Bringing JJ home!

Our Son is Born!!

Our beautiful son was welcomed into this world on September 24th, 2008 at 8:33am, weighing 7lbs 8oz, 19 inches long. After laboring at home starting around midnight on the 23rd, the morning came and John and I were contemplating weather or not we should head to the hospital. I wasn't having regular contractions but they were getting stronger. A few minutes later at 6:36 am my water broke! I jumped out of bed and took a shower as John called our dr. and packed up the truck. I was having major contractions by the time I got out of the shower. John decided then that he wanted to shower. So after we both had showered we were on our way to Mission Hospital. I was in so much pain and my contractions were so close that John sped the whole way and even ran a few red lights. We pulled up to the hospital, John ran in and said "my wife is in labor"! I was then taken up to labor and delivery in a wheel chair. I checked in and got into my gown. Then John took a picture of the clock,which is so significant now, we were there and ready at 7:31am. I got hooked up to the monitors and the nurse noticed my contractions were coming on strong. She checked me and I was dilated 6 cm. It took them a while to find my veins and get my IV. At that moment I kind of had a feeling that my labor was going to be drug free. I kept asking for the epidural but they said that the dr. was in a c-section and that a blood test would have to be run before I could get the epi. It was at that moment that John asked the nurse if I was going to get an epidural and she said "no". Our son was on his way and there was no time to stall. The nurse heard my dr. in the hall and proceeded to bring him in. He had to take a call and I asked the nurse if I was going to get the epidural and she said "no honey". I then asked her "is there anything you can give me"?!! And it was then that I realized that there was no turning back and that this was how my labor was going to be. After some intense contractions and pain my nurse checked me and I was dilated 9 cm. That's when things started flying! The dr. got all ready, the "tools" were wheeled in, nurses running in and out and John and I were given a 10 second lesson on Lamaze breathing. To say it was a whirlwind is an understatement! I did 2 and a half pushes and John Paul Jr. was here!! Nothing can describe how amazing it was to see our son and to finally hold him. So precious, tiny and new! And the pain...well it was all worth it. One of the most amazing moments of our lives.

JJ's first pictures

Maternity Pictures

We had our maternity pics taken by the super awesome, extremely talented Jessica Claire! http://www.jessicaclaire.net/ She also shot our wedding! We had the best time shooting with her and we're so happy we had the pics taken...and did when we did, JJ arrived just a week and a half later!