Reagan Elizabeth is Here!!!

The Jennings Family of Four

Reagan's birth was so much easier than Hayden's. We went in monday morning for an induction and got started at about 6:00a.m. They started my pitocin at 6:40 and by 6:50 I was having my first contraction. It felt like a tightening like a girdle, but wasn't painful. They slowly increased the level and at about 8:15 my OB came in and broke my water. After that the contractions increased in intensity, but stayed at about 2-3 minutes apart. I asked for an epidural probably earlier than I should have, but I didn't want to be so tired that when it came time to push I was too exhausted. I asked my nurse to check me and I was at 4cm. I asked go ahead and order the epidural and he was in the room by 10:00. An hour later I was at 6cm. Craig, Hayden and my MIL and were in the room with me and they had decided to take Hayden down to the cafeteria to get lunch. I remember saying (in passing) that I thought I was feeling a little pressure down low, but since I had the epidural I wasn't sure. They decided to go ahead and eat real quick and would be back soon. My OB came in about 5 minutes after they left and I told her I was having pressure. She checked me and said to the nurse that I just had a little lip left and one push might make it go away. It didn't realy register what she meant because when she asked me if I could call Craig, I asked her how much more I had to go. She smiled and said you're ready to push now. That was at 12:45. I tried to call him and got his voice mail three times!! I called my mom because she had just left for lunch too and was wanting to be in the room also. When she answered she said, "we just sat down". She was thinking that I would be pushing for a while, but I told her she better come now!


The OB and nurses were setting up and the OB told me that we really needed to start trying to push because there were decelerations to Reagan's heart rate. I started crying thinking that I was going to have no one there with me when she was born. Plus I was worried that something might happen to Reagan. That's when the PA that's doing her rotations said that she would go find Craig for me. A few minutes later her came running in with Hayden in tow. I didn't really want Hayden in the room for fear that he would be traumatized, but for some reason there were no other family members anywhere to be found. One of the nurses said that she would take him outside and soon after people came back and were able to keep him. Mom made it in time too and was able to ber there to see Reagan being born. I pushed through three contractions (about 5 minutes) and she made her entrance at 1:08p.m. weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19/25 inches long. I was so shocked that she came so quickly. I pushed for 1.5 hours with my Hayden so I was thinking this time I would be pushing a while too.

When Hayden was born he was purple and not doing well so they took him straight to the basinet to work on him. I was so sad that I didn't get to hold him right away. Reagan was doing so well though, they placed her on my belly and I got to hold her for several minutes while they cleaned her up. It was so amazing to see her face and hold her immediately. I had no idea how much that moment would mean to me.

Brand New Baby Girl

Me and My Girl

Hayden meeting Sisser

We are so blessed to have this little girl. I am feeling really good and healing much more quicklythis time around. I can't believe that we are now family of four. Hayden was so excited to see sister when we came home. He wanted us to take her and put her right in her crib. She is eating well and is such a sweet baby. She sleeps a lot and cries very little. It's unbelievable how much she looks like Hayden did when he was born.

Hayden (2 days old)

Reagan (2 days old)