John Daniel (Jack) Fleischer Arrives

It all started at 4:30 PM on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008. Earlier in the day I had just washed everything that needed to hang on the clothes line (including the car seat cover) and had gotten most of it in from outside. I had also earlier in the day got dinner ready for some friends (Kyle and Melodee) that were going to come over and cut Mike's hair. I was tired from all the stuff that I had done during the day so I laid down on the couch at about 4:00 PM to take a nap. When I woke up I laid there for a minute or so and then all of a sudden I felt the baby moving his arms and then I felt a "POP" and then a gush of water! Even though I had never had my water break, I knew for certain that had to be it. We called the director of the school (Gene Smith) and asked if he would drive us to the hospital. After running a red light and passing by other drivers in 5:00 PM traffic, we got to the hospital at about 5:15 PM. They rushed me to the delivery room since I tried to time my contractions and they were getting closer and closer together (first about 5 minutes at the top of the mountain, then 3 minutes by the time we got to the bottom of the mountain.) When I got there I was already 9 cm dilated...within a couple of minutes I was 10 cm dilated. I was not the most cooperative patient. He wanted me to push, but I was not ready. When I was finally ready I pushed and prayed that the Lord would give me strength. There is no way that I could have pushed little Jack out on my own without the Lord's help. John Daniel Fleischer (which we actually call Jack) was born at 6:19 PM on March 12th, 2008. He weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces (3 kilograms) and was 20 inches (49 centimeters) long. I am just amazed how life is such a miracle. We are so blessed and cannot describe how happy we are and how much we love him. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. We thank God for out little, wonderful blessing!
Caroline