So, today January 18th 2010 was Jayden’s original estimated due date.  On Wednesday he will be three weeks old.  Wait is that right?  Only three???  Um, well, the days have been long and the nights…much, much longer.  But I could not be happier!  He really is such a joy!  He is so good!  Except for the rare midnight melt down, he is generally happy all the time!

My house is a mess and my personal hygiene has been discarded but I just keep breathing in each moment as deeply as possible and remembering every moment is so fleeting.

I was originally going to write a blog detailing all the experiences of labor, but now, two weeks later, they hardly seem important.  But in a vastly over simplified version…

On Christmas Eve I went in for my usual weekly check up where it was discovered I had the symptoms of pre-eclampsia.  The Dr. had me put on bed rest for the Holidays.  On the Monday after Christmas we did some test.  Monday afternoon my Dr. called and said “How would you like to have a big tax deduction this year?”  She said my results weren’t good and we need to induce tomorrow morning.  That was the longest night ever!  Finally knowing “OMG We are having a baby tomorrow!”  Josh and I kept saying things to each other all night like “Tomorrow we are gonna go in there and then when we leave we will have an extra person with us who didn’t exist when we went in!”  Stuff like that, really freaking ourselves out (haha).

We checked in at 6am and at 6:30 they started the Pitocin drip.  My labor was long and hard but my Husband and Mom (and Dad came in to support me when it was “safe” haha.  He was great too!). were with me every moment and they were amazing!  We also had a Doula and she helped a lot too.  The first time Dr. came in and said “c-section” and we asked for one more hour.  She knew things I could do and in one hour I got two centimeters when the first four took several hours.  But in the end, after almost 22 hrs. of labor and 2 hrs pushing, we had to do a c-section.  We worked hard and had a lot of successes but in the end, the c-section was the safest option for my health as well as his.

Josh in scrubs with him in the Nursery just after delivery

Hearing Jayden cry for the first time was so surreal.

Finally meeting for the first time

We are doing really well now.  I am much healthier already and I lost almost all my pregnancy weight in two weeks (crazy).  I am really looking forward to a lifetime of getting to know this little man and sharing the life Josh and I have made with him.  Now, if only we could get our days and nights right…someone tell this boy night time is for sleeping silly!

My favorite face he makes all the time. We call this one "Blue Steel"

My other favorite one..."Sleeping makes me happy" haha