Jagger Matthew Jones


| Birth Story! |
On December 10th my original due date, my doctor and I discussed an induction date. He wanted to do Christmas Eve and I said, "No way!" I begged him for a different date because I did not want my family to have a Christmas birthday and a Christmas Eve birthday. I also literally have had labor pains since 32 weeks and my body was always in pain. So I think he took sympathy on me and set it for December 17th! 

The night before Parker cleaned the house while my mom and I went to get my nails done. We came home re packed the suitcase and went over last minute details. Parker and I watched a movie and kept saying how crazy it will be to have a little us tomorrow! We tried to go to sleep but we basically tossed and turned all night. Around 4:00 AM I started having more contractions. This is nothing new but it kept me up until it was time to call the hospital. 7:00 AM finally arrived and they told me to head over! 

We checked in and my doctor Kenneth Larsen broke my water and pitocin soon followed. I was at 2 centimeters when I got to the hospital and they told me it would take about an hour a centimeter. I waited until about 10:00 am and figured what the heck let's get an epidural. The epidural killed because I have this crazy shaped back and it wouldn't go in on the first or second time but finally the third time. 

The next few hours my mom,dad, Tammie and Parker kept me company. We watched Splash, Judge Judy and other horrible day time shows. I stalled at a four for a few hours and I was upset because I did not want a c-section. 

Finally around 6:00 they checked me and I was at a 7+! We were ecstatic!! The nurses shift changed and in walked in my angel nurses Cali and Amber! They were so sweet and really took care of me! Everything was going well until I threw up and ended up with a fever. They watched me carefully but everything was still progressing well. At 9:00 PM they checked and I was at 9+ and it was time to push. I was so scared about becoming a mom. I kept telling my mom that I was scared to breastfeed! Haha 

I started pushing and couldn't figure out how to do it right, Cali said we will just wait and let the baby descend. That was not going to work for me! I said, "No it's happening now!" My mom and Cali finally see his head and kept saying, "He has sooo much hair!" I was excited but more than anything I wanted this boy out once and for all. I kept pushing and had to stop to wait for my doctor. It was the longest ten minutes of my life. My doctor came and in one push I heard my baby! 

It took 45 minutes of pushing and Jagger was here at 10:40 PM! He was beautiful, healthy and perfect but he had a true knot in his umbilical cord. Luckily that didn't effect him or his health. They laid him on my chest and immediately he calmed down and looked right into my eyes. It was a moment I never want to forget. Jagger grabbed onto my gown and started crying when they took him to get weighed. I was immediately in love! 

Two hours later we got transferred to our suite. The nurses suggested I go to the bathroom because my uterus was abnormally high. I stood up and ended up passing out. The next thing I know there are six nurses at my bed side with a code red cart. They were pushing on my stomach and I felt huge blood clots passing. The next push and blood hit the wall! Parker lost it and they told him he should go. I passed out again and my doctor woke me up and I started screaming and he looked at me and said, "Meagan, you need to let me do whatever it takes to save you." I started crying and seriously couldn't believe what was going on. I just kept thinking my mom would have to live with Parker so she could help take care of Jag. I was terrified. I lost two liters of blood. Luckily they were able to get the bleeding to stop. 

Two blood transfusions later I was a little better and my doctor was confident I was in stable condition. 

It was the most amazing day of my life and the most terrifying day as well. I am so incredibly thankful for modern day medicine and for the wonderful staff at Alta View Hospital! I can't thank them enough for what they did for me. It has been a tough recovery but it's worth it!

Jagger is our happy! Everyone including Parker and I are absolutely in love! He is an angel baby and we couldn't be more blessed. 

*Jagger Matthew Jones*
12/17/14• 8lbs• 20.5 inches




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