Jordyn Noel Shepherd!

Okay now on to the newest addition to our family, Jordyn She arrived with help I might add, on December 10th 2010, I went in to the Dr. the Monday before and seriously had made NO! progress whats so ever and I was getting very irritated that she was in no hurry to get here, and my poor family was taking the brunt of my irritation, I still feel bad, but during my appointment he did have good news that if I didn't go in to labor by Friday he would induce me,and of course I didn't go on my own my kids have to be forced out. Friday morning came around and I had to call and see if they could fit me in or see if they were to busy well she said that they were pretty busy and she would call me in a few hours and see if things ease up a bit and I could come in then. Ummm! ya that's not what you want to tell a pregnant women who is soooo! done being pregnant and looking forward to finally having a light at the end of the tunnel, I was brave and held it together albeit a little irritated, I know those things can't be helped but when she called again and if said she couldn't fit me in I might have gone a little postal, Okay I know this sounds very dramatic buts that's the way we roll around here, drama is the motto, and really being prego that stuff just happens. I know I wouldn't have gone postal but I would have plopped myself on the couch and at least would have had a good cry. Good grief look at me posting a 100 words about me being a dramatic pregnant person instead of telling you about the arrival of my sweet baby. Well luckily a few hours later when she called again she asked me if I was ready to have my baby and I of course jumped up and said"heck ya!" we dropped off Emery at my awesome neighbor Caitlins she watched the other ladies till my sister in law Carrie could come get them. We arrived at the hospital and started the check in process and asked if I wanted my awesome friend Steph to be my nurse and of course I did, I was a little nervous about having a good friend of mine being my nurse and all involved in my business, but it was the best move ever. I loved her she was so calming and reassuring and spoiled me rotten. while she was getting all my health info we started talking about the Dr. who delivered Emery and I did not want him being my Dr. again he was horrible, he wasn't my normal Dr. just the on call one so he delivered her anyways not a good experience. while we were talking about him who do you think comes walking in to break my water? Sure enough the not so cool Dr. we were talking about literally at that very moment he was walking in. Opps! hopefully he didn't here anything we were saying. He said my regular Dr., Dr. Hutchinson was really busy and asked if he could come in and break my water so he didn't have to drive a long way just to that. "Okay as long as he wasn't going to deliver my baby then I guess that's okay," I said to myself. After he did that he left and all was good, I do have to say I'm so glad my water didn't break anywhere else because I had Niagara falls in there, and it wouldn't have been a good situation outside of the hospital. Steph told me I probably would want to get my epidural right then 1: because they were getting busy and 2: she was betting I was going to progress very fast since this was my 4th baby. So I said okay bring it on I don't do pain. The Anesthesiologist came in to talk to me about everything and was sitting on my bed talking and I had to interupt him and tell him he might want to move unless he wanted to get wet, he jumped up so stinkin fast it was hilarious. (I hope this isn't TMI for you all but like I said when I started this blog its kind of replacing my journal of sorts.) Well I got my epidural and hunkered down for the long wait ahead, We sat around and I tried to get some sleep but let's face it from that moment on I wasn't going to get much sleep for a while. A few hours later Jordyn's heart beat got very irregular and a different nurse came in to check on me since Steph was checking another patient in, well they still couldn't really get her heart beat they kept moving the Doppler thing around and then started moving me back and forth and still couldn't get it and I started getting really nervous, Steph came back in and said let's check you and then said, "well are you ready to have a baby?" Serious?!! I thought it would be a long time not 3 hours, but sure enough she decided she was ready to come, and that's why we couldn't get a good reading on her heart beat. Steph told me not to cough, sneeze, or move really because she was ready to come and she still had to call Dr. Hutchinson, luckily he was in the hospital doing a surgery so he didn't have to go far but I still had to wait till he was done with that. Steph said don't worry I have delivered a 100 babies so not to worry if he didn't make it, but she was sure on his case to hurry and get up there and good thing he did because I started feeling like she wasn't going to wait and that Brian might actually be delivering her. He got there just in time, she had the cord wrapped around her neck pretty good and that's why her heart beat was doing that. But Jordyn Noel Shepherd was born @ 4:59pm. A healthy and strong 7lbs. 11oz., I remember saying she looked so small and the Dr. said she wasn't really but he didn't know what I was expecting I felt like she was going to be like 9 lbs. because I was so huge, but it was probably because I had Niagara falls in there that I was so big, not kidding. I was so lucky to have everything go so well and had great people to take good care of me. The girls of course wanted to come up and see her so my sister in law brought them up. They couldn't stay long since it was getting late and Emery was getting into everything and I mean everything. They came a few times to visit but lets face it the hospital just isn't designed to entertain little kids. After a few days in the hospital they released us and we got to bring our 4th baby girl home and she has been such a joy we love her so much and can't imagine our family without her.