Pictures and updates on our Due date!

                                             1 week birthday in Dad's favorite chair....

                                             Going to dad's softball practice was exhausting!

                          

                                                Cutest dang baby bear ever...and then he peed on it... ;)

                                            Yay--our first bottle was a success!

Getting ready for the first bath....

                                              Phew!!! Survived the first bath!

Here are some of the latest Firsts in the Simmons' house.  We can hardly believe that Jax has ruled the roost for the past 11 days...We are working our way into a semi-schedule of feeding and sleeping and pooing...and starting all over again.  He is a content baby (fingers crossed that continues).  Justin has been excellent at getting all of us out of the house for a change in scenery and some much needed sanity (for me...)     We have introduced the bottle and are loving it!  As we continue to get used to each other and settle into our schedule-Justin and I plan on getting out and about for more visits...so expect a visit in the future!

Hope all is well...

much love~

Justin, Robin and Jax

                                                  

Picture Updates

Here are some of the pictures that we've take over the last 6 days--can you believe its all ready been that long?? and that Its only been that long?? Things are going well here...we are all taking our time getting to know one another.  Keep checking back...more to come!

Much love-

Justin Robin and Jax

Eviction notice

Today was another dr's appt-and thankfully one of the last!  We were told today that we have an appointment to check into the hospital next Wednesday evening at 6pm!! Here is how the whole induction will go down- we check in (makes it sound like a vacation doesn't it??) at 6pm.  Once I'm all hooked up and settled in they will give me Cervadil, which is the first step in the induction process.  Cervadil is a drug that is given intravaginally (tucked behind the cervix) that acts as a ripening (back to the good ole days of fruit) agent.  The purpose is to ensure that the cervix is "ready" when the pitocin is administered.  Cervadil may or may not cause contractions.  We were told that the first night would be more of a slumber party than a work party. (weird) Renee's orders will state that pitocin is to be given the next morning if I haven't gone into active labor with the Cervadil.  Pitocin is an IV drug that will cause my uterus to contract actively helping Jax move down towards the light. (fun) At about noon, Renee will break my water (if this hasn't already occurred)  to keep things progressing. (more fun)  And at some point on the 19th we will finally get to meet Jaxon Mathew Simmons face to face!  If at any point in time, labor fails to progress or it stalls out-Renee will not continue to administer the drugs and will opt for a c-section.  Her theory is that stalled labor is nature's way of saying "this is not a safe fit".  And we fully support that theory!

After she gave us all of that information, she did an internal exam and found that I am now almost completely effaced (the disappearance or shortening of the cervix) and about 1cm dilated (the opening of the cervix-only 9 more to go!).  This progress means my body is getting ready for the big event.  So, unless you hear otherwise (and my fingers are crossed that he's coming before next week) our boy will be here in 8 days (max)

We look forward to seeing all of you within the next week or so! If you have any questions or want recommendations on hotels-give Justin a call...he's got all the info!!

much love~

Justin, Robin and Jaxon

And the waiting game continues

Today was the BIG day (ok...not THE big day...but a big one none the less).  We had our final ultrasound today.  The idea was to take some final measurements of Jaxon to see if he's still growing as big as we were thinking he is.  His average measurements today put him at 39weeks 2 days along.  Mind you...gestationally we are only 36weeks 3days.  So the boy is still big!  His head and abdomen are way ahead of schedule, while his femur (thigh bone) is right on schedule.  All of these measurements gave us an estimated weight of 7lbs 12 oz.  The "normal" estimated weight of a 36 week baby is about 6 lbs.

  When I met with Renee yesterday for my regular weekly appt, she told me that if he wasn't at the 8lbs mark-we weren't going to talk induction.  Today after looking over the ultrasound results (and taking into consideration my internal exam from yesterday) she explained to us that waiting another week to make a decision is our best bet.  While he is big enough, my body isn't showing the signs of being ready to deliver (not enough cervical action).  Essentially, she wants to wait until I am showing signs of readiness to ensure that IF we induce (to push things farther faster)--something will actually happen.  So the decision was made to wait until next Wednesday's appt, were I'll have another internal exam.  If things are starting to move along-we will talk induction for the week following.  And so we wait...

Here are some pics from today! We were able to see him sucking his thumb (he was going to town!) and watch as he practiced breathing! All very cool! Enjoy! (one is a profile pic with his mouth open and the other is 3-D of him sucking his thumb)

hope all is well with you~

much love, 

Justin, Robin and Jaxon