Scott's Story

Scott's story begins, ironically, with Jared.  On Tuesday, September 6th, Jared woke up with a runny nose.  This did not bode well for two reasons: being very pregnant, I did not want to get sick; and I did not want to drop a sick kid off at a friend's house in case I went into labor.  Steve's parents had just left our house the day before; but my parents, being retired and at the ready for a new grandchild, were able to get down to our house on Tuesday afternoon.  This was good, since my water broke Tuesday night.  I am not a very religious person, but I really think that this was all going according to someone's master plan - everything fell into place just right.

Steve's parents drove down Tuesday night, so Jared got to have a fun "vacation" with all four Grandparents while his parents were in the hospital.

Steve and I had to go to the hospital right away, since I was GBS positive, and they had to give me antibiotics before the baby was born.  We showed up at the hospital at 11:30 PM, where I was somewhat ignored by hospital staff.  My water had broken, but labor hadn't started yet, so I guess I didn't seem like a very urgent case.  I eventually was admitted, but my contractions were 10-15 minutes apart.  By the next morning, it hadn't really improved, so they decided to get my labor moving along.  Luckily, I was able to get the epidural before the pitocin, so I didn't feel all the contractions piling up.  Scott was born at 10:42 am on Wednesday morning, after about 20 minutes of pushing. (I gave the OB about 15 minutes to pump, since she was a new Mom. :)
Scott weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long.  This was just what Jared was too, except that Scott was 10 days early, and Jared was 2 days past my due date. 

We could tell right away how different Scott and Jared were.  Scott is fair in color, had smaller eyes, and likes to sleep.  Jared came out with dark hair, huge eyes, and did not go to sleep for 9 hours after he was born, since he just looked around at everything.  Scott had very long fingernails, and we said that he was trying to claw his way out of me.  Scott is very big into cuddling and being held, which Jared never was.  Scott is happy is chew on his fingers, while Jared took any and all pacifiers.

Unfortunately, that's when my problems started.  Sometime when I had the epidural, the needle punctured the sac that contained my spinal fluid, and it started leaking.  This lead to incredibly bad headaches, since the pressure with my spinal fluid was off.  They tried fixing it, but nothing worked for more than a day.  My body has now healed the leak itself, and I'm just drinking copious amounts of Gatorade now to keep myself super hydrated.

Scott is a good eater, sleeper, and pooper, which is all that a Mom can hope for, right? :)  Jared is a very concerned big brother who gets upset every time Scott cries.  He is very nice to the baby, if a little rough.  He likes to give Scott kisses and hugs.  It's very sweet.

We have had so much support throughout all of this with parents and friends helping, especially when I was in bed with a headache most of the day.  We are very blessed with the new addition to our family, as well as our incredible support system.  Thanks to everyone for your concern and words of encouragement.  I'm nervous about the day when it will just be me alone with both boys for the first time, but I'm sure I'll figure out new routines to help us through the days.