Jacob Duke is beautiful! He was born 2 days before his due date! Sammy is an amazing big brother already. He loves Jake. He gives him kisses all the time. It's adorable. The only thing Sammy is not a fan of is our change in bedtime routine. Since Jesse will be waking up and taking care of Sammy at night if he wakes up (so I can wake with Jake) we decided it would be best if Jesse also put him to bed, instead of mommy. It's quite sad but he will get used to it. Mommy still does nap time.
I had my last doctor's appointment on Thursday (Aug. 9th) and I had not progressed much at all since the week before. So the doc was pretty certain that we'd be seeing each other in another week for another appointment. I was soooo bummed. I asked him about size of the baby. He felt my belly and measured it and said " oh he's small. I wouldn't be surprised if he was about 6 or 7lbs when you finally deliver." Jacob was born 9lbs 0.9oz Take that Dr. Trottier!
I went home that day making a mental list of everything I needed to do for the next week. Throughout the day, Sammy and I went about our normal routine. I had a horrible back ache all day but figured hey I'm super duper pregnant why shouldn't my back be hurting. That night I went to bed and Jesse rubbed my back. At 10pm I had a contraction. I really didn't think anything of it because well I'd been having all kinds of contractions. About 20 min later I had another. Then another. I made Jesse get some sleep because they weren't anywhere near time for hospital and I was sure they'd stop soon. But they didn't... They got closer together, and STRONGER! When they were about 5 min aparrt I woke up Jesse, we called the doc then our friend to come over and watchrr Sammy.
We were monitored for a few hours at the hospital and my contractions were regular but I had not dilated at all from when I was checked out in Dr. Trottier's office. So Jesse and I walked the halls to see if we could get things moving. And when I was checked again we had progressed to 3cm so we were admitted! That was at about 5:30 am.
I labored for a few more hours. I was given pitocin to regulate my contractions and get them closer together. I had to get my epidural shortly after. By that time I had been awake for over 24 hours. I was just going to bed for the night when my contractions started so no sleep since the night before. At about 9:30 am they broke my water (4-5cm) and the nurse had me rotating laying on my sides. 45 minutes on each side. By the second turn I was 9.5 cm. then ready to push. It was all very calm. Like I've done it everyday. Until I actually had to push.
I pushed about 30 minutes and Jacob was delivered! The first thing the doctor said was "wow he's a big boy!" they put him on my chest and it was just the sweetest moment! They took him to clean him and weigh him so I sent Jesse over to that side of the room with the camera. It was an amazing day. After all the excitement had died down Jesse left to get big brother, Sammy. And Jacob and I did our recovery process.
Sammy enjoined meeting his baby brother for the first time. It was like he completely understood what had happened. Jesse was a fabulous coach and I really could not have made it without him. My cup is full... My boys!
Jacob Duke
Born: 8-10-12 @ 11:12am
Weight: 9lbs. 0.9oz
Length: 21 inches
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