Jason David is Here!

Jason David arrived on January 14, 2015 at 11:55 AM, one day before our due date.  We were admitted the night before with a diagnosis of HELLP Syndrome, and induced within a few hours.  That's the short version.  The long version involves me going out for a post-work meal with my favorite co-workers and not realizing that the OB was trying to urgently reach me (because it's hard to hear a phone vibrate in a noisy restaurant), and her nurse calling my emergency contact person (Dave), and Dave trying to call me.  It's a funny story in retrospect (Dave probably doesn't agree).  Once we were at the hospital, they drew some labs, inserted my Cervidil, and then it was party time.

I learned some things during the labor process. 
1) There's no reason to ask your husband to step behind the curtain while the RN checks your cervix and inserts your foley catheter, because sh*t is about to go down that makes a catheter insertion look like a picnic in the park.
2) You can break your own water if you vomit into your water pitcher vigorously enough!
3) Not everyone poops when they push!

The actual active labor part of the process was very short, and before we knew it Jason had arrived!!

Freshly delivered, pissed off, and slightly ET-ish.

Initial Apgar score was 6, but he rebounded like a champ to a solid 9!  My RN told me afterward that I had pushed out some clots mid-delivery, which indicated an abrupted placenta.  We're very thankful that he's here and healthy! 

(Note to general public: It's not polite to immediately comment on how tiny a full-term baby is, before remarking on how perfect and handsome he is.  Yes, we know he had a low birth weight. There's a reasonable, medically sound explanation for that.  Our docs aren't concerned, we're not concerned, he's our perfect little lamb chop, and he's gaining weight like a chubby little all-star).

First pictures of Jason at home with Mommy and Daddy.