My water broke on September 9th around 1130p. I was not sure that it definitely broke since it was not the gush I had heard about but I called the doctor and they said to come on in! So Mitch packs up the car and away we go to the hospital. We get there and the put us in a room to check to make sure my water definitely did in fact break and quickly confirmed that it had! So they put us in a labor/delivery room and around 1a or so. They got me all hooked up to monitors and IV's and Mitch went down and got our stuff. We then proceeded to call the family and tell them what was going on. They started me on the patossin (i know this is the incorrect spelling) drip at 5a and increased it every 15 minutes to make me start to dialate.
5 hours later I still had not dialated past 1cm and we decided it would be best to have a c-section. We knew he was going to be on the bigger side so my nurse said it was probably going to happen this way anyways. At about 930a I was able to get my epidural (thank goodness) and get a little bit of rest. By this time all the family had arrived. I was scheduled to have my c-section at 1p and luckily my doctor was on call that day! It could not have worked out any better!
At 128p, Lawson Brandon Jones was born. He weighed 8lbs 3oz and was 19 3/4 inces long. He was healthy and screaming as soon as he came out! As you can imagine it was overwhelming with emotions and Mitch was on cloud 9! He is such a great dad and is so good with him! It is amazing the love you can have for such a small little person!
Even though we are a little sleep deprived, we are so lucky to have him here! It has been a long journey as many know and we both thank God everyday for giving us this gift! God is so good!
