On April 13th I woke up extremely swollen, tired and could feel my heart racing. I knew something was wrong but went to work. While at work I decided to call my doctor's office and they said to take it easy. Then during my break a few hours later I kept seeing spots so I decided to check my BP. it was 162/92 so I went to L&D.; They monitored me then sent me home after it went down.

The next day I had my appointment with my OB and my BP was high again and I had protein in my urine which meant I had Preeclampsia. She told me "there's no reason to keep you pregnant anymore because it'll just get dangerous for you and your baby"

So off to the hospital I went at 37 weeks 4 days and nervous for my son being born early.. They inserted the balloon and began pitocin around 2PM. My water broke on its own at 6:50pm

After getting my epidural and relaxing for a little bit, I started to feel a burning sensation in my vagina. The nurse kept telling me that it wasn't anything and to get some rest. At 12am I started to push. My little man was born after two hours later.

He spent some time in the nursery due to being jaundice and not eating enough. We left the hospital only eating 15ml of bm. Thankfully he is eating so much better now and gaining lots of weight ☺️

Elliott Jones

April 15, 2018

5lbs 11oz