2 week check up

We took Jack to the doctor today for his 2 week check up. Everything went great! He slept through the entire exam, which made my nerves much calmer, I hate hearing him cry it breaks my heart. He now weighs 9lbs 2oz, (he was 8lbs 12oz at birth and lost down to 8lbs 2oz) and is 22 3/4 inches long (up from 21.5 at birth) he said I must be producing "super milk". That puts him in the 97th percentile in height...so he is definately going to be tall! Dr. Al said that he is perfectly healthy and is the ideal baby...and told us to keep up the good work. Now if we could just get a little more sleep!

Hope you enjoy the more recent pictures! He is growing and changing so fast....

A few more pictures

Welcome to the world Jack Nolan Aycoth

What an adventure the past few days have been. Jack arrived Friday morning at 7:09, weighing 8lbs 12oz and is 21.5 inches long. I truly do not think we fully understand or experience true joy until you look into the eyes of your child. The love and instant bond is unshakeable!

A little about our journey... We went in for induction Thursday morning, they started the Cervidil around 8:00am and by noon I was starting to contract. At 8:00pm Dr. McIlveen came in and checked and I had progressed quite a bit and he decided to brake my water and things intensified quickly. I was contracting about every minute and decided to get the epidural. They came and gave it to me and everything was great for about 2.5 hours and then I started feeling the contractions again. They came back pulled it and gave me another epidural and again it worked for 2.5 hours...needless to say after being stuck at least 6 times, they concluded that my body was resisent to the drugs. SO I had to do it the old fashioned way....without any medication, but it was all worth it and for him I would do it all over again. Mom and Dustin were able to be in the room and were able to witness Jack's birth and without them I really don't think that I could have done it. So enjoy the pictures, we will be posting more soon!

Update

We had our weekly appointment this morning, we had an appointment with Jenn our ultrasound tech first and then we met with Dr. McIlveen. Jack measured 8lbs 9oz on the ultrasound, which is a lot smaller than we were thinking he was going to be. This is excellent news...we will get to have a vaginal delivery afterall. He is also still head down and finally face down, so all is well. He is definately still a boy he showed himself clearly one more time as if he knew that I had been worrying about that :)!! When we met with the doctor I measured 44cm, weight has stayed the same, blood pressure was great, and I am still 1cm dialated but 70% effaced.

Now on to the best part....we are going in for induction on THURSDAY!! Yes, the day after tomorrow!! We have to be there at 5:45 in the morning to get things going....yikes! He did tell us not to expect a baby until some time Friday evening, that inductions can take awhile. They are going to do cervadil(sp) first to get my cervix to soften more and start opening up more, and then after about 2 hours or so they will start the pitocin. We talked a lot about the epidural and if it slows things down. He assured me that it would not and that he recommends getting it as soon as possible, he said there was no need to not enjoy the birth process, so it was nice to hear him say that.

Well, please keep us in your prayers and the next time I post it will be to announce the birth of Jack Nolan!

We can see the end...or the beginning

Well just wanted to say that now that I can see the end of this pregnancy, I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed. We are so excited to see Jack and hold him and start our lives together, but at the same time I know that as long as he is inside of me he is safe...all I have to do is take care of me and he is healthy. Once he is born a whole new care taking will begin, and it scares me and saddens me knowing that I do not have my Mom close by. I have already been thinking about what it is going to be like to not feel Jack move inside of me anymore, it has to be one of the most empty feelings in the world. I felt Jack the first time at 13 weeks, so I have been enjoying the feeling of life for a long time now, and then to go to no movement has to be strange. I know that the joy of having him in my arms must help that in some ways, but still I haven't had to share Jack with anyone else for 9 months, he has been all mine, and in just a short 5 or 7 days I will have to share him with the world, this is not my favorite of thoughts (sounds terrible, huh?). Well, I just needed to share my thoughts and feelings....