GJN

Greyson James
2.12.10

Our roller coaster ride began Super Bowl night, which seems so long ago. Monday morning we called the doctor office, which is an hour away from us, to find out if we could get an appointment to make sure things were okay due to having cramps that night. I never experienced strong enough contractions to know what they were with Ashlynn, so I was thinking this is what they feel like. I got to know the true meaning of contractions as we drove over to Elko when they got about 5 minutes apart. After experiencing contractions for a total of about 13 hours that day they ended about 2 to 3 minutes apart at a pain level 9 to 10.
We were care flighted to Salt Lake City, University of Utah Hospital on that Monday. They were able to stop the contractions about 11pm Monday night until Thursday night when they started up again. My family all came down that week while I was in the hospital and had just left Thursday. My mom was going to stay with me since Jay had to return back to work after being off a month for a minor surgery. Everyone headed back to BM on Thursday thinking we wouldn't have the baby for a few more weeks. About 11pm on Thursday, the contractions came back and a few hours later Jay and Ash were back on the road. We were not too sure if Jay would make it in time because things were happening so fast again. After many more hours of contractions, Jay and Ash got there just in time. We were off to the OR to have this little guy who had not missed a beat during the past week. His heart rate stayed strong and was large for a baby at 30/31 weeks. By the time I was taken to the OR and returned back to my room was only 45 minutes! Things happened really fast and went well. I was able to have him vaginally, which is not what we had planned since we were going to have him in Elko (they will not let you have a baby vaginally if you have had a c-section in the past).

(only hours old)

It was amazing...I gave birth to our son, a 4lb 4.5oz 17. 5in long baby boy, who was rushed into the NICU seconds after being born. Within 10 minutes, we were told he was peeing all over the nurses and scored 2 9's on the agar test (10 is the best score on each of the 2 test). They were amazed that a 9 week early baby scored so good on the test! Greyson James (James is after my dad) was born at 11:10am healthy and strong for only being 31 weeks. We were given such a blessing! Greyson made his home in room 6 star 38 in the NICU. This became our home, a home I was blessed to go to everyday for the next 6 weeks. We had wonderful doctors, nurses, staff that took pride in taking care of our son. Greyson needed no assistance as would be expected for a baby so early. We only needed time to grow.
He was dismissed on March 20th weighing 6lbs 9oz. On April 12th, he turned 2 months old weighing 8lbs 13oz. He looks like a newborn baby is all. He looks so big compared to what he started out at. He is so handsome!
My due date was April 16th (my brother's birthday), with our c-section date scheduled for April 12th. It is mind blowing to think he should only be a week old, not 9 weeks old. But we are very blessed to have a healthy little man who has warmed our lives!