He's here!

Well, we welcomed our little man a little bit earlier then we
expected. He was born on March 31st at 2:53am. He was 4lbs 13oz and
18in long. We couldn't be happier that he decided to come early. He
has been such a joy to our family already. Jaidyn is just in love with
her new little brother.
We decided to name him Jensen Taylor Moncur. It fits him perfectly!
Well, I thought I would tell a little bit about my delivery. Taylor
and I are so blessed that we had such a great Dr and nurses on hand
when he came.. I'll explain-
I had been having contractions all day since about 3:00. They started
to get regular around 8:00 and by 10:30 I told Taylor we should
probably go in. With Jaidyn still awake we packed everything up and
headed to the hospital. Well when I went in there I was still only
dialated to a 2 and still only 50% effaced. (how annoying is that) so
Taylor decided to take Jaidy home to put her down for bed and he would
come back later when things started rolling. An hour of walking and
another hour of horrible contractions they FiNaLLy admitted me. By
then I was still only at a 3+ and almost thinned completely. Taylor
ended up getting there just before my epidural and I was grateful. I
about broke his hand in nervous panic and because I was having to hold
still during my contractions. Possibly one of the hardest things I
think we have to do while pregnant. He is a good sport though.
They got my epidural in great! Didn't even hurt. My Dr then broke my
water and said things should start rolling. All this happened and
finished around 1:30am. Things got a little tense from this point on.
Everytime I would have a contraction Jensen's heart would drop and
stay low for awhile and then jump back up. They kept telling me to
switch sides, roll over, lay this way and that way. It started to
stress me out and they had to put me on Oxygen to regulate my
breathing. Around 2:40 my Dr came in and told me that things weren't
looking good and if his heart rate kept doing what it was doing we
would have to do a C-Section. Well, out of no where they lost his
heart rate. They put something up me to put on his head to find it
better and NOTHING. Within 3 seconds I was wheeled out of the Labor
and Delivery Room and rushed to Emergency for an emergency C Section.
I started to panic, they wheeled me away so fast I couldn't even say
anything to Taylor but reach out my hand for him in tears. This moment
shook me as a person. I consider myself a strong person emotionally.
Someone who I thought could handle a situation like this if it ever
came up. Holy smokes I was dead wrong. At this point I didn't care
what happened to me as long as my little boy came out ok. Healthy
strong and breathing with no complications.
So, when we finally got to the Operating room something went wrong
with all the cords and they couldn't get my unhooked fast enough. So
my Dr told me to PuSh!!! I pushed 5-6 times and he came out. My baby
had has his cord wrapped around his next and he had stopped breathing.
A couple seconds later after coming out there was SCReAMInG! My baby
was ok.. He was breathing and that sound was the most beautiful sound
I had ever heard.
Side Note: we are so lucky he was small because I was only dialated to
an 8 when my Dr told me to push. I pushed a child out only being an
8!!! Thank goodness I didn't have to much damage down there. I only
had a couple stiches and that's it.
I felt like I had been in a movie. The emotions that were in the room
and that I was feeling were unexplainable. I haven't ever seen so many
Dr's and Nurses in one room before. I am so grateful for my Dr and the
smart decision he made to save my babies life.
Jensen had to be hooked up to IV's and a breathing tube because he
couldn't do it by himself. It was so sad to see the pictures of him. I
was only able to see him for a second before they wheeled him off to
the Nursery. You are so happy to have this baby that you have carried
around for 9 months and in a second you feel like they are taken away.
Thank goodness it was only for about 5 hours. Then I finally got to
hold him. I will post all the pictures when I leave the hospital. Or
if Taylor brings the computer I will do it today.
Thanks to everyone for all your support and kind words. We were
blessed! He his doing awesome and is so tiny but strong. We would love
visitors so come on by the hospital. Were at American Fork!