I am Ruthie Hart and I can be easily recognized by how many posts I make on the LWB Facebook page! I am 26 and the mama of 14 month old boy Ford and expecting our 2nd in April 2015. I am a stay at home mama, blogger at www.ruthiehart.com, writer for MOMquery, and on the prayer and writing team for Thrive Moms Community. Yes, I love the internet! I am married to a hunky man named Jon who sells software by day and by night, works on cars, plays basketball, and has an unhealthy obsession with holiday decorating. I’m an Aggie, he’s a Baylor Bear and we met while I was interning at the company he worked at and were married 1.5 years later. We live in Steiner Ranch, go to The Austin Stone Community Church, and love traveling, playing games, and being active as a family (we are serious board/card gamers!).
With Ford, I was blessed to get pregnant right away but also cursed with getting sick shortly after. I was extremely sick from weeks 6-33 and experienced every negative pregnancy symptom out there. Baby #2 has not been too nice to me either which makes me think it is another boy! Despite not having the storybook pregnancy, I loved being pregnant. One thing I have learned is there is no need to be a hero! Medication is my friend! I also had a very rare and painful labor and delivery. I never went into labor (never had a contraction on my own!) and was induced at 41 weeks. After asking for an epidural and being pumped with the fluids necessary, I was told my blood platelets were too low and the risks were too high. I had a gestational blood disorder called Thrombocytopenia. This came to a shock because I was on hour 4 of a Pitocin induced labor and my waters had broken. I am pretty sure I screamed something profane when I found out I would feel every part of labor. Pitocin is a mean, mean lady! I tried for 8 hours and Pitocin did not dilate me even a half of a centimeter. I truly believe it was not in God's will for me to have this baby vaginally. I was rushed into general surgery, was put under full anesthesia for my C section, and my husband could not be with me. I met Ford an hour after he was born but don't have any solid memories until a couple of hours later. I am sad to say that the birth of my son was not the best day of my life but the hardest, most traumatic, and most painful. Recovery was intense and I went through a rollercoaster of emotions by my unexpected birth story (we even skipped the chapters on C sections in the baby books!). You can read my full birth story here. I would be happy to talk with anyone about the emotions after a failed vaginal delivery and/or c section recovery. Other topics I love chatting about are: breastfeeding for a year, bottle strikes (Ford never took a bottle), mastitis, sleep training/cry it out, traveling husband, blogging/internet presence, and 2nd pregnancies.
Cheers,
Ruthie Hart
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