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Jacob's birth story

Ok, here's the story really quick while Jacob is sleeping...

I was having contractions 5 minutes apart for a couple of hours and Jason came home from work early. I called the doctor and told the nurse about my contractions and she told me to stay home and rest and if they started to get painful or closer together she wanted to know. She told me to call her back in an hour and give her a status update. So we got in the car and drove towards my doctor's office since it's 45 minutes away just incase they wanted to see me. We got half way there and I called and gave them the update and said they were still 5 minutes and still weren't really painful. She said to stay home and lay down and drink lots of water and take a hot shower and see if they go away. The whole time I'm thinking, yeah right, like I want them to go away. So since we were out, we decided to walk around downtown to see if that would help get them going. I knew it would hurt because of the pelvic separation and bursitis, but at that point, I didn't really care. We walked to a store that a friend of ours works at and talked to him for about an hour. While we were there, I noticed that the contractions were 3-4 minutes and still didn't really hurt. We decided to go to the student union and get some chinese food to see if something spicy would kick start the contractions. They were still 3 minutes and the pain was just a little sharper by the time we left, but they still didn't really hurt. I called the doctor's office and talked to the on call doctor and told her about the bloody show a couple of days earlier and about the contractions. She told us to get to l&d right away.

When I got there, they hooked me up to the monitor and I was contracting every 2-3 minutes. They checked me and I was dilated 4-5. They asked me if I wanted to stay and they would break my water and get things started. I of course said yes. They sent us to one of the l&d rooms and broke my water at 9:10 pm (EST). I started having some painful contractions and opted for my epidural. They did that at about 10:15 and it was such a relief. At 11, they checked me again and I was still only dilated 4-5 so they gave me a bit of pitocin to get things going. Around 1:00 I started having some contractions that were coming through the epidural a little and I could feel the pressure, but also a little pain. Not too unbearable though. At about 1:20 I started feeling pressure like I had to poop so the nurse called for the doctor. The doctor came in and checked and I was fully dilated. At 1:30 am I started pushing and at 1:39, he was born.

The pelvic separation is definitely better. The bursitis on the other hand seems to be inflamed. I don't know if it's because I'm retaining water or because I slept on the hard hospital bed. At least I can take motrin now, which does help.

Here are a couple more pictures:

Jacob is here. I'll update more after I get some sleep. For now, here's a pic.



We loved this hat, unfortunately it was hospital property. Anyone know how to knit?

Still no baby. I'm getting very impatient.

I have a feeling it will be sooner than later, but who knows. I thought I was having this baby weeks ago. I have another appointment on Thursday, but I'm kind of hoping that I don't even make it until then. I just want him to be here!!

Sorry to leave you hanging for so long, but I still haven't had this baby. I have an appointment in a couple of hours, so we'll see what happens.

My feet are swollen and I can't wear my shoes anymore. It's a pain, literally.

I'm 37 weeks, 4 days right now so this baby can be born any time. The sooner the better.

Still no baby. Maybe tomorrow, I just have to be dilated to 4 and they will keep me. Keep your fingers crossed. I kind of have a feeling that won't be the case, but we'll see. I haven't had many contractions since the day before yesterday.

I was home with a sick kid all day today. I think Ry has croup. He's got that barky cough and a fever. He's such a little trooper when he's sick though. I had to keep Austin home today too because he had a dentist appointment this morning and had to get a tooth pulled and a couple of fillings. I wanted to make sure when the numbness wore off that he wasn't hurting, plus the dentist wanted him to take it easy so he didn't start bleeding again or get a dry socket. Austin didn't think the dentist thing was a big deal at all. He's so not like me or his dad. He said yesterday that going to the dentist is his second favorite thing to do besides go to the movies. There's something wrong with that child...

Hehe, no baby.

Not many contractions either. So I went into pre-term labor and now I'll probably go past my due date. It's just a waiting game now. I really wish I could get out of the house and walk around to let gravity do it's work. I do have to go to the mall this weekend to get nylons to wear on Sunday for Matthew's baptism so maybe I can try to walk around there. I know that walking around Target for 20 minutes usually kills me and that was before the baby dropped. Now, I'm having more problems with my pelvis (bones rubbing together, not fun) so I don't know that I'll be able to manage it.

I still need to get a diaper bag. The baby can't be born until I find one that I like, so it might be a while.