Brody Jaxon Has Arrived!

It all started Tuesday, Feburary 24, 2009. I went to the basketball game and when I got home I was having some contractions that were 5 minutes apart but not painful at all. I figured I would go to bed and if it was real it would wake me up! Knowing I had an appointment scheduled for Wednesday at 10am, I wasn't too concerned. Wednesday morning came and the contractions were still pretty much the same. The doctor came in and said "So...do you think you're in labor?" My response: "I never want to be the one to cry wolf...but I have been having contractions 5 mins apart." From the moment the nurse left the room until the doctor came in, I had 4 contractions! She checked me and I was 2-3 cm dilated and she decided to put me on the non-stress machine to monitor the contractions. Once she realized my contractions were real and coming regularly, she admitted me upstairs to labor and delivery and I was sooo not prepared! Three weeks early...I never had that "nesting" phase, my bag was partially packed, my house wasn't absolutely perfect like I pictured it to be.

Anyways...the baby will come when it wants to! I labored by myself all day wednesday and wednesday night because they would not do anything to "induce" me (i.e. break my water) until I got to a certain stage in my labor because I was three weeks early. Thursday morning my Doctor came in around 7:45 am to check me and see the progress. My water had started to leak slowly in the middle of the night so he had decided that since I was 4-5cm dilated and leaking that he would break my water. He also decided to put me on pitocin which is NASTY stuff! Honestly, I know from experience that if my water is broken, I WILL have a baby soon! Pitocin was not necessary but I didn't care at that point of course. Anyways...my Doctor said he would be back in 5-6 hours and he left. I had one contraction on the bed that pretty much threw me through the ROOF! I was crying for pain med, epidural, anything lol.

The nurses decided to move me to the rocking chair (bad idea). I had about four contractions (that by the way were the MOST PAINFUL contractions ever) and by the fourth, I said to the nurse "I feel pressure!" She said "That's just the baby's head descending hunny." The NEXT contraction I lifted myself out of the chair (because I felt like I was sitting on his head) and screamed "I'M PUSHING!" The nurse says..."No, no you can't push until you're ten centimeters...just breathe! Next contraction get up on the bed and I will check you!" Well to say the least I FLEW to the bed! The nurses hand never left me (TMI sorry) She was yelling for nurses and my doctor and everyone rushed in all at once! I had to breathe through three contractions without pushing until the doctor arrived. (awful!) Then...one push, head was out, second push, rest of baby! Brody was born at 8:25am just about 45 minutes after my water was broken. Now why couldn't they have done that wednesday??? lol.

Well...that's my labor story :0) Since then we have dealt with jaundice issues and we are getting over the breastfeeding hump of sensitive, sore nipples but we are plugging along and I know that it will seem like we will be in a routine in no time.

Hudson is absolutely loving Brody. Sometimes a little too roughly but I just love it. To see their bond is amazing and I have never been so happy to have two boys. I really love it...

Enough writing...here are some pics!

Hudson being very curious about his brother!



Holding hands :0)

Best Buds!

Precious boy...

Eyes Open!