Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The story of the day I went into labor

So I'm sure everyone has a "labor story" and I find ours quite funny now, so I would love to share ours with you...
I went to my doctors on Feb 2 (well he was out of town until the 8th) so I saw his nurse practitioner Angie. She told me that I was 80 % effaced and dialated to a 1, I asked her if that meant I could have him at any time, and she said it could be 5 days or 5 weeks but most likely to be 5 weeks she told me I could keep going to the gym and working. This was good news to us especially cause Dr. Horsley was on a vacation.
On Feb 4th I went to the gym, cleaned home, moved furniture and vacuumed the entire house cause that night our awesome neighbor Aaron was going to shampoo our carpets. I kept telling Landon that I was not going to put anything up in the nursery until our carpets had been shampooed. Then I made dinner and we ate it at Aaron and Charee's home, they then shampooed their carpets. It was quite the busy day!
Feb 5th I went to work (I work at Stork Landing for those of you who don't know). I came home for lunch cause Landon was home sick and had been all week. As I was getting ready to head back to work I had to keep using the bathroom so I asked my sweet husband if this was normal (I asked him that on a regular basis) and he said "yes honey your pregnant". So when I got back to work I had to use the bathroom again, and again, and again!!! So I decided to call the hospital to see if maybe my water had broken (though I really highly doubted it had). They told me to take a pad in and they would test it. So I called my husband and asked him to bring me one. Right when I hung up I felt MAJOR leakage, so I called the hospital back and told them I was just going to come in cause I was now soaked and at work and embarrased. So I called Landon and he was coming to get me. As we headed for the hospital I burst into tears, i was nervous but didnt really think it was my water, he started to calm me down and then told me he didn't tie our little dog up ( we just shampooed the day before!!!) aahhhh!!! When we got there they took me back (the nurses were laughing at me cause I couldn't walk right- you try walking with wet pants, ha ha), tested the fluid and told me sure enough it was amniotic fluid. I again burst into tears, then I got really scared cause my doctor was out of town, they told me to head up stairs and that I couldn't leave to get anything. So I got admitted and was dialated to a 3- got an epidural a few hours later which only numbed my left side, pushed for about 40 min and he was here!! Born on Feb 5 at 11:21 p.m., weighing in at 6 lbs 1 oz 19 1/2 inches long. It was a wonderful delivery The on call doc was amazing and it really wasn't that bad. It was one of the most amazing days of my life :) I got to hold Jackson for a minute before they took him and started working on him. He came at 36 weeks and 5 days, so he was a little premature, he couldn't breath on his own, had an infection, and a heart murmur. We were so glad he was here and he was such a little fighter. We took him home after 4 days in the NICU and he was under lights at home for 5. He is a lot healthier and such a good baby, we love him so much and are so grateful he is doing well. He is such a handsome little guy, we love you Jackson.
Thanks to all of you who came to see us and for all your concern- we deeply appreciate it, We can now have visitors as long as your not sick and no one under the age of 14. So come see us!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats Wiley's, we are so happy that little Jackson is here and is doing better!! He sure is handsome! I'm glad everything ended up going well with the delivery, I know it's a little scary but when it's all over, we can look back and think "that wasn't so bad" :D (Usually!!) You did great, Janell! What does little Daisy think of him?? :D

Jack Roberts said...

Congrats! That story is amazing, I seriously can't believe how fast you had him. I am glad that all is well. your little guy is so adorable!

Megan said...

YIPPEE!! This is Megan Whitesides. I am so excited for you guys, Congrats! He is SOOO cute. I would love to come see you guys. Glad it all went well, and he's doing great. I want to see more pics. Email me and I can add you to our blog, whitesider@gmail.com

Ariana said...

Congrats to you! The crazy stuff we go through to get our children here. Glad all turned out ok.