Our little guy made his arrival on January 25th. We are so excited that he is here and his brother and sister just can't get enough of him.
I decided to write down the labor and delivery. I didn't write it down with my other two and I already regret it. You can skip right to the pictures. This is going to be long and may jump around as I am trying to remeber all the info.
I had been scheduled to be induced on the 25th (39 weeks). I was SO READY for it. They were so supposed to call me anywhere from 5 am - 7 am to tell me to come in. I couldn't sleep at all that night because I was having contractions all night long. That was the 4th time in that week I was kept up in the night with contractions. 5 am came around and I was laying awake in bed waiting for a phone call. I just kept telling myself it didn't matter if these contractions stopped this time because I was being induced and having this baby no matter what. 6 am came around and still no phone call. 7...8...9..10 am still no phone call and my contractions had stopped once again. I called the Dr's office to see what was going on, to make sure they didn't forget to schedule it. The nurse said she would call the hospital and give me a call back. She called me back and told me they were completely full and couldn't take any inductions until they had a free room. They asked if I wanted to wait until the next day or go in anytime during the day as soon as a room became available. I almost was in tears talking to her. I told her I wanted to go in asap. I was emotionally ready to have this baby. After being up all night for the 4th time that week and counting on having my baby that day I was more than ready. I was so upset and sad most of the day. I had made an appointment with my Dr for 2: 15 that day so he could check me to see if those contractions were doing anything at all and to have him strip my membranes. When he checked me I was a 3 1/2. Four days before I was only a 2. PROGRESS. I was hoping that my contractions would start again and wouldn't stop. After the Dr left the room I immediatly started having contractions. When I got home I told Landen what the Dr said and that we just had to wait until the hospital called. I was still having contractions and they were pretty painful. I told Landen that I thought I was in labor but I thought that 4 other times that week to. As I was talking to Landen the hospital called and told me to come in!! I was so excited. My mood instantly changed. My mom came over to watch the kids and we were on our way. The whole way over I kept telling Landen that I think I am in labor. The contractions were hurting pretty bad. We got to the hospital and we were checking in. Since I was there to be induced they weren't in any real hurry to get me into a room. I remember sitting there filling papers out and thinking "Hello I am in labor and I can barely sit here right now and fill these papers out." Of course the lady had no idea that I thought I was in labor. She took us back to our room and our nurse came in to get me all ready to go. It was almost 4 p.m at this point. I told her that I thought I was already in labor. She checked me and I was still and 3 1/2. She said she would give it an hour and come check me again. She came back and that time I was a 4 1/2. She said she was pretty sure I was in labor. I asked her if I could not have the pitocin and see how far I could get on my own. She said that was a good idea since it seemed I was in labor. They got me started on the med. for strep b and a iv sugar water solution. My dr wanted to try something different for me because with my last two I got pre-eclampsia after I had both my kids. He thought the sugar water would help with swelling. I got an epidural around 5: 30. Once it kicked in I was comfortable and was able to relax. That only lasted about an hour. I could start to feel the contractions and feel a lot more. At 6:45 or 7 my dr came in and broke my water. My nurse checked me at 7:30 and I was only a 5 1/2. At 7:50 I called my nurse because i told her I felt a lot of pressure and pain. I was a 7 1/2 and she said you will probably be ready to push in 15 minutes. What? really? By this time I could feel everything. I kept pushing the button for the epidural but it didn't seem to help...at all. I could move my legs without any problem and I could feel the contrations and they were really painful. I could feel everytime they would check me. 10 mintues later I told her i felt like I needed to push. She checked me and she said, "yep your a 10." Just had to wait for my Dr. to get there. He was working on some paper work in the hospital so he wasn't to far. When he got there I started pushing and two contractions and 5 minutes later we had a crying baby! I couldn't believe it happened so fast! My other two were all day. He was born at 8:19 pm. He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. It took us until we were leaving the hospital and signing the birth certificate (once again) to pick a name. We named him Jaxon.
When the nurse was helping me get dressed I asked her what this thing was on my gown. She just kinda stared at it. The look on her face was confusion and you could tell she was processing something. She finally said did anyone unhook that? I said no. She went over to the epidural pump/bag (I don't know what it is called) that has the tubing coming out that is supposed to be hooked to the tube in your back for the epidural. The one that gives you the medicine when you push the button because your in pain. Yeah that one. The tubing hooked to the bag still had the cap on it!! It never got hooked up to me! I only got the medicine that he injects right when you get the epidural and that only lasted about an hour to an hour and a half. I couldn't believe it and the nurse couldn't either. She said that has never happened before. You would think I would be mad but acutally I was so happy. I have always wanted to do it without pain med. but I didn't ever think I could do. Didn't have faith in myself. Yeah, it hurt....bad. But only for a short amount of time. I was at the hospital for 4 hours before i had the baby. For about 1 to 1 1/2 hours of that I had an epidural. This just showed me that next time I CAN do the whole thing natural and I am strong enough to do it. The nurse kept apologizing and I just kept telling her I was happy with how to turned out and happy that happened.
This was my shortest labor by far and easiest one. It was such a good experience. I am so happy that I ended up going into labor on my own and didn't need any pitocin. With Andie I went into labor but was dialating to slow so they gave me pitocin and with logan I was induced. I am so thankful that the hospital was full that morning so my body could do it naturally. At the time I was not to thankful and kinda mad and sad. I look back at it and I know that it happened the way it was supposed to.
I remember saying over and over again right after he was born that I was so happy how everything happened and turned out. Even the epidural not working....I was so happy about that.
Here are some pictures. They are all out of order. I put a lot on here since I get my blog published into books.
All the kids waiting to sit on Santa's lap
Andie on Santa's lap
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