All our Dreams Came True... a birth story

Well as most of you know Frank Lain Jackson IV came into this world on December 21st, 2008. Here is out it happened...



On Friday the 19th, we went into the hospital to be induced since our little boy was anticipated to be getting too big and over a week overdue. We started the night with cervidal since I was only a cm dialated. After 12 hours, I became, a little more than a cm dialated. On Saturday morning they started me on Pitocin (the wonder drug of contractions). It was a fun day of watching my contractions on the monitor but I barely felt anything, they turned up the volume to the maximum, thinking that would make me respond.... almost 36 hours later, I was still watching my contractions, and a little over 2 cm dialated. After a long talk with the doctor, hugs from my wonderful husband, and a lot of of tears from me, we decided that the baby wasn't going anywhere.



At about 8:00 pm we said we would go with the c-section. Things happened pretty fast after that (it's about the only thing that happens fast at a hospital I think). We had about 20 people coming and going from the room, sticking, poking, prodding. It took a lot for my husband to get me calm down since I was still upset about missing out on a natural birth. Finally they prepped me for an epidural, since I am only 5 feet tall, and my baby was so large I couldn't lean forward, so it was hard to get it in. I can't say the epidural didn't hurt, he had to wiggle things around. Wow, what an interesting feeling.



The next thing I know, we were being rolled off to the delivery room. The epidural caused me to shake uncontrollably, but they finally let Frank into the room and I had someone to focus on. At some point they cut me, I felt nothing at all. Then a it felt like they were trying to wiggle all of my insides out of me. Seconds later I heard a loud scream and cry and everyone saying what a big boy I have. Everything after that seems like a blur, I know I cried, and my husband kept going back and forth telling me how beautiful our little boy is. It was announced he was 9 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long. Short for a 9+ lb baby. They finally brought him over to me, but my hands were not working, but I remember crying and trying to hold still long enough for a few pictures.

His daddy is the most amazing man in the world and there is no one that I could ever imagine being a part of my life. Throughout this journey, he was the one person who could pick me up on my worst day. Looking into his eyes during the birth of son and now watching him become the amazing father in the world is undescribeable.

We came home after 2 1/2 days in the hospital and I couldn't be any happier. The IV had his first doctor appointment today and everything is going wonderful. My favorite part of the day is the middle of the night, holding and rocking my baby, letting him fall asleep on my chest. I love the sounds of his breath and feeling his little hands and lips. He is truely more amazing than anything I could have ever imagined. I am overwhelmed with the love I feel for him everyday and could never explain it in words.