On the 12th of December our little Jax came to join us! He was born at 9:24 p.m. weighing 7 lbs 4 ounces and 19 inches long! I went into labor at 1 p.m. went to the hospital around 4:15 p.m. They timed my contractions and checked to see what I was dilated to, which was a 4+ and after about an hour and a half let me know they were going to keep me and that I was going to be having Jaxton. About 6:00 p.m. they put me in the labor and delivery room and timed my contractions some more. At about 7:00 they checked me again and i was dilated to a 5+ and told me they were going to call the doctor. Around 7:30 they started me on pitocin to make my contractions harder and shortly after the doc. came in and broke my water. He told the nurse that he was going to go to the other hospital for about an hour and then the rest of the night he will be at home until he gets the call. I guess he told the nurse that he was going to estimate me delivering at about 3:00 am the next morning.The nurse asked me if i wanted my epidural and i told her that i was going to hold out just a little longer. About the time she got half way down the hall I hit the nurses button saying I wanted it as soon as possible. I didn't realize how bad the pain was going to be after my water broke. Greg was a good sport and even got bit through one of the contractions. my mom kept telling me to just breath and she got yelled at by me saying that i couldn't! The anesthesiologist came in and gave me the epidural and made most the pain go away. Greg hadn't eaten all day so Josh (my brother-in-law) and Greg went to the cafeteria to find something. Just after he left the nurse came in... its about 8:20... to check me. i had already dilated to a 9!!!! she told me that she was going to call the doctor that i was going to be having my baby very soon. we called Greg and told him to get his butt back that if he didn't he was going to miss it. Don't worry he didn't, but around 9:00 the doctor came in and i had Jax 24 min later!!!!
