BIRTH Day!

September 11, 2011: A typical Sunday in the Wallace household - lots of football, a couple of breakfast burritos, general laziness. I felt more tired than usual, and skipped yoga for that reason, but figured it was because we'd done a lot the day before (moving stuff in and out of the second bedroom and into storage). That evening, right after the Jets-Cowboys game started my water broke. I knew right away what had happened, but just didn't want to believe it. I made sure I showered before calling my doctor and heading to the hospital - because clearly, that was important! At the hospital, the nurses confirmed that my water did indeed break, which meant the baby would be coming some time in the next 24 hours! Carmen and I called everyone and settled in to our delivery room at about 8 pm (after watching the Jets win - yay!).

I spent the next six hours in labor, but not making much progress. By 2 am I was in pain and was shaking, so opted for the epidural. From 2:30 am to about 9 am, I was put on and taken off of oxygen, put on and taken off and put on pitocin/oxytocin (all in efforts to stabilize the baby's heartbeat, which was low) and FINALLY, at about 10:05 am, it came time for the baby to enter our world! My delivery nurse, Candise, called Dr. Wheeler, and at 10:31 am, Jayden Ajani Wallace arrived! He weighed in at 7 lbs, 12 ozs and measured 21-1/2 inches long.