The long awaited news....Jaxon Cole Remijn arrived on December 28, 2010 7:04 (I don't have pictures right now, my upload cord is at school :( so I will attach them when I get it).
The story of his arrival.....
It all started Monday night, I woke up around 11:00 and was having hard contractions (I now know the difference between "real" contractions and Braxton Hicks :) The contractions were painful but were not super regular. They started about ever 20 minutes, then went to 15 minutes, and then fluxuated between 10 and 20 minutes. I got up in the morning and took a nice long warm bath... I was supposed to meet one of the most wonderful families for lunch and time at the mall. I also had some last minute errands to run.... I ran those errands, met Rachael and the girls for lunch, and decided after lunch not to do some shopping but instead to come home...
I spent a lot of time talking to my mom, and she told me that her contractions were exactly the same as mine, very sporadic. She also told me that her water never broke, the doctors had to do that...I called Ian and we decided that when he got home from work we would head down to the hospital to see if things were progressing at all....
When I got home, I started picking things up, and slowly packing a bag for Ian....I was sitting on the ground eating a cookie, and talking to one of my friends....when GUSH.... a fountain of water poured out of me....I screetched a little and promptly hung up on my friend....quickly I called Ian and informed him that he had better come home....my water had broke...
We got to the hospital around 4:00, and headed up to labor and delivery. Everything looked really good, I was dialated to a 5 and the nurses were happy with my progression....They hooked me up to a moniter and began to moniter the baby's heart... here is where things went bad...Every time I had a contraction the baby's heart rate would drop REALLY low...it got as low as 13 at one point. They decided to put different heart moniters on the baby (by putting them in the uterus and one into his head). I was still progressing and was now dialated to a 7. I got my epidural (amazing thing!!!!!) and life was once again VERY pleasant....it was then that I had a contraction that was 2 1/2 minutes long....during this contraction, the baby's heart beat began dropping....and actually flat lined, they completely lost the heart rate. The doctor on call was headed in and told the nurses to prep me for a c-section. Every time I had a contraction, the cord was pressed against the baby's head, and he would loose oxygen. They decided they needed to get him out and quick! This was at 6:30.
They prepped Ian and I for a c-section, and off we went into an opperating room. They cut me open, and worked for quite awhile to get the baby out. He was already advanced into the birth canal, and since my birth canal is small they had a hard time getting him out. At 7:04 they pulled a little baby boy out, Jaxon Cole. He was very blue from lack of oxygen and EXTREMELY bruised from all of the pressure and pushing, but he had 10 fingers, 10 toes, and a great cry! Ian got to cut the umbilical cord, which was really neat!
They sewed me back up, informing me that because my uterus and birth canal are tiny, even if his cord had not been pinched, they still would have had to do a c-section. Also they said that I will not be able to have any children naturally, they will have to do a c-section in the future.
Jaxon weighed 6 pounds and 9 ounces and was 19 inches long. We are so incredibly thankful to God for the mercy and grace He showed to us, by sparing both my and little Jaxon's lives. Also incredibly thankful for the opportunity to be parents, a huge responsibility but so incredibly rewarding. We look forward to every day with Jaxon and pray that he may be a child of the King!
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