Oh my goodness!!!!! I am SO EXCITED to finally blog about my sweet little boy!!! This will be a lot of probably boring details for some, but I wanted to have the details for me for later , so anyway here goes : So I went to my doctors appointment last week and was dilated to a 3 and was 90% effaced, so my doctor started to talk to me about getting induced, since I was as large as a house, I thought it was the perfect plan to get this little guy out of me so that I could finally hold and see baby Britton! I was scheduled for Sunday the 9th at 6:00 am, but then Dr. Nance called me during the week to tell me that his son was coming home on Monday morning from his mission and would like to start the induction on Sat night the 8th, so Jake and I agreed that would work just fine! My mom bought her ticket for Sat and we picked her up and met Jake's family and my aunt and her family at Magelbys Fresh for my final meal before Britton got here! It was delicious :) , after we ate, we walked over to Jamestown ( where my grandma is living ) to have a family prayer before Jake and I went to the hospital. Jake said the prayer and I bawled my eyes out through the whole thing. It really hit me during the prayer that I was finally going to be having this baby and would get to meet him in the next little bit. Thanks Jake for such a beautiful prayer for Britton and I !! After dinner, Jake and I rushed home to get our bags to head to the hospital. We arrived at 8 pm sat night and they started me on Pitocin at 9 pm. The anesthesiologist didnt arrive until 10 pm, so I felt an hours worth of contractions, and came to realize natural childbirth would never be on my list of things to do before I die :) OUCH!!! The guy came in and gave me, not one, but TWO epidurals ! After placing the first one, he says " I dont like where this one is, I am going to have to take it out and start over, " I started to laugh until I realized he was serious. I told him , " you are probably my least favorite person right now !! " he laughed at me and just kept putting the second one in! Jake was fascinated by the whole thing and watched each step the anesthesiologist made! After that the nurse came in to check me and I was then at a 4 about 11 pm. The epidural kinda freaked me out, I didnt like the feeling of not being able to feel my legs at all. I started shaking REALLY bad and Jake and my mom had to take turns just holding my hand . Around midnight my mother in law and sister in law came to the hospital , I decided a few weeks before I delivered that I was going to let my mom, mother in law, and sisters in law watch as I gave birth to baby Britton. Some people told me I was crazy for letting so many people in the room for my first birth, but I am a pretty open person and I thought it would be a meaningful experience to let them all come and watch! This is Jake's parents first grandchild and would be my moms first time seeing one of her 8 grandchildren born. While we were all just hanging out in the room, I could feel the pressure of his head heading down further and further and knew it would not be long before I was going to need to push. The nurse came in about 1:45 am and I asked her how much longer it would be and if she thought she should check me again, she told me that she thought it would still be quite a bit longer and that she would check me later, well, I just felt strongly that he would be coming soon, so she checked me and I was completely dilated and ready to go. I think she was pretty suprised seeing as how first time moms tend to take on average about 10-12 hours . She said she would call my doctor and we would do some practice pushes. Well the next thing I knew, my doctor walks into the delivery room and is putting me in the stirrups and says, " Well Michelle, I am going to have you start pushing on your next contraction, " I was pretty nervous seeing as how I had never practiced or even thought about how I was supposed to push ! Well, Jake started counting to ten three times with each contraction and 12 pushes later BABY BRITTON was born!! He weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 22 inches long. This little guy has the biggest hands and feet I have ever seen on a baby! He will definitely be playing Basketball!! Jake and I spent the next two nights at the hospital and just enjoyed being parents to our little squirt! It truly is a life changing experience to bring such a celestial little spirit into the world. Its amazing how instantly you become so completely selfless and care so much about a person that you just barely met! I have loved EVERY minute of being Brittons mom. I love all his cute little sounds, the way he smells, his little tongue that he rarely has in his mouth, his twice a day blow-outs in his diaper, how he holds up both of his hands in a fist above his head and stretches every few minutes, his dark brown soft hair, and his adorable little cry!! I have read other people's blogs who have children and always wondered how come people are so OBSESSED with their children, but I have to say I am also guilty of this habit! Its hard not to fall completely in love with someone that brings so much joy into your life! Having a baby is also a time where you fall in love with your husband all over again. Being at the hospital was a pretty emotionally and physically draining experience. I had a stage two tear causing me to have an episiotomy and after my catheter was taken out, I had a hard time controlling my bladder immediately after, but Jake always just seemed to be there to take care of me, no matter how unpleasant the circumstance was. I truly could not have gone through this whole experience without you Jake, you are AMAZING!! My mom has also been such a huge help. She actually stayed at our house last night and slept on our couch and took care of Britton all through the night! Jake and I appreciated the much needed rest! Wow, this was a LONG post!! I love being a mommy and look forward to each new day with my little boy! Here are some fun pictures to enjoy. My camera is lame, so thanks to everyone else that I stole these pictures from!
