The Jensen Family: Happy "Birth" Day

What a long day it was. We thought we were going to head to the hospital late Thursday night, but ended up getting called in at 1:00 am Friday morning when a bed was available. Joe and I were ready to go.

The girls stayed home with my sister, Jamie. We arrived, got settled into our room and began the induction process at 2:00 am. Everything was going fine, slow, but fine. We were waiting for my doctor to arrive, but he called and said to start the potocin, so I got my epideral around 8:30 am.

We waited patiently for my doctor to arrive, he thought he would be there around 10:00 am to break my water. He didn't end up making it until 3:00 pm. He had back to back deliveries and c-sections all morning. Needless to say I was getting a little impatient, but relieved when I saw him. Around 5:00 they checked and I was at an 8. Things were moving along pretty good, I thought. My doctor thought Jaelyn would make her arrival before 6:30, so I called my sister and had her bring the girls up to have dinner, so they could be the first to meet their new little sister. Joe's family had arrived and were patiently waiting.

So you can sense my disappoint when 6:30 rolled around and still no baby. I kind of went to a sad/depressed/angry/dark place around this time. I couldn't believe it was taking so long. I was sure that it wouldn't take as long as Noelle's labor and delivery, which was 11 hours, but we were starting to approach how long it took with Joleigh, 21 hours. At 7:30 they checked me again and I was only at a 9. So at 8:00 I told everyone to go home, that they could meet the baby the next today, you can tell I was still in my bad mood. I didn't want the girls to be there too late, so my sister and dad decided to take them back to my parents house and Joe's family was going to stick around for a few more minutes. That's when the doctor came in and said that I was still not at a 10, but the baby needed to come out. Her heart rate was dropping every time I had a contraction. So after that everything happened really fast!!! My mom got a hold of my family and told them to turn around and bring the girls back. It took only 3 contractions and hardly any pushing and Jaelyn made her entrance at 8:23 pm. What a day!!!

I do have to mention that there were a few complications for me throughout the day. I had some difficulty breathing after my epidural and when they broke my water. The doctors were concerned so they ordered an EKG, chest x-ray and after the delivery a cat-scan, to rule out anything serious. Everything came back fine, praise God!

Joe and my mom were in the delivery room with me, but Joleigh and Noelle were the first meet baby Jaelyn. Their reaction was priceless. They were so excited and so in awe. They immediately loved her!!!

Our families patience paid off and they got to quickly meet Jaelyn that night. We were all exhausted!

My good friend Brittany as came all the way from Rocky Point to meet Jaelyn on Friday, only to turn around and go back Saturday morning. It meant a lot that she came and I'm so glad that she got to spend some time with the baby.

It was a long, hard day, but it was completely erased when I saw her precious little face. God is so good to me and my family!!!

Happy Birthday Jaelyn!!!