Today at 6:07am my little red head future line backer turned one year old! WOW! I can't believe it's been a year since I delivered him. I can remember like it was yesterday, but this version you probably didn't hear. This is my version...the thoughts through my head, how the events happened to me, and my little bit of sarcasm. Here it begins with me waking up early in the morning having 3 contractions. That's all it took to realize holy crap I am in labor and he is coming NOW. We packed up the car with Austin and on the way to the hossy I was screaming at David to run the red lights or he was going to deliver Jake in the back seat - HA!! Then me getting to the hossy only to hear that since I had a history of a fast labor with Austin and seeing how I was almost there already I couldn't get pain meds. Yep that's right. One thing they forget to tell you in Lamaze class huh? I'm sorry you said
WHAT?! As an OB nurse myself it's funny how you "forget" these things. No biggie Aus was a "small" baby I can do this right? No. At 9cm and about 30mins being there I
begged for an epi. Ok Jenny, "if" he gets here in time and your blood work comes back ok (they check your platelets) then you can have it. Pardon me? If and when he gets here?!
Excuse me? Oh that's right, I'm the idiot who chose to deliver at a small catholic hospital that doesn't staff an anesthesiologist this early in the morning. If I would have come in at 9am sharp I'd have it! Bah. He graciously gets there in about 20mins and my blood work is back and I'm still pregnant so I get the epi. WAHOOOOOOOOOO. Thank you Dr. Savrick. Yep, if you have a REALLY good epi - you remember the epi guy's name! By then the nurse says ok let's see how you can push since you are now complete (thank goodness just in time!). I pushed once and both her eyes and mouth opened wide and out of her mouth came - don't you think about pushing anymore, I need to call the doc!
WHAT?! Apparently I am a good pusher and she hadn't called the doc yet. Hmmmmm. Interesting. So I sat there literally with my legs crossed with ENORMOUS pressure trying not to hiccup, cough, or sneeze. She said
any pressure would push him out. Geez, thanks! Of course mind you since I arrived there were 3 nurses in and out of my room constantly. This was happening the entire time. I loved it though. So I then see my angel's face that is my OB. We got things ready and one push his head was out - the nurse didn't lie! Second push shoulders were out. Third push was PRESSSSSSURE as he came out. My God what just came out of me? At 38 weeks a 8.3lb baby did! He was so much bigger then Austin was...well over a pound bigger. Whew. It's all done. He looks good, I can hold him, and oh my God
where is Austin?!?
:)
Ok, even though that was a great ending there was still more I had to say, lol. And for the record he was in the waiting room with my family (I don't remember this). I love my hossy to death and my nurses were fantastic. They know it is crazy to come in so quickly and deliver. Hormones flying everywhere. Luckily they were my friends as I used to be a nurse there, so it's all good! And one thing that I have to brag on is the fact that Jake was the FIRST baby born at St. John Hospital for 2007!! How cool huh?!? We received a huge basket of goodies from Babies R Us and they put our name in the local paper along with the other hospitals "winners." It was a very neat story that we'll get to pass on to him. He's our #1 number two! ;)