Jackson Nicola is here!

Hey All- after all my whining and groaning about being pregnant, little Jackson is finally here...exactly on his due date.

Go figure!

Simple explanation: Jack was born by c-section on October 17th at 8:39pm weighing in at a whopping 7lbs 6oz (almost 2lbs heavier than Siena was!) and measuring 19 and 3/4 inches (2 inches longer than Siena).

Extended explanation: Jack came by c-section after I labored since 2:30am, went into the hospital at 9am, got my epidural (I love you anesthesia man!!!!) at 11am and had progressed to 5cm, pitocin started at 2pm to make contractions better, water broken...no progression. Being that Siena was a c-section as well the docs didn't want to take any chances by waiting even longer for me to dilate...so off to surgery we went at 8-ish pm.

Here is a slideshow of pics so far. Remember you can double click if you want to see the pics larger (in a non-slideshow format).



Happy 1 day birthday baby boy. We love you!!!

38 wks...Will he ever come out??

Now, I know I have no right to complain at 38wks about being tired of pregnancy. I know there are plenty of people that have had to go over their 40wks and be induced. I also know that things could be worse... (I won't mention what those "worse" things are for fear of women who have never had babies are reading this and would be completely horrified). I do feel lucky that my pregnancy has been hassle and issue free, besides a few aches and pains that are to be expected.

Part of what aggravates me is the fact that my midwives are still argueing about my actual due date. Originally, it was Oct 16th. I had an ultrasound at 18wks and they changed that due date to Oct 25th...ok.... I can handle that. When I went back to the midwives they said that wasn't right, that we needed to go by the 16th....ARRRGGGG. SO this whole time I have been going by the later date to keep my brain accepting of the later time frame -just in case it was, in fact, correct - but in the back of my now pea-sized brain I keep putting myself one week ahead. This all increases the frustration.

Oh yeah, the other part is that I am 3cm dilated, 90% effaced and at -2 station. For those of you that don't know what that means...it means I am about to drop a baby at anytime!! So wish me luck, pray for my sanity and that this baby decides he is not that comfortable where he is ;-)

37 weeks and getting ANTSY

The title truely says it all...;-) Nick and I are just waiting at this point to find out what our little guy is going to be like.

36 wks and Still Smiling....Barely

Huge, huge, HUGE...that's the one word to describe the past week- and the following weeks, I am sure. Little man is ready to come soon. To say that we are ready for him would be, well, it would be false ;-) We're getting there though!!

Here is the most current picture:

34wks...Good Lord!

We are getting to that point now where every little pain, ache, contraction makes you wonder... 'is this it??' Slowly, but surely, we are getting things in order around the house. All the neutral clothes that Siena had are now out of storage and arranged in drawers by size. New pump tubing has been purchased (for the breast pump) and we have a place to put him if he decides he would like to sleep...doubtful, I know ;-)

So, we are getting there. Now, if only we had a name for him....

30 wks and Counting the Minutes...

Well, I officially only have 10wks to go and this is starting to get a bit more difficult... Siena wanting to be picked up, working as a nurse in an ICU, general stuff to do around the house...this is all met with me being a whole lot more tired and much less mobile as well ;-) A big 'ol belly does not make for swift, accurate movements. More often than not, my belly bumps into things before I know they are there. Overall though, this has been an easy and FAST pregnancy. I can't believe that in less than 10wks there will be a new member of our clan to love. It's scary but exciting at the same time!

"Siena, where is baby brother?"

"Siena, can you give baby brother a kiss?"

Siena is ready to be a big sister

28 wks...

Ugh...these pics are really starting to get embarassing ;-)

24 wks....Eeks

Ugh...again, I can't believe I am posting this but due to many, many requests here you go. I am 24wks (about 6 mts) in this picture and growing rapidly!!

I can't believe I am posting this...

Due to the overwhelming demand for preggo belly shots (YES, there has been an awful lot of you that are dieing to see the goods!) Here is the first picture. In this pic (which was taken 2 days ago), I am 19wks or almost 5 mts. The belly is popping a bit and I am now officially in maternity clothes...even though some are too big, my regular clothes are too small. I prefer to look like a bag lady instead of a stuffed sausage ;-)

Enjoy!

And it's a..........

BOY!!!!

We just had our first ultrasound of the new baby and we found out its a boy. Nick and I were completely shocked because we were convinced it was a girl....EEEKS! Not so sure what we will do with our wild and crazy little man but we are so glad he is coming ;-)

I also found out that my due date was later than we originally thought. I am now due October 25th!

Well I suppose we should spill....

I am pregnant ;-) I will be 13wks on 4/10/08 and I am due on 10/22/08. Just wanted to share the news with you all. This should be an interesting year ;-)

And YES, we planned it...geesh....