Jaxon

So I'm only a little over a month late at posting about Jaxon.

To say I've been a little busy is an understatement. 

We'll see how much I can get done right now before one of the boys needs something.

February 14, 2014

We were told to be at the hospital at 6:30am but to call them before we left.

(I knew what that meant. I was calling to make sure they had room for me)

So I called at 6:20 and the nurse sure enough said they didn't have enough nurses on staff right then and to call back in 2 hours. 

Really? 

I went through this with Matix and now we are doing this again?

So Doug and I waited and watched a little Last Man Standing.

Even though I would have liked them to have room for me at 6:30, it was really a blessing they didn't.

I was so worried about Matix waking up with Nana (that was the first time he had seen her since she got in), so we were able to see Matix before we left.

Anyway, so I called back at 8:30 and they told me to be there at 9:30. 

They took us back right away when we got there.

It took them about an hour (10:30) before they started me on Pitocin.

They turned up my pitocin every hour or so. 

The doctor (Dr. Drewes-The doctor that was supposed to be on call had something come up. So there were two other doctors taking her place. Dr. Drewes was there first and then Dr. Rees. I was hoping Dr. Rees would deliver Jaxon. He is the same doctor that delivered Matix and my favorite one at Valley OBGYN.) wasn't able to come in until 1pm to break my water.

At this point I was still at a 3.5 and 70% effaced. 

 I was starting to feel painful contractions at 1:30, and so the epidural was put in.

They checked me again at this time and I was at 4. 

In between all of this Doug and I watched a lot of Last Man Standing on Netflix. 

If you haven't watched, go watch an episode now.

At about 2:30 Jaxon's heart rate was starting to drop with every contraction.

They were monitoring it very closely.

The nurse said she has seen worse and they would just watch it. 

I got checked at 2:45 and I was at a 5.

Dr. Rees was finally at the hospital for his shift and came in to say hi.

It was 3:15 and he told me that if I felt any pressure at all to call them.

I told him I couldn't feel anything from my epidural, so I wouldn't know I was having pressure.

At this point I was starting to feel some of my contractions again and Jaxon's heart rate was back to normal.

Dr. Rees told me at first he wasn't going to check me because the nurse had just done so a half hour ago, but after I told him I wouldn't be able to feel any pressure if I had some, he wanted to check me. 

After checking me, he said it was a good thing he did-I was complete and ready to push!!

I went from a 5 to 10 and fully effaced in a half hour. 

Dr. Rees told me that with the next baby, after my water breaks, things will happen fast!

So they got the room ready and Doug and I were shocked.

We thought we had a lot more time. 

Megan, my friend that was coming to take pictures, wasn't even there yet. 

Doug called her and she raced over. 

I didn't think she was going to make it.

I started pushing at 3:30.

Dr. Rees was his normal self and cracking jokes in between pushes. 

As Jaxon was crowning Dr. Reese was playing with all his hair.

Megan made it in just in time. 

Megan came in at 3:45 and Jaxon was born at 3:50!

I'll take 20 minutes of pushing over the 2 and half hours I did with Matix.

Jaxon Robert Bell

My Valentines day baby!

7lbs 13oz 20 inches 

3:50pm

They put him on my chest right away and I fell in love!

They took him and cleaned him off and then I was able to do more skin to skin.

While he was laying on my chest, he was grunting a lot and they took him away from me. 

I didn't think anything of it, but I guess that means he is having trouble breathing.

The nurse called the Respiratory Therapist and had him come listen to him.

After listening to him for a few min, he decided Jaxon needed to be in the NICU to be on CPAP machine for an hour.

This is common with newborns, so I wasn't worried. 

Doug went to the NICU with Jaxon.

Before taking me down to the Mother/baby floor, my nurse wheeled me to the NICU and let me see him and be with him for about 10 min.

When I saw him I felt so bad, he was rooting and all he had to suck on was a pacifier. 

This was not how I wanted things to go.

I wanted to be able to try to nurse him during skin to skin and because of his breathing that didn't happen.

I was so worried he wasn't going to be able to nurse.

Jaxon was in the NICU for an hour and then monitored for 30 min.

We wanted Matix to come to the hospital that night to see us and meet Jaxon.

Nana, Matix, Aunt Julie, and Uncle Jared showed up as Jaxon was getting his bath.

So 5 hours after he was born he was finally in our room with us.

When everyone left I was able to nurse Jaxon and he was a champ!

 Watching Jaxon get a bath

 Meeting his brother for the first time

 Proud daddy

 Meeting Nana

Aunt Bre and cousin Emily came to see us the day after he was born