Hailey's Arrival

The day of Hailey's birth was joyous, nerve wracking, happy, sad, scary, and amazing. Hard to believe you can have so many emotions in an instant.

The night before I could not sleep. I was anxious so around 2am, when I realized how slowly the night was dragging I ran out to the grocery store (Thank God for 24 hour stores) to get what I needed to bake cookies. I came home and baked away. I made chocolate chip cookies and M&M cookies for the nurses. I figured a batch for the labor and delivery nurses and a batch for the recovery nurses..after all they are the ones who really tend to your every need.

As morning approached I took one of the most amazing and cleansing showers a person could take and dressed comfortably. Jay was so excited..this pregnancy was finally going to be over. I experienced more of a bitter sweet moment. I was so happy to not be pregnant anymore, but a little sad. What if this is my last baby? Will I ever feel life inside me again? Did I savor the moments as much as I could: the first flutter, the first kick? What about Kyle this is it, my last few moments with just him! We took our last family photo as a 3 some and off to the hospital we went.



We arrived at the hospital at 8:45 am and were greeted by a wall of nurses. Every one of them kind and caring. I must mention they were so grateful for the cookies! The nurse assigned to me was amazing, and I can't believe I forget her name. We went into our room where I changed into the oh so comfortable gown and got into bed. Jay sat by my side trying to stay cool. They attached me to the heart monitor for the baby and we got to hear Hailey's last few heartbeats in the womb. The nurse asked how comfortable I was and I told her I was actually not very comfortable at all. There was so much pressure low and it was increasing in intensity from the 2 prior days. She said:" well that would be because you are in labor". I was thankful I was not crazy I thought I was. She left the room and I discussed with Jay just going ahead and trying to go through the labor naturally. He looked at me like I was CRAZY. Then, the nurse came back and said we will see if we can move your time up. No point in you going through all the pain of labor when you are going to have a c-section. Mind made up..c-section it would be.

Now my heart was pounding because I was set on the 11am hour for Hailey's birth it was only 9:20! She came back and said you are going in at 10am. We scrambled to call everyone. At 10:15 I walked into the O.R. It was a rather surreal experience. There I was sitting on the table and the nurse and the O.R tech were talking about diddlers! On the news you may have read about a man who was a sex offender and he wanted to attend Red Sox games because he had purchased season tickets..well he was her neighbor for years and they had no idea he was a sex offender and they had 2 kids. This was the conversation until the anesthesiologist finally showed up. For some reason I was scared about the spinal tap. It was a little rough but it worked!! Next thing I knew I was laying down and looking at Jay.

Jason was incredible. I had soo many emotions and hormones running through my veins. He just looked me in the eyes and kept telling me how proud he was of me, how much he loved me, how grateful he was for his family..he was incredible. Then the moment 10:41am I heard "Oh my God look at all that hair" and then Hailey's cry. I looked to my right and there she was this new life. The doctor came over and said she looked GREAT. We were now parents of two children. We have kidS! We made a gorgeous little girl =)