Introducing Jamison Sophia Love!!!!!!

Here is the birth story for anyone interested:

I was scheduled to be induced on Wednesday the 15th. I called at 6am to make sure it was ok to come in and they said they were very busy and to call back at 9. Then at 8 they called us and said they were too busy and they were canceling my induction and rescheduling me for Friday the 17th. I was crushed. Dennis and my mom suggested I call the doctor to try to be seen at the office. I was able to get a 10:30 appointment. So, Dennis and I went in. I had dilated to 3cm from the week before (when I was only barely 1cm). The doctor stripped my membrane's and told us to go walk for a while to see if that did anything. So, Dennis and I spent 2 hours walking every inch of Market Place mall. I was having braxton hicks contractions but nothing real regular or noticeable. By mid afternoon we went home, feeling defeated. At about 10 pm I thought my water may have broken, but wasn't sure. So, the next morning I called the doctors office and they had me come in to be checked. We got there at about 9:30, and found out my water had not broken. The doctor said I dilated another 1/2cm, and the baby's head was right there. He said to do more walking and if I could get some contractions going to go to the hospital. I don't really start to feel contractions until near the very end of labor, so he said to call as soon as what I consider braxton hicks contractions were 10 minutes apart.. Even if they were painless, irregular or not lasting very long. He said once they could get me hooked up to the monitors and it shows at least a couple contractions then the hospital was less likely to send me home and he could break my water. The receptionists had the great idea for us to go to Highland Park. So, that is what we did...walking the trails along the lilac bushes for about 2 hours. Up hills, up and down stairs. I was almost at the point of doing jumping jacks to shake the baby out haha. The whole time I was feeling some cramps but no contractions at all. We decided to go to wegmans and get some lunch. As we were finishing eating our lunch I started feeling braxton hicks and Dennis started timing them. They were every 6 minutes, but completely painless. I figured they were nothing and I was ready to go home and just hope they didn't cancel my induction again the next day. Dennis said lets call the doctor and get into the hospital. The worst that will happen is they will send us home. So, we went in, and I was sure the braxton hicks would not show up and I would be sent home. On the other hand Dennis was positive we were having a baby that day. They brought me right into a labor room, had me change and get me hooked up to the monitors. Then we were pretty much left alone for a while. After about 45 minutes one of the residents checked me, and I asked if I was there to stay or going to be sent home. She said I was there to stay. Woohoo! They started an IV (which took 6 tries and it ended up in the worst spot..inside my wrist!). This whole time I still feeling braxton hicks, but no pain at all. Not even uncomfortable. At 4 the resident broke my water. Then by 5 I started breathing through the contractions and I asked them to check me again. The doctor (not my regular OB but the one from the office that was on-call) said I was only 5cm but the head was very low. So, she said she was going to go across the maternity ward and go do a circ, and told the nurse to hook up pitocin since I'd needed it in the past I'd probably need it again. Pitocin was hooked up at 6, but they said it would take at least 1/2 hour to get into my system, plus they started it at the lowest setting. At about 6:30 I asked to be checked again because I was feeling pressure (but not like I wanted to push, but like I needed to have a bowel movement) the nurse checked me because my doctor had just left to go back to the office to do paperwork. She had told the nurse to call her if I was 7cm or felt like something was happening. The nurse checked and I was 8cm. She called the doctor, and 2 contractions later the doctor comes in and as she walks in I finish a contraction where I felt a slight urge to push. She checked me and I was only at a 9, she said my next contraction if I needed to then I could give a little push, and they quickly raised the bed and got gowned up. **If you are squeamish-or my dad- stop reading now!!!** So, the next contraction starts, I feel the need to push, so I do.....and start peeing. A lot! I was sooooo embarrassed! I'm always worried about pooping on the table, but never thought I'd pee! All the stupid saline drip they were giving me I guess LOL Anyway, the doctor (as Dennis said) was deflecting the pee, that she didn't realize that the baby was also coming until the head crowned! So that one contraction and the head was out, one more push and Peep was born. The weird thing is I never dilated past 9cm, and the cervix kind of dropped low but should move back into place once I'm healed up. Not bad for less then 3 hours of labor! Heck of a birth story, isn't it?

Here is the ironic thing....when we found out what my due date was (April 19th) I had been saying that I wanted to be induced on the 16th. April 16th is the anniversary of Dennis and my first date. This year is our 16th anniversary. Of course once we got closer to April I was hoping to be induced as early as I could. I guess it was meant to be that we had an anniversary baby!

Here are Jamie's stats: 8 pounds 5 oz and 22 and 1/2 inches long! She looks very small, I was shocked she is more then 6 pounds. She must have been curled up inside me, because I had no clue she was so long, either! She has a bunch of hair...and it is a lightish brown with blond highlights. Her eyes are a very dark blue, the same color as Bastians when he was a newborn, so her eyes might turn out bright blue like Bastians. She latched on right away and is nursing like a champ, so I'm very hopeful that breastfeeding will work out this time.

When we called home to tell the kids they had a new baby sister, Spencer and Gideon were happy, but poor Bastian was disappointed. He was hoping for another boy since Moira really annoys him right now. But, once he met Jamison he was completely in love with her. When Dennis told Moira that she has a baby sister she said "Oh, that makes me so happy!". Lincoln had no clue what was going on haha.

Dennis brought the kids and my mom up on friday morning to visit. Lincoln came right over to the bed and climbed up and said "Awwwww" when he saw the baby. And when he was holding her:

He started to take her hat off. She had not had her first bath yet, and when he saw her gunky hair he says "EWWWWWW!" and puts the hat back down. It was super cute.

Here are more pictures of the kids meeting Jamison:

Welcome to the world Baby James!