James

The Test came back Positive!

 The second pregnancy was much harder to achieve. HAHA! We couldn't get pregnant. We tried for maybe six months and nothing happened, which is a lot different from the first. We were at the point that maybe it was time to see  the doctor, check things out with both of us, make sure we didn't have anything wrong medically that could've been preventing us from getting pregnant. 

Well one day in the middle/end of  October, I was sitting at work talking with my friend, and realized that I was feeling some symptoms that my "monthly bill" was going to be delivered soon. (My chest was sore). I just mentioned the ache in conversation and she replied with "well are you close to your period?" I sat for a bit trying to remember what day of the month it was, and with such a busy September and October... I realized I wasn't keeping track of my cycle, and I was passed my period by a week and a half. "Oh my gosh... I didn't start!" I thought when I looked at my friend with total shock. I am clock work. Could we possibly be pregnant?

I didn't want to go to the store and spend the money on tests because the store bought tests didn't work with Gabe, I felt it was probably better to just wait maybe a week longer and take a test. My friend was not having that. She had a test left out of her multi pack at home, and she was bound and determined to find out if I was "with child." She ran home, got the test, and made me go in the bathroom at work! 

My heart was pounding so hard because I wanted this so badly, and didn't want to find out I wasn't, and then waste my friend's last test. Well... two pink lines later.... I was crying in the bathroom. I was with child!!!

We celebrated, all us girls at the daycare! Jed made perfect timing by coming to the gym after waking up (he was working nights, and the daycare was next door to the gym) I couldn't keep a straight face, I was over joyed with the news!

3 weeks of intense morning sickness... then I was just tired.

 17 weeks I couldn't get out of bed because my pelvis hurt extremely bad.

7 months along... crutches, motorized carts, physical therapy 3-4 times a week, and bed rest to keep me mobile... humbling.

7 1/2 months of an insane bout of acne that I was sure was never going away.

Braxton Hicks at around 30 weeks that wouldn't stop until we got a shot at the hospital at 3 a.m. to keep baby in the oven...(that was fine, it made it so I could watch the Royal Wedding!)

One day before my June 25th due date... I went into labor while sleeping in bed.

 James Michael Leishman: The Story of his Arrival

This was an exciting labor and delivery! Tuesday the 21st of June I had a doctor's appointment to schedule my induction date and talk about  whether I was going to be able to go naturally or have to have a C-section because of my pelvis. My doctor checked me and told me I wasn't close to delivering so we would probably be coming into the hospital for our scheduled induction date... the 28th, and I was going to try to deliver regularly and if anything happened we would immediately have a C-section. I was a little bummed because I wanted to experience the whole panic of my water breaking and rushing to the hospital because with Gabe I was induced as well.

Well did I ever get my wish...

Thursday I did as much walking as I could without my crutches so that I could maybe move the process along a little bit. I woke up that morning feeling a little bit different so I thought that walking would definitely help! I had been having contractions all the time since April... I had to go to the hospital to get them stopped, so I was just waiting for them to turn into the real thing! [once I knew that baby was far enough along to be born!] Well all day nothing happened, and Jed desperately wanted me to go into labor that night because it was his last night before he took his vacation for the baby. We joked about having me call in at 1:30 to come home because I was in labor so that he could start his vacation a little early haha ;) ... but I sent him to work thinking that nothing was going to change.

I woke up at 2 o'clock needing to go to the bathroom, and I noticed that I was starting to spot/discharge a little... so I went back to bed, but I could not get comfy for the life of me. I wasn't having contractions, but my body just ached. I woke back up at 3 o'clock needing to go to the bathroom again, and noticed the same thing... and then I had my first hard contraction. I went back to bed hoping that they would still come so I laid there and waited. 3:30 came and Jed came home for his lunch, and by then I knew that he wasn't going back to work because the contractions were every 3 minutes, and very strong. So we called my parents to let them know to start heading down, and then we called Jed's sister who was planning on staying with Gabe if I went into labor.

We waited for awhile because I didn't want to get to the hospital and have them send me home or have the contractions stop... I thought that it would be good maybe to wait until my water broke and then go... but by 4:45 I was hurting pretty bad, bending over the couch... we knew it was time to head up to the hospital.
When we arrived they checked me to make sure I was actually in labor and the nurse said, "lets see... seven... cervix is really really soft.... and you have a bulging bag..." Ok... I looked at Jed and he was confused like me, and so I asked what she meant by seven... I just barely started having contractions. She looked at me like I was stupid and told me I was dilated to a seven and that I was in labor! I immediately started panicking because my doctor told me that I would have to have an epidural because of my pelvis, the pain would be too great without it. I didn't think I could still get one because I was dilating so fast.

Jed explained the injury to my pelvis to the nurse and she said that they would no longer check me so my water wouldn't break, and hopefully that would buy some time for the Anesthesiologist to get me my epidural because he was busy in a C-section.

Right before the Meds came they checked me and said I was dilated to an 8 almost 9, and to be ready! I was in so much pain, but when I get in that much pain... I tend to get really quiet. I looked at my mom and was like "there isn't anything they can do for pain while I wait?" The nurse heard me and she said she didn't offer anything because I was so calm... I about wanted to smack her :) But she got me some meds in my IV stat when she asked if I would like some! :) She totally redeemed herself haha!

 I was dilated to a 9 and my water still hadn't broke! So they broke my water and we were ready for little James to come into this world!! We were super relieved that we didn't wait for my water to break because if we did... I would've had him in my bathroom!!!!

James Michael Leishman, Born Friday June 24th at 9:45 A.M. 6 lbs 10 oz 19 inches long

Getting to hold him for the first time after they cleaned him up

All clean and relaxed from his bath