Jentry Melaine was born 5 weeks early on February 17th. My water broke at 2:40 am on the 17th however I didn't realize that is what had happened until 3am when I thought I was wetting myself for a second time, but this time I couldn't get the fluid to stop...so I said to Jack (who is still very much asleep at this point) "Honey, I think my water broke!" He replied, while rubbing his eyes, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU THINK YOUR WATER BROKE?!?" I said "I don't know, but I think we should call the Dr." So he got up, handed me my phone, and laid back down! I called the Dr and she said "The hospital will be waiting on you!" So, knowing we had a little time, Jack and I took showers and headed to the hospital...little did we know at this point that we would be staying.
We arrived at Community North at 4 am and we were told that the fluid leaking was indeed amniotic fluid and that yes in fact we would be having our baby in the next 24 hours. At 6:15 am my Labor and Delivery nurse Debbie started my Pitocin drip and the contractions started getting closer together and harder. This continued for about 2 1/2 hours until about 9 when I finally got my epidural. This was the easiest part of the process! At 9:30 Debbie decided it was time to see how dilated I was, when she checked she thought she felt Jentry's nose (meaning she was coming out face first), she asked another nurse to come and verify what she was feeling, when the 2nd nurse checked she said "No, those are toes" and they got a 3rd nurse in to check who agreed those were toes they were feeling...at this point Dr. Bean, my OB came in and also confirmed the toes and we were off to the Operating Room for an emergency C-section...ugh! I was FULLY dilated and ready to push! DARN IT!! Oh well, Jentry has had a mind of her own this whole time!
So Jack got into scrubs and I was whisked to the OR and at 10:37A.M. our little bundle of joy came screaming into the world. We only got to see her for a brief second before a team of NICU nurses and Dr's whisked her away. Her heart was beating 330 beats a minute which is about 3 times what it should have been. Jentry was born with 2 holes in her heart, an arrhythmic heart beat, and another issue that makes her heart cycle weird. She spent 7 days in NICU at Community North. Those were the hardest 7 days of my life. However the NICU nurses were awesome and took very good care of our baby girl! Meredith was Jentry's main NICU nurse and we will miss her, but we are glad to be out of the NICU. We were very impressed with both the NICU nurses and our nurses in Labor and Delivery. Both Jack and I would recommend Community North to anyone looking for a place to have a baby :)
Here is one of the first pictures of Jentry. She was born on February 17, 2009 at 10:37 am. She weighed 5 lbs 2.9 oz, and was 18 1/2 inches long. She has a full head of dark brown hair! As you can see in this picture she had many wires and IV's her first few days of life. This was very hard for me to see and deal with. 
Here is Jentry's first professional picture. We took these to surprise Daddy! She posed perfectly and slept like a champ. Mommy and Grandma were so proud of Jentry!Today we made our first trip to Riley to have the Cardiologist take another look at Jentry's heart. We learned that one of the holes has closed and the other one is on it's way to closing. Jentry still has her arrhythmia and other heart issue but we will just continue to give her the daily dose of Digixon and listen to her heart daily to make sure it isn't beating too rapidly. The Digixon is helping with that, and we are thankful for this. So needless to say Jentry and I have been to many Dr appts in the past week and we will continue to go to them for a little while!
Jack and I were unprepared to have our baby 5 weeks early but I think we have done a great job of adapting to this knew unknown, and we were thankful that my mom could come and stay with us for a few days after Jentry came home from the NICU.
Alright, she's hungry...gotta go :)
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