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Avery Elise Jackson
How lame am I that I had a baby on the 21st of June and am just now writing about it!
Avery was born in quite the hurry. After weeks of contractions I went from 0 to 60 on Saturday the 21st. We were eating at one of our favorite Thai places, (Me, Jeff, boys, and my mother-in-law,) and the contractions started intensifying. They were only 6 minutes apart though and I was told to not worry about going to the hospital until they were 2-3 apart consistantly. They were getting pretty unbearable though so keeping a straight face through my meal was seriously difficult! Afterward, we had promised the boys a trip to the pet store next door. Jeff went on ahead and when Mimi and I went to catch up, I almost keeled over. Still 6 minutes apart though I was convinced I could not go to the hospital. The last thing I wanted was to be sent home (again, it happened earlier that week).
We decided after that contraction that I needed to at least wait in the hospital parking lot, but I insisted we take Mimi and the boys home first. My poor family…. The ride home it was all I could do to contain the pain. I was kicking the car and hanging on for dear life to the handle above the door. When we got to the house I remembered I needed my toothbrush but by the time I was getting out to the car I swore I could feel the baby’s head!
Jeff flew to the hospital and I gave up on waiting for the 2-3 minute distance. If that wasn’t labor nothing was! It felt like we were in emergency forever. By then it finally went to 3 minutes apart and I had 3 contractions while waiting. They finally got me upstairs and the nurses flew into action. I was rolled into the room and they asked if I felt up to getting the robe on… No bathroom for me… I threw my clothing off and put the robe on and crawled into bed. They checked me and I was 7 cm and almost completely effaced. WIthin a couple minutes I was completely dialated and “all they could feel was head”.
Keep in mind- this whole time I’m begging for an epidural. Asking where my epidural is…. when was it going to get there. etc. What I didn’t see was all the faces the nurses apparently made to each other acknowledging it was far too late for an epidural. WHAT? When the nurse practitioner was finally frank with me I would like to tell you I was a Champ, I rose to the occasion. But Nope, I freaked. Totally freaked. I explained how I wasn’t one of those women that could give birth naturally. I wasn’t one of those that was strong enough. I hate pain. I love comfort, high-thread count sheets, pillow top mattresses!!!! I CAN’T GO NATURALLY!
They kept assuring me I could do it. By this time I can not explain the amount of pain I was in. Jeff was crying, I was crying… It was bad. I was surrounded by about 8 nurses and It did not even occur to me the dr. wasn’t there yet, but it was time to push. 3 PAINFUL pushes and VOILA! Avery was born. (i’m avoiding some sordid details.) She was 8 lbs. 4 oz.
She has been great these past 2 weeks. The easiest so far of any babies I have had. I’ll share some pics even though she already looks so different!
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OH MY GOSH! She is BEAUTIFUL! And I love love love the name. And you are a trooper! Wow. Congratulations! That is so exciting.
congratulations on a healthy birth!! she is beautiful! my own daughter was born on the 25th, and i can certainly relate to the birth process not going as expected. best wishes with the adjustment!
amy eversole fox
(i’ve been lurking on your blog for a year or so, but have never left a comment. we both lived on the second floor of olson hall our freshman year at taylor, and now i attend your brother’s church in columbus.)
Congrats! She is beautiful and it looks like she has two proud big brothers, too!
Congratulations!! She is beautiful! What a blessing from God!
(and your birth story sounds just like mine with KT–exactly 14 years ago TODAY!–the only difference is I walked in at 10 cm!)
Oh my goodness, congratulations!!!!! She is so beautiful, and the boys both look great too! They’re getting so big. God bless you and your entire family, especially the tiny princess you’ve been waiting for so long to meet.
i am so excited that your girl is finally here and i am chomping at the bit to come down and meet her! i’m so proud of you! you may not think you are a trooper but you are!
what a cutie pie! the boys definitely look like protective big brothers already. you look great too!!! congrats!
Congratulations and blessings to you all! What a beautiful family.
CONGRATULATIONS! Way to go on making it naturally—my mom had the same experience with EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US (as you’d say in Spanish, ‘we are four’). And she had the same stupid doctor who couldn’t seem to figure out that she needed an epidural a LOT faster than that if she was going to get one (for the first three of us, anyway).
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I cannot IMAGINE no epidural. I’m so sorry. 2 months left til our 3rd boy. (did I tell you it was a boy?)
Anyways, good luck to you, and I hope I can meet Avery sometime remotely soon.
Congratulations.
Congratulations! Avery is beautiful! Glad you got to the hospital when you did. If you gave birth without epidural you can do anything. I knew by the lack of posts that you must have gone into labor and had your baby. Been thinking about you. I know you don’t know me…but I have had your feed on my site for some time now and have been a fan.
Congrats!! She is beautiful and what a gorgeous name!!
Congratulations E!!!
She is so beautiful and I think she has the same facial shape that O had when he was lil… Hope to chat w/ you soon but I KNOW how busy you must be!!!
Love you girl-Misi
She is just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing the pictures- I know how hard it can be to find time to do that. Good to hear you got a nice laid back little girl!
Woohoo! She’s beautiful!!!
And Oh My Owen is getting so big!
Yay!!! Congratulations
If little Avery would have waited a couple days, she could share her birthday with Tieki Rae. 
The boys look adorable too.
oh yay! welcome beautiful little one.
so you learned that you ARE one of those women who can do it naturally!
go girl!!
many blessings to you and your growing family.
xo
Way to go, Woman!!! Yeah. . giving birth naturally sucks! Hurts like nobody’s business. . but, aren’t you surprised by all the accolades? That part cracked me up. . after Brayden nobody said, “you are amazing”. . ha ha
She’s BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Congrats. I bet Jeff is ridiculously wound around her finger. . just wait, it gets worse!
Love you guys,
Brandi
Congrats Jackson’s! She is beautiful and I love her name. Can’t wait to see more photos of her, you, the boys and your new house in TN. Hope all is well!
congrats! congrats! Would love to see you soon……lunch?
Congrats! She is beautiful - I’m glad she arrived safely. Hope you and the family are settling into your new home and life as a family of FIVE! And I hope you’re getting some sleep…
Congrats - you are a super star with that delivery!!!!! She is a princess. More pics please:-)
congratulations! she’s beautiful!!!
Yeah!! I was wondering…she is beautiful!
You went NATURAL! Good God, girl! We just started our Labor & Delivery classes last night and they showed us a natural delivery video. Does not look fun. Well, now you can wear that “I did it naturally” invisible badge. Impressive. Hope things are going well…Avery is one cute lil’ kid. Kids are cute.
Congratulations!!! She’s beautiful!
She is sure a cutie……….Looks like me I think.
………dad
Yeah, I pushed out a 9 pound 7oz baby with no drugs and I almost died. Literally. Next baby was full on drugs and thank God I was induced. Nonetheless, pushing out any baby is painful. I also had a baby boy 11 pounds which I used drugs for and it was the best delivery ever! No kidding.
Congrats to you! Blessings on your little girl!
“How lame am I that I had a baby on the 21st of June and am just now writing about it!
Wow. Congrats. See what happens when I don’t visit your blog for six months. Geesh.
oh my goodness! what an amazing birth story! darn those doctors and nurses who think we don’t know our own bodies! :0)
she is beautiful…as are you! CONGRATULATIONS over and over again. can’t wait for baby updates and pictures.
Congratulations! Beautiful baby!
I haven’t been blogging that much, but I thought to stop by here (through an old comment you left on my blog) because I figured you would have had your baby by now, and boy, was I in for a surprise. We gave birth the same day. Our baby boy, Johann Israel, was also born June 21st. Also naturally, assisted by a midwife, but I signed up for it. LOL (And we did hang out at the hospital parking lot!)
Enjoy your beautiful blessing and take care. Congratulations to the boys also.
she is simply beautiful! the boys look so happy too!
and of course, you have now climbed higher on my utmost admiration scale!!