A Baby Story

This May has probably been the best month ever in my life! First, our beautiful son Jackson was born on May 11th. Then, Justin and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on May 17th. How lucky! Here's our baby story:

Monday morning I woke up to go to work and finish just a few things. Got to work feeling pretty tired and overly pregnant, but I did what I needed to do and left. Then I went to Kohl's to pick up a Mother's Day present on the south side of Tulsa. I started to feel kinda weird there, so I paid for my things and decided I was probably just hungry. I decided to drive across the road to Wendy's and get some lunch, but I felt the sudden urge to go to the bathroom, so instead of going through the drive through, I got out of my car and headed for the door. As soon as my hand hit the handle to Wendy's, I felt a gush of water down there. I said to myself, "OH CRAP! I just peed my pants!" so I waddled quickly into the bathroom and did my business, noticing that there was more going on than usual. I didn't think my water broke at that point, so I cleaned myself up (luckily I wore a feminine protection product that day!) and got back in my car and went through the drive through, ordered my meal and was on my 1 1/2 hour trip back to Stillwater. About 1/2 into my trip, I noticed I was still kinda leaking, so I got on the phone and called a few people and asked them what it was like when their water broke b/c at that point I was pretty sure my water broke. I called the hospital and they said to come in immediately b/c they were also pretty sure my water broke. By the time I got to the hospital around 1:15p.m. I was a little nervous b/c I couldn't get a hold of Justin and I was super MAD! I thought for sure he had gone to the gym and left his phone in his car, so he wouldn't be there when the baby was born. I was SUPER MAD! Well, anyway as soon as I step out of my car, a huge GUSH of water came leaping down my legs. My thought: "OH GROSS! OH GROSS! Please just let me get upstaid without anyone seeing me!" b/c I literally looked like I had peed my pants. I waddled upstairs to labor and delivery and as soon as the nurse saw me she said, "Yep! Your water just broke!" Cue the panic and embarassment for having it happen at Wendy's. Anyway, they got me cleaned up and into a hospital bed and discovered that I hadn't dialated at all! So began our waiting game...hours passed....and nothing! Luckily, Justin had checked his phone at the gym and was heading our way b/c I was very scared there by the myself . In the meantime, I called my parents and told them to get on the road...the baby was on the way. Shortly after Justin arrived, the nurse started the pictocin and HELLO CONTRACTIONS! Can I just say....OUCH to those! The contractions were steady and painful, but I still wasn't dialating. I was glad that doctor consented to giving me the epidural early b/c me likey not feeling my legs while contractions are going on. At around 9:30pm at night, the nurse rushed in to check the fetal heart monitor. She said the baby was getting stressed and his heartrate was dropping and my contractions were getting weird. So, she took me off the pictocin and my contractions went back to normal, but I still wasn't dialating...FRUSTRATION! The doctor came in around 10:30 pm and said we could either go back on the pictocin and risk the baby getting stressed or we could go ahead with the c-section. Justin and I decided to go ahead with the c-section. They got me drugged up some more and ready to go. Basically, they got me in and Jackson out within 20 minutes. The c-section was successful and Jackson was perfect. I on the other hand was sick as a dog....all I kept thinking was geez o' peets, I'm still getting sick! Regardless though, I was so happy to hear him cry that I cried and couldn't wait to cuddle him. Justin was just over the moon in love too! We were lucky that everything came out so well!

4 days later, I was released with our new family from the hospital. Things were pretty easy with the help of my parents and the fact that Jackson doesn't really cry unless he's got an upset tummy, is hungry, or is about to blow a hole in his diaper with poopie. He's a really good baby...very happy and very healthy. Since leaving the hospital, he's gained all his weight back plus some. He's now 7lbs. and 10 ounces. He's also grown and is now stretching out a little bit more than 20 inches long. Jackson is just amazing and I feel so very blessed. It hasn't been easy b/c he doesn't really let us sleep at night and seems to always fill up a brand new diaper as soon as it's put on. We've also been breastfeeding and oh my goodness, it's a lot of work! I want to quit about every time Jackson wakes up and is hungry. It's also been hard b/c Justin started his internship this past Monday and hasn't been here all week. Thank goodness for my parents for helping out and keeping me from crying 24 hours a day! I'm so sad they have to leave on Monday. I'll be by myself for about a day and half before Justin's parents get here next week. I thank God everyday for my family and their support.

So that's our baby story! Sorry about the long blog, but I thought ya'll would get a kick out of my water breaking at a Wendy's. Here's some pictures to enjoy as well: