Happy Easter 2009!!

Delivery.

As promised, I am writing today about the whole labor experience. Saturday was not what I was expecting. Bryan and I woke up at the usual Saturday morning time around 8:30 and I began making our usual Saturday morning breakfast, Blueberry Waffles! Yum. I talked with my mom for a brief moment after breakfast about our dinner plans at their house later that evening. And almost as soon as I got off the phone with her I started having some horrible cramping pain that just wouldn't go away. I thought to myself..."Self, I think we're having this baby today". After a little while I called for Bryan and explained what I was feeling and that I really didn't feel good...felt like I was going to vomit but wanted to shower before heading to the hospital. Instead ended up in the bathroom because of the whole vomiting situation...and all of a sudden my water broke (around 11am or so). Jaxon had made a bowel movement so I knew we needed to get to the hospital quickly. We got our stuff together and I tried to clean myself up a bit and got to the hospital around noon. The nurses put us in a room right away and began checking little Jaxon's heart. They did not like what they saw and told us we'd probably have to have an emergency C-section. This is not at all what I wanted to do...I had decided early on that I really wanted to try to do a natural delivery, but Jaxon's health was most important, so of course we would do whatever was needed. My parents and Bryan's parents arrived quickly after hearing that we'd probably be going into surgery soon. After filling out a bunch of paper work while hooked up to oxygen...we sort of just waited to hear back from the Dr about what was coming next. All of a sudden there were a ton of nurses and dr's in our room and they took me out of the room before I knew what was happening. I guess Jax was in more stress then they had originally thought...or I guess it was just getting worse. I was so surprised at how composed I was going into surgery and I know it was God's perfect peace over me that kept me so calm. I could really feel His presence that afternoon. At 2:19 pm the dr. pulled little Jax out with the cord wrapped around his neck 4 times and after getting him out safely, Bryan went over to the nurses while they cleaned him up. He turned out to be perfectly healthy and had no other complications. But my Dr said she'd never seen anything like that before. No wonder he was in such stress, the poor little guy was having a rough time in there. We are so thankful that everything turned out okay and that the surgery went very well. Jax is perfect. He sleeps through the night, eats really well and is typically calm and happy. We could not be more blessed to have such an incredible son. I have been recovering well and cannot wait to get back to working out here and there to start losing this baby weight, but I am resting as much as I can.
So...that's how things happened last Saturday. It was not at all what I planned, but I am realizing more and more that children really are in God's hands and I literally have no control over anything. I have to place Jaxon in God's hands...after all, He took care of him while he was in my womb and He took care of him during the delivery and did things the way He wanted. Not me. I know God's plan is best...so I am perfectly happy letting him have control (even though its hard to let go sometimes).

We took some super cute Easter pics but I don't have the cable to load them onto my computer right now, so hopefully I'll get them up in the next couple of days.

Jaxon Arrived!!!

Jaxon arrived on Saturday, April 4, 2009. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz. It was a whirlwind of a day, but we are finally home and doing great. I'll write more about the experience later but figured I should put a picture up for all to see. Thanks so much for all who have been praying for us...we felt every one of them and I know God gave me a supernatural peace through out the whole experience.

1 day over...

1 day over...
I had my last Dr. appt today. Now we just wait for delivery day. I am praying Jax decides to come sometime this weekend but if not then we are scheduled for an induction next Thursday. Of course he might decide to arrive sooner, but it would work out perfectly for him to come later in the week so that Bryan won't be stressed about work as well. Since he owns the company, its harder for him to be away without wondering what's going on and I know he will be more relaxed and focused if our little man would come over the weekend. So...that is my prayer request. We are looking forward to his arrival and can't wait to see what he looks like. I know he's going to be so cute and precious. Come on Jaxon!!!!

No Birth Day today.

Well--today was supposed to be Jaxon's Birth Day but looks like he isn't quite ready. I did everything I am supposed to do...I ate spicy food for lunch, did lots of squats through out the day and Bryan and I went on a long walk after dinner. I have a Dr. appointment tomorrow morning and I'm really hoping for some good news. I even packed my hospital bag hoping that Jax would see that I'm all ready...but oh well.
Lets all pray for good news tomorrow!!

Final day!!!

I wish that when I read online about what contractions will feel like and how to know when its really labor that they would be more consistent. Everyone has such a different experience that I really have no idea what to expect or what to look for. I know everyone says that I'll just know, but what if I don't. What if I'm that small percentage of women who don't know they are in labor until its too late??
So--I'm really not all that worried, but that's what was going through my mind today. I couldn't sleep last night so I read a bunch of stuff online last night and was probably better off not reading anything at all. oh well.

Tomorrow is the actual Due Date so we'll see if Jax decides to come on his proposed birth day. oh and another thing...if everyone is usually late with their first, why don't the doctors just give us a later due date? Why the torture of expecting our child to come earlier than later. If anything they should tell us the baby is coming a week later that way if they do come "on time", it will feel early. This is what I propose the doctors should do for 1st time pregnancies. Don't know if I explained very well, but I'm tired and I'm sure it sounds all jumbled. sorry.

Time to finish my laundry and pack my hospital bag and then hopefully I will be able to get some sleep tonight.

Only 2 more days.

Okay, so keeping up with my blog has been harder than I thought. Sorry for the delays.
Nothing significant to report from yesterday...my mom and brother came over for a little bit in the afternoon and hung out. Jason set up the activity floor gym for baby Jaxon (I think mostly for himself to play with!).
I have a few errands to run to keep myself a little busy today but other than that we're just resting and trying to think about other things so my body can relax.
I'll let you know if anything happens!

Happy April!