins. so the nurse checks me and i was  good 5-6cm so i was a keeper. we get to the room and i get the IV's put in and by that time the contractions were harder and 3-4mins aparti asked for the epi but never got one i just stuck it out. they checked me again and i am 8cm so the nurse tells me i can do some little pushes to help with the contractions while she calls for the on call dr. by that time i was in so much pain i was screaming. [[not like in the movies or anything]] but she was crowning she was coming. i gave a ''little'' push and BAM my water breaks all over the place Tim and the nurse jumped back [[LOL]] the nurse quickly grabs her gloves. she didnt even have enough time to grab the sterile gloves and right as she puts her gloves on Isabella Victoria Ruscigno made her grand entrince she was born on January 6,2010 at 11:58 pm! she didn not want to wait for the dr she wanted out so the nurse got to deliver our daughter.

She was 7lbs 12oz 20inches

i had tried breast feeding her for a few feedings until they tested her blood sugars and had told me that her sugars were dangerously low and she needed something quick. so they had to hand pump formula into her for the next several feedings because it was still so low until about later that night they were back to normal *whew* so i tried BF her again then again her levels dropped. so after 9 months of really wanting to breastfeed her i ended up formula feeding her because i was scared.

the fallowing day [january 7] i was feeding her and then a little while after i had went to go change her diaper and i noticed she was turning a dark shade of purple and she wasnt breathing. Tim rushed to get a nurse and they came running in and they picked her up turned her upside down and hit her on her back hard enough to where she finally threw up all the formula and fluids that she was choking on.that was the scariest moment in my life after she was just fine but i held on to her and wouldnt let go.

from the beg of my pregnancy we had decided that it was best for me to get my tubes tied. 4 was enough for us esp since  had 2 of each gender. we were set and complete.

so on the 7th around 12pm they wheeled me to the triage and i remember crying my eyes out. after what just happend to isabella and then me not being able to hold her SCARED me. even tho she was safe with her daddy  i was still scared. anywho they told us that its only going to be 35 mins plus an hour in recovery WELL... it was going on 6pm and i was STILL in recovery.i wasnt able to feel my lower half of my body which SCARED me to pieces. usually you have to be 100% in order to go out of recovery but seeing i was in there for 5 hours and the fact that i was STARVING since all i had to eat was pineapples the ngiht i went into labor.. and the fact that i was CRYING because i missed my baby they decided i can go ahead and go back to my room. i was crying non stop of course i was hormonal and i still couldnt move my legs.they wheeled me back to my room and had to lift me on to my bed. by that time Tim was VERY upset because not one nurse had told him  what was up he had to sit for 5 hours wondering if i was okay. he did not like that. but luckily i was fine. after i was placed in my bed i was able to finally feel my legs about an hour later. and then fully about 3 hours later. i was in some pain but luckily those good ol pain meds did the trick!

i was able to go home on the 8th with my baby girl and start our family of SIX! :)