It finally happened. At 4:30 am, I woke up because my water broke and I started having contractions that actually hurt (all the ones prior to this didn't hurt at all). Although my water was just leaking so I wasn't sure that was what had happened. I was able to stay in bed for another hour or so and get a little bit more sleep but then got up and started timing the contractions. They started at about 10 min. apart and steadily got closer together. When Jeff got up at 8:30 I told him that this might be it. We had a hard time believing I was actually in labor because it would mean the baby would be a week early. I was so convinced that it would be a week late and I didn't want to go to the hospital to be sent home. We got ready for church but by 1 pm decided that we were not going to go. Instead we walked to Walgreens and returned our redbox dvd and then walked around the lakes for a couple of hours. The 70 degree weather made the walking very enjoyable. By the end of the walk my contractions had been about 3 min. apart for about 2 hours and they were really hurting so we decided to get ready and go to the hospital. We packed a bag and headed in around 4pm. We got checked in and they confirmed that my water had broken and we would be staying until we had a baby! Here was our last picture as just a couple (in between contractions).
About 7 hours after checking in we had our baby. And it's a BOY!
He came into this world screaming at 11:36 pm, on Sunday, January 3, 2010. 7 lbs 1 1/2 oz, 20.1 inches long.
Here I am exhausted after 19 hours of labor with Gage Moses. And our doctor in the background.
He's already doing the one eye open thingy.
And our first official family of three picture. It's a great one.
Jeff did really well the whole time. He even watched it all, which was more than I wanted to see.
After getting cleaned up. He
He's got a lot of hair, which is what everyone comments on when they see him for the first time.
After exactly 2 days in the hospital and some time spent under bilirubin lights we were finally allowed to go home. Here's Gage all dressed and ready to go.
We were all exhausted and ready to go. I think I had about 5 hours of sleep total in the two days (and nights) that we were there. Jeff got a little more but only because he could sleep in through the nurses coming in to check on me and the baby.
Finally home and comfy with our own blankets.
It is soo nice being home. We still get no sleep and for someone who needs a lot of sleep I am doing pretty good. It was fun not knowing the gender until he came out, but it was hard to start referring to Gage as a him. We still referred to him as it or 'the baby' for quite awhile.
And three days old. In the car and ready to go to the pediatrician for the first time. Because he had jaundice and was under the lights in the hospital the wanted us to go in and get tested to make sure he was getting better.
He doesn't seem to love the car, but he also doesn't hate it.
At the doctor.
And finally at home again.
Six days old.
About 7 hours after checking in we had our baby. And it's a BOY!
He came into this world screaming at 11:36 pm, on Sunday, January 3, 2010. 7 lbs 1 1/2 oz, 20.1 inches long.
Here I am exhausted after 19 hours of labor with Gage Moses. And our doctor in the background.
He's already doing the one eye open thingy.
And our first official family of three picture. It's a great one.
Jeff did really well the whole time. He even watched it all, which was more than I wanted to see.
After getting cleaned up. He
He's got a lot of hair, which is what everyone comments on when they see him for the first time.
After exactly 2 days in the hospital and some time spent under bilirubin lights we were finally allowed to go home. Here's Gage all dressed and ready to go.
We were all exhausted and ready to go. I think I had about 5 hours of sleep total in the two days (and nights) that we were there. Jeff got a little more but only because he could sleep in through the nurses coming in to check on me and the baby.
Finally home and comfy with our own blankets.
It is soo nice being home. We still get no sleep and for someone who needs a lot of sleep I am doing pretty good. It was fun not knowing the gender until he came out, but it was hard to start referring to Gage as a him. We still referred to him as it or 'the baby' for quite awhile.
It ended up being the last pictures I took while pregnant. This was Friday, gave birth on Sunday.
