Jacob Thomas Has Arrived

Well, it was ironic that my last post was about the things I learned about pregnancy because the day after that post, our son arrived. Our baby boy, Jacob Thomas Pelphrey, arrived on Tuesday, March 23 at 5:22 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds and 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. It was such a surprise that neither Roger or I were prepared for his arrival. In fact, I kept telling Roger and my girlfriends that have experienced childbirth "there's no way I'm having a baby today...he has four more weeks to bake. I must have just peed on myself..." Ha! Was I wrong!

So here's the short version of how our precious baby made his way into the world....

• 7:30 a.m. Water breaks. Convince myself that I lost all bladder control and peed on myself...twice in a row.
  
• 8:08 a.m. Contractions begin and come eight minutes apart. Send Roger to work convinced that it's just Braxton Hicks and if I do go to the hospital they'll just send me home after an embarrassing exchange about bladder incontinence.
• 9:30 a.m. Tell Roger he needs to come home, contractions are only four minutes apart.
• 10: 30 a.m. Driving to the hospital, praying Roger doesn't kill us diving 100+mph to the hospital.
• 11:00 a.m. Arrive at the hospital - nurses don't bother to ask if i'm in active labor, they can just tell and my contractions start coming full-force at 1-2 minutes apart and I'm already 5 cm dialated!
  
• 11:30 a.m. Fentanyl is my friend, my BEST FRIEND! I can relax just a little and catch my breath between these quick contractions.
• 12:30 p.m. Checked into our labor & delivery room and beg for an epidural which I get shortly. From here on out, it's just a lot of huffing and puffing until...
  
• 4:45 p.m. It's go time! Pushing begins and a little more than 30 minutes later...

our little man, our little peanut, made his way into this world! What an amazing day, an amazing experience and I don't think we ever thought two people could fall in love with another little person like we did the minute we heard his cries and met him face to face.

This new chapter in our life has begun and we are enjoying all of the new adventures it has and will bring. He's now two weeks old and although he is considered a premie he's eating like a champ and everyday, we fall more in love with our son. Here are some pictures from the first few weeks of his life.