Sorry for the delay but these past five days have been CRAZY!!! I'll make this as short as possible. I got started on these tablets that are supposed to soften my cervix at 7pm Wednesday night. I was cramping all night and it was pretty miserable. Then at about 7am they started the Pitocin to make me have stronger contractions. I was about 2 1/2 centimeters dilated at that point. I got the epidural at 10am and was immediately pain free :). Then they broke my water and the contractions got way too out of control so they kept turning down the pitocin. After about another hour they had to stop the pitocin all together and I was contracting like crazy on my own. I thought I would have the baby late that night but I dilated way faster than they expected. I went from a 4 to a 9 1/2 in like three hours and they said it was almost time to push. I pushed for about 30 minutes (felt like five) and at 3:48pm on Thursday he was out!
He had some problems breathing so he had to go to the NICU for an hour but after that he was fine. So scary though. I finally got to see him again after three hours. We brought him home Saturday afternoon with some jaundice. He was getting really orange :(. We had to get him tested Sunday and then Monday and on Monday his levels were all of the sudden really bad so the doctor called us and sent us straight to the hospital. I was so freaked out and they were acting really nervous about him when we got there. He was under the lights over night and improved very fast and now he is fine and home again. We have to get him checked tomorrow and see how his levels are so pray for us that he will be fine. The poor little guy has been through a lot already.
So this has been the most emotional five days of my life and like any new mom I am insanely sleep deprived. I have been on such an emotional rollercoaster with his health problems but we are so crazy about this little guy. He is so precious and I can't believe I am a mom!
