So this is the story of how Jonas came into the world and our family. I went in Tuesday morning at 0530 for my scheduled induction feeling very ready. They started my pitocin around 0800. Over the next few hours I didn't really progress much but I was having very close and intense contractions so I decided to get an epidural. I didn't really want one but I was only at 4cm and he was still very high. I was at 3cm when I arrived and had been on pitocin for over 4 hours already. So they gave me my epidural around 1400 (2:00pm) and came back to check me around 1530 (3:30pm). The doctor broke my water then and Jonas was born at 1618 (4:18pm)!I went from 4cm to 10 in about a half hour. Jonas beat out his brother Steven in every measurement. Jonas weighed 8lbs, 2.9oz; Steven was 8lbs, 0oz. Jonas was 21.5 inches long; Steven was 21 inches long. Jonas was 4 days early; Steven was 9 days late. LOL We are so glad that Jonas is finally here and that my labor was relatively uneventful as far as complications go. When Steven was born his heart stopped and he wasn't breathing. Jonas didn't have any of those complications and was born with bright eyes just looking around the room, not crying a bit which after having Steven born the way he was kind of scared me a bit. The doctor reassurred me that he was fine. He just made a little squawk and that was it and he hasn't cried much since. He is an awesome baby just like Steven was. Although he didn't have any complications at birth, after doing lab work they found out that he has a reaction to my blood called ABO incompatibility. Basically he was exposed to antibodies that my body made in reaction to his blood type. This causes his red blood cells to die off and he becomes anemic and gets jaundice. So they kept us an extra day to watch him and then decided that we could go home as long as we came back the next day for a blood test. We came back for the blood test and his iron was up (which is good) and his bilirubin (which causes jaundice) was also up( which is not so good). Since it was only up slightly tho they decided it just needed to be checked in two more days. So on Sunday morning we headed for the hospital to get his blood test done before church. His bilirubin level had jumped a lot so he had to be re-admitted to recieve phototherpay.
I was so sad
and disappointed to have to come back to the hospital. Basically he had to lay there with only a diaper on under a blue light for 24 hrs. I couldn't hold him unless he was eating. It was so hard seeing him just lay there but he didn't seem to mind a bit. He never fussed! Only when it was time to eat did he even make a peep. He did amazing and his level dropped considerably so we got to come back home yesterday! This morning we had to come back for yet another blood test. This time it was great news! His levels have pretty much stabilized which means he's doing better and making his own red blood cells. We don't have to go back for 3 whole weeks!!! Yay! We are all home now and doing well. Steven absolutely loves having a baby brother. He hasn't shown any jealousy yet at all. He always wants to know what Jonas is doing or where he his. He even kisses Jonas' feet! LOL.
So this is the story of how Jonas came into the world and our family. I went in Tuesday morning at 0530 for my scheduled induction feeling very ready. They started my pitocin around 0800. Over the next few hours I didn't really progress much but I was having very close and intense contractions so I decided to get an epidural. I didn't really want one but I was only at 4cm and he was still very high. I was at 3cm when I arrived and had been on pitocin for over 4 hours already. So they gave me my epidural around 1400 (2:00pm) and came back to check me around 1530 (3:30pm). The doctor broke my water then and Jonas was born at 1618 (4:18pm)!I went from 4cm to 10 in about a half hour. Jonas beat out his brother Steven in every measurement. Jonas weighed 8lbs, 2.9oz; Steven was 8lbs, 0oz. Jonas was 21.5 inches long; Steven was 21 inches long. Jonas was 4 days early; Steven was 9 days late. LOL We are so glad that Jonas is finally here and that my labor was relatively uneventful as far as complications go. When Steven was born his heart stopped and he wasn't breathing. Jonas didn't have any of those complications and was born with bright eyes just looking around the room, not crying a bit which after having Steven born the way he was kind of scared me a bit. The doctor reassurred me that he was fine. He just made a little squawk and that was it and he hasn't cried much since. He is an awesome baby just like Steven was. Although he didn't have any complications at birth, after doing lab work they found out that he has a reaction to my blood called ABO incompatibility. Basically he was exposed to antibodies that my body made in reaction to his blood type. This causes his red blood cells to die off and he becomes anemic and gets jaundice. So they kept us an extra day to watch him and then decided that we could go home as long as we came back the next day for a blood test. We came back for the blood test and his iron was up (which is good) and his bilirubin (which causes jaundice) was also up( which is not so good). Since it was only up slightly tho they decided it just needed to be checked in two more days. So on Sunday morning we headed for the hospital to get his blood test done before church. His bilirubin level had jumped a lot so he had to be re-admitted to recieve phototherpay. 
I was so sad 
and disappointed to have to come back to the hospital. Basically he had to lay there with only a diaper on under a blue light for 24 hrs. I couldn't hold him unless he was eating. It was so hard seeing him just lay there but he didn't seem to mind a bit. He never fussed! Only when it was time to eat did he even make a peep. He did amazing and his level dropped considerably so we got to come back home yesterday! This morning we had to come back for yet another blood test. This time it was great news! His levels have pretty much stabilized which means he's doing better and making his own red blood cells. We don't have to go back for 3 whole weeks!!! Yay! We are all home now and doing well. Steven absolutely loves having a baby brother. He hasn't shown any jealousy yet at all. He always wants to know what Jonas is doing or where he his. He even kisses Jonas' feet! LOL. 
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Aww! Congrats! He's beautiful and you all look great! Wish we were still close by so I could help out.
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