After my entire exam, my Dr said that it really could go either way. She said that I definitely would not make it full term and I might make it just a couple of days more. She was confident in inducing if we needed/wanted to. So, we chose to go to the hospital and be induced.
Bob and I made our way to the hospital and we were admitted. To room #7, where we had been before. Once I got settled in, they put me on the monitor, started an IV and began the induction.
After a while on the drugs, they broke my water. My labor progressed and I got an epidural. After a while, I called for the nurse because the epidural seemed to be doing some funny reactions. I had strange contraction pressures/feelings. My nurse checked me and said that I was complete. She called my Dr. and called to get everything ready. There was a flurry of activity of nurses, Drs., etc. My Dr. arrived just in time. She scrubbed up and checked me - I think she was expecting me to be nearly ready - the expression on her face was priceless. "Oh, I see his head - it is right there - do not push until your next contraction." We waited for the next contraction, I pushed, I pushed again, I pushed again and there was Jake. It was amazing. I saw him come out. Bob cut his umbilical cord and he let out a HUGE wail.
They cleaned him up and then brought him over to me.
He was amazing and tiny. Absolutely adorable.He was born at 6:48pm. He weighed 7 lbs. and was 21 inches long. He has black hair and we are still trying to determine what color his eyes are. He opens them, but usually the lighting isn't good enough to really figure it out. However, I know that his eye color won't really be set until he is 6 months old.
We spent 2 days in the hospital. That is typical for a vaginal birth in the state of OH. Bob, Jake & I rang in the new year in our hospital room. 2008 was great because of Jake. However, we are looking forward to 2009 being much better.
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