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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Happy Birthday Owen!

Our sweet Owen has arrived at last! He was considerate enough to wait until after Claire's birthday, and came on November 8 at 10:22 PM. He was a chunkster, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces.




We are so in love.






Labor was long and hard. I had false labor for 3 weeks before he was born, and then woke up in labor on November 8. It lasted all day. I labored at home until about 5:00 PM, and then headed to the hospital. Though I had planned on going all natural as I did with the girls, the labor was so difficult and I was so anxious that I decided to get an epidural (after I blacked out during a contraction!) After the epidural, everything was wonderful and he was born not long after.


Unfortunately, I developed a leak of spinal fluid which led to an unbearable spinal headache. I was unable to lift my head for a couple of days. However, the Lord was so faithful and as I was headed back to the hospital on Wednesday morning to have a blood patch to fix the leak, the Lord healed it instead. The headache went away, never to be seen again!


We love you Owen, and we are so so glad you are here in our arms!


1 comment:

  1. Jana, Owen is just beautiful or I suppose I should say handsome. :) Tommy and I are so happy for you and Spencer. You have a beautiful family. I hate to hear you went through the spinal leak and epidural headache. I experienced the same thing when Chase was born. I did have the blood patch, but it didn't work. I'm so glad yours pasted without further complications. I just wanted you to know we keep up with you guys. We are so happy for you all and we miss you lots!

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