Baby Jack is HERE!!!!

So as everyone already knows, Jack Joseph made his arrival 16 days before his due date. He arrived on June 12, 2008 at 7:16pm. We weighed 6lbs 9oz & 19 1/2 inches long, oh and absolutely perfect!! I guess he didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to come out and meet everyone that was so anxiously awaiting his arrival. Either that or he heard daddy saying how he couldn't wait and really hoped that he didn't come after his due date.

As far as the birth story goes I think that everyone pretty much knows that as well but in case some of you don't, here is the short story of it. I woke at 2am that morning with what I thought were contractions but seeing as I have never done this before I really wasn't sure if that's what was going on. I waited and waited before finally tell Joe when he turned at looked at me and my awake self at about 5:45am. We drove to the city and went to his job for a little while before speaking to the Dr.'s office. When I spoke to them they told me to come on in. Joe & I headed home to go to the Dr. with the contractions getting worse and coming closer together. Once at the Dr.'s office I found out I was indeed in active labor and was already 3-4 centimeters dilated and off the hospital we were sent. Once at the hospital I seemed to be progressing well in the beginning, got my epidural between 5 & 6 centimeters and was feeling great. Once I was at 6 centimeters the Dr. put me on pitocin so that the contractions would increase and things would get going a little better the only problem was Jack was not too happy about that. All of a sudden his heart rate dropped and wasn't coming back up with me taking deep breaths and I had 3 nurses and the Dr. in the room with me moving me in all different positions until they got him stabilized. I was told that if that was to happen again that we would go ahead with a c-section. Well, I got to about 8 centimeters and it happened again so off we went to the OR.

Jack is doing great at home, and I'm not sure either of us could be any more excited! He eats like a mad man and sleeps well (for the most part). He has gone back to the Dr. since he's been home and now weighs 6lbs 13oz, as of last Friday anyway, I'm sure he's more than that now. His next appointment is at a month old and I can't wait to see what he weighs by then!

Here are a couple of links to pictures of Jack for now, I will try to update every week with new things that are going on with baby Jack =)

First pics of Jack

Week 1

xoxo,
Jaime