Jake Logan Thompson

Jake came into our lives at 12:38 am on August 31,2011. He weighed 7 lbs, and was 20 inches long!

We have enjoyed this guy tremendously!!!!!!!!! He is a joy to have and feel very blessed to have such a sweet spirit in our life.

The Birth Story:

My doctor let me do an elective induction, so a week in advance, we scheduled the induction for the morning of August 30th. He told me to call the night before to get any special instructions. So the evening before I called in and they told me to be here at 6 am and to call 30 minutes before to make sure they had a bed for me. We went to bed-and could hardly sleep-and got up at 5am to get ready. I called in at 5:30 and they told me that it was not going to happen and that they would call me later if they could get me in. We were pretty disappointed and went back to bed for an hour or so. At about 10am we still hadn't heard anything and so called them again-again the same answer with no hint as to when would be a closer time. So we sat around and waited some more. In the mean time, I called my doctor to see if he wanted me to come in for a checkup if they couldn't get me in and they said they would call me back. So I called the hospital again at 12...they must have thought we were a nag cause they told me they were still waiting on a few girls to deliver. FINALLY at 12:30 pm they called us and said to get there within 45 min!! So we jumped in the car and got over there as soon as possible just in case they changed their mind! :)

We admitted me and went up to labor and delivery to get started. They started me on the oxytocin for contractions at about 1:30pm. After talking to the nurse she said that my doctor called in upset that they didn't get me in sooner and that they were going to get me started on things quickly.

A few hours went by and I was dialated to a 4 and they came in to check the position of the baby with an ultrasound and he was in perfect position.

So they gave me the choice to get my epidural and then break my water or vice versa. Let's just say that i'm glad I chose to get the epidural first, because an hour after they broke my water, I was dialated to a 9 and his head was engaged.

Finally it was time to push and with the help of my mom, Cindy, and Logan, he came out quickly.

We are so happy to have this little guy and are excited to watch him grow! He has already captured our love and admiration cause we think he is just SSSSSOOOOOO cute!

By the way, I am recovering very quickly, in fact it's only been 9 days and I can hardly feel the soreness anymore!! Makes it much easier to go things around the house!!! I am still a little emotional if you talk to me about specific subjects, but I'm hoping my hormones will level out soon. Logan has been a good help to me the last week and we are so thankful to Cindy for cooking us dinner several nights this last week!! I hope that as soon as Jake and I can figure out breastfeeding better that I will have more time to get things done throughout the day!