Our Brand New Baby Boy! Boston Jacob!!!

Our sweet baby boy was born on Friday, Sept 12th at 3:41p.m. I went in earlier that morning for my last baby dr. visit and I was dialated to a 5+. I had been having major back pain the entire week and I actually went into the hospital Monday night because my contractions were 5 minutes apart and I was dialated to a 4. Anyway, they sent me home saying the baby was posterior and that I needed to relax and that the baby would move on his own. So they gave me a sleeping pill "Ambym??" and I threw up the entire night. That is some powerful stuff! Needless to say, Jake threw away our comforter and bedroom sheets. He didn't even attempt to clean it. I on the other hand got a new comforter out of the whole deal!

Anyway, during my Dr. visit Friday morning he told me that I was close and that we were going to have a baby today. He walked me over to the hospital and the started me on patosin. I was in labor for about 5-6 hours.. My contractions started to get stronger and faster and the cord to my ephideral got pinched once and for about an hour I could feel everything.. I don't know how anyone would want to go without one. As soon as they fixed it I was back to feeling minimal pain. When I got to a 9 we started working on turning the baby. I felt a lot of pressure, but eventually he turned. I was so relived.

He came out weighing 6 lb 15 oz. and he was 19 1/2 inches long. He looks just like Bailey when she was born except that Boston has cute dark curly hair. He is just the sweetest thing. He hardly cries at all. He loves to eat and sleep all day. They let me hold him while they cleaned him on my chest and he latched on immediately. The nurses rated his latch score a perfect 10! He is completely opposite of Bailey. We had such a hard time getting her to nurse. Boston has been a dream!!!

We did have one major scary thing happen. Boston truly is our miracle baby. Not only did it take 18+ months to get pregnant with him, but soon after the Dr. delivered him all the nurses and doctors came to evaluate my placenta. I guess Boston's umbilical cord was not attached to my placenta very well. Here is the medical info on it... We are so lucky he is alive. Our Dr. said that most doctors just shutter when they see this....Dr. Ott said if he would have popped my water in any other spot and hit a blood vessel that our baby would have bled to death. They call this "Vasa Praevia" it is defined as "fetal vessels crossing or running in close proximity to the inner cervical os. These vessels course within the membranes (unsupported by the umbilical cord or placental tissue) and are at risk of rupture when the supporting membranes rupture." If these fetal vessels rupture the bleeding is from the fetoplacental circulation, and fetal exsanguination will rapidly occur, leading to fetal death.

This is rarely confirmed before delivery... Most often the fetus is already dead when the diagnosis is made; because the blood loss constitutes a major bulk of blood volume of the fetus. Treatment immediately with an emergency cesarean delivery is usually indicated. SCARY STUFF!!! I don't know the Lord continues to bless my family and I. Boston must have definitely been sent to us for some reason. We are so glad he is finally here!