Baby story

Labor progressed fairly slowly the rest of the morning. The only "excitement" of the morning was the horrible burning sensation I kept getting in my arm from the penicilin that I had to have in my IV due to being Group B Strep positive. Since there wasn't much going on, my parents brought Hannah up to the hospital to visit in the early afternoon. We were really happy to see her!


She wanted to sit up with Mama.


Swinging with Daddy.

I didn't end up needing a stronger dosage of pitocin. A midwife finally broke my water around 2:00. I was going to try to go for awhile longer without an epidual, since with Hannah I didn't deliver for another 5 hours after my water was broken. However, almost immediately the strength of my contractions dramatically increased. Just a couple of minutes after my nurse left the room, I called her to order the epidural. By the time I finally got it all in, it was about 2:45, and I was in extereme pain. I kept asking the nurse when it was supposed to kick in, and she kept telling me the pain should get less and less with each contraction until it was gone. However, the pain never subsided, so she checked my progress only to discover that I'd gone from almost 4 cm before my water broke to 9 1/2 cm in a matter of an hour! Plus, he was facing the side, giving me intense back pain. My doctor arrived around 3:00 and immediately had the nurse get me ready for delivery. As I started pushing, his heart rate started to drop b/c his cord was along side of his body, getting squeezed with each contraction and push. They then called in the neonatal doctor and had one of my doctor's colleagues on stand-by for an emergency c-section. At that point, Jason and I both began to get a bit scared. My doctor told me I had to push really hard and get him out right away. By that time, the epi had kicked in, so pushing was hard to do. I did my best, and thankfully he came out. I only ended up pushing for 9 minutes, but it was a scary 9 minutes!


Jack arrived at 3:30 p.m.


7 lbs. 12 oz., 19" long.

Proud Daddy. Jack was so alert for quite awhile, and he's a great eater!

Daddy admiring his new son.

Making all of the phone calls.

My parents were waiting for the news at our house with Hannah. The brought her up shortly after. She wasn't so sure what to think of the baby in Daddy's arms.

Once they were formally introduced, Hannah warmed right up to him.

Proud Grandma and Grandpa Cramer.

Our new bigger family.

Grandma and Grandpa Davis came out later that night to meet our newest family member and take over for my parents.

We just couldn't be happier to welcome Jack into our family. We are totally in love. Jack really is a precious gift from God.