when i got pregnant with jacob i knew instantly that my body was going through a change, i was gaining weight which is not normal for me. i decided to take a test and the first test i took was not clear i waited 2 weeks took another one this time it was positive. a few short months we found out we were having a boy (we actually found out @ 16 weeks). i was sooo excited because that meant we had enough clothes because my sister in law stacey saved everything from when my nephew was a baby. In nov not long before i had jacob i spent thanksgiving with my husbands family and then again at my sisters moms house. then i think it was a week or so later we had a birthday party for my niece destiny and i noticed my back was hurting not more than 2 days later was when i was in labor for about 12 hrs completely unaware that i was having contractions. i took baths off and on all day because my back was hurting and i was trying to relieve my pain (apparently i had back labor). my husband was working that day and around 6pm i called him and asked if there was any chance he could come home early, he said no i can't get off any earlier. Around 10pm i decided i needed to go to the bathroom well when i got up i noticed that it was red aka i was bleeding well i knew that was not supposed to be happening. I hurried back into the bedroom and told my husband i was bleeding and that we needed to go to the hospital. Somehow i managed to get dressed and have my purse by the door when my husband arrived 15 min later. We ended up calling an ambulance because i could not make it to the car. They emts were afraid i was going to have jacob in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. In the mean time ryan was calling my parents to tell them what was going on funny thing is he told my mother " not to worry but we are on our way to the hospital" long story short she was worried and she immediately called my aunt lisa to start praying (smart women). I made it to the hospital close to 11pm i believe (it was snowing so it took awhile to drive). they wheeled me upstairs and starting asking questions and monitoring me and then before i knew it they told me to scoot to the edge and push, my response "no i'm not ready" to which they replied "well we could do a csection" i sat straight up and said "ok so i need to push" 3 or 4 pushes jacob arrived into the world on December 6th,2009 @ 11:21 pm at a whopping 1lb 15oz they whisked him away to the nicu and i did not see him again for about an hour maybe less (i was told i had a placental abruption basically the placenta detached too early and sent me into labor). They wheeled him back to me with papers to release him to Presbyterian st luke in denver. As i was signing the papers to release him i was aware that it was snowing outside and they could not airlift him and would have to go by ambulance (i was worried). I put trust into the EMT's and i got a call @1:30 am that they had arrived safely. unfortunately i was not able to go to sleep until around 4am (they kept coming in and bothering me asking if i needed meds i was sore but not dying). i was released the next day i was finally able to see my baby and this is what i walked in and saw, it was hard to see how helpless and small he was i held back the tears and prayed we were told the first 72hrs were critical. I must admit i never knew how to react to that bit of news. I think god was telling me everything was going to be ok and i was hoping that someday i would be able to bring him home.
