Hip Hip Hooray!!! Jackson is here!! Amazingly enough my mom had me on my due date and I too had Jackson on his! August 4th at 8:47 pm our little bundle of joy arrived! He was a big baby, he weighed 8lbs 15.1 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long! It all started on the 3rd, at 11:04 am I felt my first contraction, it wasn't very hard but I knew what it was. They were 20-40 minutes apart for most of the day, by the time Steven got off of work at around 5 pm they were 5-9 minutes apart. By 8pm they were finally 5 minutes apart for 2 hours and I could call the hospital to see if they had room. They told me to come on in so we did. They checked me but I was only dialated to 2 and much to my dismay they told me it could be another 20 hours at least so they sent me back home at 1:30 am. They gave me a shot that was supposed to stop the contractions...I wasn't happy about that. They did however tell me that if I were truly in labor that it wouldn't work and I would be back. Before we left the hospital I had had 18 contractions in 50 minutes. I was so uncomfortable and truly upset that I had to go home. Anyway, the shot didn't work. I breathed through contractions that were 3 minutes apart until 4 am. At that point I woke Steven up and said we are going back, call them and see if they will check me again. So he called and they said that if I hadn't made any progress that they were just going to send me back home. So I said a prayer and laid back down and breathed through contractions for another hour and a half. At 5:30 I said get up I can't do this any longer. He jumped up and we were off. When I got there they took me back and after 15 minutes they came in and checked me and I was dialated to a 3. Thank goodness!!! They finally admitted me and at about 11 am I got my epidural. What a life saver!! I felt like a new person! My mom and sister flew in at noon and were able to be there for the birth of Jackson. It was awesome. He is such a good baby!! We couldn't be happier. I can't believe we lived without him for so long. We love him to death.
He's so cute. I'm so glad he is here finally! It's making me pretty anxious for ours. 2 1/2 months left...ugg.
ReplyDeleteHe is adorable! He doesn't look like a newborn, he's actually cute. Congrats on your new little one. Babies are awesome...hard, but awesome! You guys will be great parents. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteJackson is adorable. Congradulations on your new bundle of joy.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I can't believe how hard it was to leave you, Teeb & my baby! I miss you guys so much and am counting till October until I see all of you. You did a great job sissy-I love you and your awesome little family!
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