After 1 week of waiting past the due date, I was trying everything to induce myself naturally before being medically induced Monday 2/23/09. I had been having Braxton-Hicks type tightening contractions for 2 weeks already but my body couldn't seem to jump start the actual Labor contractions (or so I thought). The night of Friday 2/20/09 around dinner time I began to have uncomfortable contractions and Sunday they became every 8-10 minutes that night leaving me up in the hallway and not in my bed. But the next day they slowed down just a bit so I thought it was just like before - a false alarm. We had some visitors that day who brought some gifts (which ended up being a life savor) and around 7:30 pm the contractions were every 5-7 minutes and pretty strong. So we decided to head to the hospital thinking the whole time they are going to send me home since I wasn't contracting every 3-5 minutes as we were told to hold out for. We got to the hospital around 8:45 pm, got checked in and checked by the midwife. To hers (she had to check twice) and our amazement I was 8 cm dilated! With barely enough time for medication I was moved to the delivery room.
With awesome Eric and nurse Carrie I pushed for 40 minutes started at 1 am on Monday having our baby boy naturally at 1:43 am.
We are so ecstatic to announce with love:
Isaac James Schneider
Born February 23, 2009 at 1:43 am
6 lbs 13.2 oz and 20.25 inches long
Today is his one week birthday, 7 days old. wow.
He is absolutely a miracle, gorgeous, and our lives will never be the same.
5 days old
6 days old
Great Job Jen! I am proud of you! It is truly a miracle for our bodies to produce such beautiful beings. You will never feel the same! Enjoy every minute of it!
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