She is here :) our beautiful baby girl. Jovie Layla.
Born: August 21, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:43 PM
Weight: 7 pounds 3 ounces
Length: 21.5 inches
We have quite the story about her arrival . . . It all started early monday morning. My water broke at 2:30 AM. Contractions started right away, I woke up Dawson in pure excitement! It was finally happening. I told Dawson to go back to sleep and I was going to go to the living room for a bit, but i'd wake him if I needed him. At 6 contractions had become a bit stronger, longer, and closer together so I decided to start walking. After a few rounds of the yard I decided to go have a hot shower and try and lie down for a bit. So I did, labour stopped. Okay, let's start walking again, right away contractions started up again. This time they were even longer and coming quicker, excellent, after about an hour and a half I decided to lie down again. Once again labour stopped. As I woke up Dawson came crawiling into the room. We need to go to the hospital NOW, I think I have a kidney stone. So quickly we packed up the car, and my contractions started again, more intense. I drove Dawson to the emergency room and waited there with him. After a while I wasn't able to tell when one contraction was ending and the next one beginning . . . the nurse started asking me questions. She told me I had better go check myself in! So I left Dawson in the emergency room and went and checked myself in. As the nurses were filling me in about Dawson (and visa versa) my contractions started to slow down. A very drowsy Dawson joined me in the maternity room and there we waited for something to happen. Contractions were still there, just not very long, and not very intense, we went to sleep for the night (if that's what you can call it).
Early in the morning the doctor came and checked on me, four days previous I was 2 cm dialated and on tuesday morning I was at 0. I really was going backwards. They decided to induce me. At 10 I got the drugs and we started to walk. Dawson passed his kidney stone. By 11 I wasn't able to walk the halls anymore because contractions were very regular. After a few hours I hadn't progressed very far, but the doctor found a part of my water that hadn't broken, as soon as he broke that, labour flew by. It shocked everyone. And Jovie arrived safely.
Our story doesn't end there though . . . Wednesday morning Dawson looked at me and said, i'm having pains again. I think I may have another kidney stone, sure enough he had started to look rather pale, off to the emergency room he went. This time he was admitted into the hospital and they started to run some tests. The nurses bent a few rules and were able to have Dawson, Jovie and I share a room. That night we had some visitors, not only for Jovie, but also for Dawson. What an ordeal. Thursday was more of the same, Dawson drugged up beside Jovie and me in the hospital. They let me go home on Friday morning and told Dawson that he was welcome to try and go home, however he would most likely be back for pain medication. We decided that Dawson should stay in the hospital. My mom came and stayed with me that first night. Saturday morning Dawson passed a large kidney stone and came home later that afternoon.
Since then we've slowly been adapting to life as parents. Jovie has her days and nights mixed up, but that will soon change :)
Dawson has seen a specialist and has an appointment to have his kidney stones build-up blasted on October 5th. However . . . I just dropped Dawson off at the emergency room for another piece must have broken off . . .
And the story continues . . .
please keep us in your prayers.
