March 5, 2010 at 10:00am we welcomed Jaxson McQueen Murdock into the world. The weeks leading up to delivery I was antsy to say the least. My contractions began three weeks prior and I went to the hospital two weeks before thinking I was having the baby. I was only 2cm dilated and they made me walk for an hour around the hospital to see if we were making any progress. We weren't so we went home only to return a week later. I had had contractions during the early morning hours that were really strong. I decided that in order to hurry things along and make sure that I wouldn't be turned away from the hospital, we would walk downtown Palm Springs. We walked and shopped for six hours and my contractions were 4 min apart and really strong. We returned to the hospital, sure that I would be admitted. They checked me and I was only 3cm dilated so they told me to walk again. More walking.... uggh. In the weeks previous I had: taken a castor oil cocktail, drank gallons of Raspberry leaf tea, taken Evening Primrose Oil morning and night, had my membranes stripped, walked miles and miles, and bounced on a yoga ball, all promising to induce labor. What all of that had accomplished was not starting active labor, but at least I was dilating. So there we were outside of the hospital with me in my gown walking more. Brett was as determined as I was that today was the day and that we needed to do everything possible in the next hour to ensure admittance into the labor and delivery ward. So, he had me doing squats- in the front lawn of the hospital- in my gown. Yep I was that crazy pregnant lady that people were pointing and laughing at as the drove by to get their hips x-rayed and their moles removed. As you could guess were not admitted that day and I was thoroughly exhausted. Fast forward two days and I awoke with horrifying contractions at 4 in the morning. I got out of bed and tried to walk. I didn't get far before I was yelling for my mom and cussing in the kitchen. I was so out of it and in such pain I promised that I could not make the 40 min car ride to the hospital. I had no idea how I was going to do it. I managed to pull myself together and my mom drove me to the hospital as Brett tried to call the sitter to drop of Wyatt.
After what seemed like eternity we were admitted into delivery. I was immediately asking for an epidural. I knew that the delivery was going to go fast and after two weeks of watching A Baby Story and Deliver Me, I knew that there was a horrifying chance that maybe I would progress too quickly to get an epidural and I was going to do my damndest to make sure that scenario wasn't going to be my nightmare. I hounded the nurses for an hour and a half until the anesthesiologist arrived. As soon as he put it in I felt better. I started to relax and the contractions started to ease. I told him that the epidural was better than Christmas Morning. And boy do I love Christmas morning!! It was now 7:30 and don't worry the labor was indeed short so you don't have too much longer to read. Brett had arrived and so he and my mom started to play cards as I started to doze off. At 9:30 the wonderful nurse whom we loved came in to check things and I told her that I thought we would have a baby before 10:30. She checked and I was fully dilated and ready to push. She was shocked, so were the rest of us. She asked if I thought I wanted to push and I said sure. I started pushing as she was on the phone calling for my doctor. Luckily my doctor was in the hospital and we didn't have to wait too long before she came in. I pushed for 3 min with the doctor, and BOOM we had a baby.
Everything went so unbelievably well that it seems surreal. Jaxson is perfect and weighed 7 lbs 8oz and was 19.5 inches long. The rest is history. We have been home for almost a week and after our first doctor appointment we learned that Jaxson has gained 12 oz in 5 days! He is doing awesome and I feel so so blessed. Wyatt is adjusting to the new addition. He is currently the best diaper-hander-to-er ever and is constantly "keeping an eye on Jaxson". My mom is still here and will stay for another month. It is like having a live in nanny, maid, and personal chef in one. For FREE. We are really spoiled and life is good.
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