Right around 9pm they applied a gel of some sort, and I had an allergic reaction. Basically I had some major contractions, and labor started. JM's heart decelled, the nurses rushed into the room, I got my IV, was not allowed drinks of any kind, the nurses called my doc, and then when I was stable I had my own 2 private nurses with the doctor sleeping down the hall. I remember that my doc told me she had been in the middle of reading her daughter a bedtime story. Awww.
I labored through the night, and JM did great. I had a weird pattern of labor where I would have 2 contractions then skip one. Before they started pitocin (in an effort to stop that "skipping"), I made them start the epidural. Pitocin never stopped the skipping.
Around 8am on December 4th, I was told to start pushing. 2.5 hours later, after various attempts to deliver JM, his heart rate dropped again and a stat c-section was called for. I was put to sleep, JM was born, and Dh said that it is true they can go from decision to birth in 2.5-3 minutes. Guess I'm glad to know that.
The rest of December 4th is a little bit of a blur as I recovered from the general anesthesia. Happy 9th Birthday JM!!! I love my baby still. He's the greatest kid, even if Mom is not cool anymore.
JM was an 8 pound 2 ounce baby boy who was 21.5 inches long and a 15.5 inch head. His shoulders were actually wider than his rather large head!
I can't seem to find any of his hospital photos (trust me, they weren't super great). Here's one from about 3-4 months old. He loved sticking his tongue out at us.
Here he is when he was around Katie's age. *sniff*
Okay, this was actually taken Thanksgiving Day 1998. I laugh at this now as I can not believe I actually ever looked like that!!!
His most recent photos is up on the top of the blog...isn't he handsome?
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Happy Birthday JM! You're quite the handsome little man!
TWO DAYS!!! I'm so excited for you! You know us ProPs girls are going to want photos ASAP! :)
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