Jack's Birth!

I went to Dr. Swainston on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Swainston was not in the office so I saw Nurse Jane. My blood pressure was high and so she wanted to see me back on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 4pm. She also stated that if I have any issues, over the weekend, that I was to go to the hospital right away. On Friday the 26th, it was the 100th day of Kindergarten. I sat most of the day but still had a crazy day. On Saturday, I slept the entire day about 19 hours straight. I woke up and was feeling weird. I had a headache and decided to go to the hospital about 3p. They checked my blood pressure and monitored me and baby Jack for about 4 hours. My doctor decided to let me go home but I was on STRICT bedrest! NO walking at all. I was suppose to stay IN BED! On Monday, I waited all day to go to the doctor at 4pm. I got there and they took my blood pressure twice. It was 190/60...YIKES! I also had an anatomy scan. I got to see baby Jack and they took his picture and measured him. He still had 2 weeks but was already about 7 pounds. So, Dr. Swainston comes in and starts talking about sometimes they induce due to the size of babies. He asked what my blood pressure was and after the nurse told him, he said "it is time!" They called Summerlin Hospital and they couldn't get me in on the 2nd. However, they had a bed ready to go at 10pm that night. So, we booked it! LOL! We went to eat and then went home to wait. We started to pack the car and I handed the camera to John (daddy) and he locked his keys in the trunk of his car. Thank goodness the doors were not locked!! So, we got to the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitors and started the Cervidel by 11pm. This was suppose to stay in for 12 hours and then they would start the Pitocin. Well about 3:30am, I started having contractions. They just got stronger and stronger. At 7am, the nurse checked me and I was approximately 4 cm. They gave me some pain killers and ordered the Epidural. I was scared of the Epidural but it wasn't bad at all. About 8am, the pain was gone. Then we played the waiting game! About 2pm my epidural started to wear off. So they came and gave me more meds. Around 3pm, she checked me and I was 7 cm. She said that I still had awhile. However, my contractions had become irregular. This is when they decided to give me a small dose of Pitocin. They started that about 4pm. Everything was going great. My nurse had to go deliver another baby and so I had a nurse that was just watching me. I called the desk around 4:30pm because I felt like I had to POOP! Seriously had to POOP! So, she came in and checked me and I was 9 cm. She told me not to push until 10 cm. I called again about 5:15pm and told her I was having a ton of pressure. She came in and sure enough, we were ready to go! There were 3 other ladies giving birth at the same time. She had me start pushing until his head was starting to crown. She called Dr. Swainston and he helped me finish giving birth to my sweet boy.

Jack Andrew was born at 5:53pm after pushing for about 35 minutes!