He's finally here!!
Jaden Anthony was born on Friday July 8th at 12:19 in the afternoon. He was 7lbs 12 ounces. I never thought my life would change so much so quickly! I have a new found appreciation for life. I see the way that he experiences things for the first time and I feel so alive!! After pushing such a beautiful life out of my body I feel so accomplished. I was jealous that everyone got to do so much like party and have fun and get ready to go off to college, but now I realize I get to do something that none of them get to do yet. I gave life and that's a feeling that can't be topped by anything in the world. It was the most aweing, amazing and beautiful experience of my entire life. I will have to admit there was a lot of pain involved. I went into labor on Thursday nite after being so discouraged about being two days late. I had done a lot of walking that day with Shani and I guess the hard work paid off becuz at about 10:30 Thursday night he began to move down and the contractions started. They started at 10 mins apart, then they got to 8 mins apart, then 7, then 6. By the time my mom and I got into the car at 2:30 to go to the hospital they were coming every 4 mins. The contractions were the most painful thing I have ever endured in my short life. They were uncontrollable and almost unbearable. Once I arrived at the hospital and got settled they gave me an epidural(a miracle). The epidural made me numb from the waist down. That got me through the next nine hours of labor with ease, I even slept for a few of them. At 12 noon my midwife came in and said we were going to start pushing. I was very scared and didn't know if I could do it, but it's the weirdest thing: without hesitation when she told me to push my body knew exactly what to do. I pushed and pushed and pushed some more. 19 mins later, the new love of my life entered the world. He was the most beautiful being I had ever laid my eyes on! I 'll post pictures later. I want to thank my mom for all of that support in the delivery room, I swear without her being in there I probably wouldn't have been able to have handled it. She helped me stay as calm as possible. All in all I can't wait to be a mom and share all these new experiences with my baby. One last thing though...I am never having another baby...even though it was worth it, it was still the worst pain of my entire life! LOL.