Congratulations to Jennifer (jrstephens)!!!

[vwpamperedchef]

Jennifer had baby Cole...not sure of all the details, but I received a picture message last night and looks like everyone is happy and doing well!

Welcome Baby Cole!! :)

[crystalscookingnow]

Awww. Congrats, Jennifer! Can't wait to see him. Hope everything went well for you!

I know she was hoping to go early, sounds like she did!

God Bless!

[Bren706]

Congratulations Jennifer! I can't wait to see pictures.

[vwpamperedchef]

Yup---they had planned to induce on May 15! I told her last week, you're going to go early!! HA!

[quiverfull7]

Oh Yeah!!!! Congratulations!!!!! I just get all sentimental every time I hear of a new birth! Thank you Jesus for another new child of your's here on earth!

[kdawn1124]

Congratulations Jennifer!

[peichef]

That is no great! Wonderful that she didn't have to be induced :) Welcome Cole & congrats to Mommy!!!!

[daniellemorgan]

Congrats!!! :D :D

[heather223]

Congrats Jennifer, can't wait to see pics! :chef:

[janetupnorth]

Wow - congrats Jennifer when you get back on here!

I didn't realize he was coming that soon!

[Dayna]

Congrats another may baby

[redsoxgirl]

WOO HO!! Congrats Jennifer!!

[StacieB]

Congrats Jennifer and family!! Cant wait to see pictures!

[dianevill]

Congratulations Jennifer! Can't wait to see pictures!

[Ginger428]

Wow - congrats Jennifer when you get back on here!

I didn't realize he was coming that soon!

WOW! didn't realize it either! Can't wait to see the pics...

[MissChef]

Yay!!!!! I didn't realize he was coming this soon, also! But I'm so happy that he's here!!!
Congratulations Jennifer!:) :balloon: :thumbup:

[PamperedDor]

WOW!!! Congratulations Jennifer and Welcome to the world Baby Cole!!!! God bless!!

[sfdavis918]

Congrats Jennifer!!!!

[rennea]

Yahoo Jennifer :) Welcome to Baby Cole.

[Kitchen Diva]

Congratulations Jennifer! I can't wait to see the pictures of baby Cole! I hope you are doing well, and hope that DH and Luke are enjoying little Cole, too! :)

[pamperedlinda]

Congratulations Jennifer!

Pictures please...

[jbachen]

Congratulations Jennifer!

Pictures please...

Oh, man, you took the words right out of my mouth...err, keyboard...!

[pamperedpals]

Congrat's Jennifer!

[AnnieBee]

Ditto everyone!

[erinyourpclady]

What a wonderful blessing......Congratulations Jennifer and welcome baby Cole....

[jesusluvsu2005]

Congrats!!! :)

[lacychef]

Yes, congrats!:balloon:

[pamperedharriet]

This is wonderful news!!!!! I too didn't realize that Cole was due so soon. What a nice addition to the Stephens Family!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!!!

[pamperedalf]

Congrats on Baby Cole, enjoy him!

[PampMomof3]

CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER!!! Welcome to the world Baby Cole!!!

[pamperedlinda]

I can't believe she didn't take her laptop to the hospital with her - she should know how impatient we are and that we'd be demanding pictures!

[vwpamperedchef]

LOL, I have a pic on my camera phone, but it won't show on here! I did call her today and left her a message. Telling her I was anxious to know the details...but she must be busy! Imagine that.

She will be astonished at the love you've all shown her on this thread!

Thanks all!

[pampchefrhondab]

Congratulations Jennifer!!!

[buckeyefan08]

Congratulations!

[sklay723]

Babies are life's greatest blessings...congrats to you and your family, Jennifer!!! (pictures whenever convenient, please!)

[tabnat80]

Happy Early Mother's Day Jennifer! Congratulatoions!!

[merego]

Congrats Jennifer, can't wait to seem some pics.

[baychef]

Congratulations Jennifer!!! I bet Cole is a certified...:angel: !! Hopefully he will let Mommy come out and play on Chef Success with us again soon!!

WE :love: :love: :love: :love: NEW BABY PICTURES!!

[AJPratt]

What wonderful news!! I am so happy for you! Hope everything went well!

[letscook04]

Congrats Jennifer and family!!

[pckrissy]

Congrats Jennifer....Hope you are both doing well and his big brother takes to him :) My son (4 1/2) is "in love" with his new baby brother and that helps!
Enjoy baby Cole!

[cincychef]

Congrats!!! Hope everything went well.

[PamperedTammy]

Congratulations Jennifer! I hope things are going well and look forward to seeing some pictures. :):):)

[pamperedtara]

:balloon: Congratulations! Hope all is well with both of you!:balloon:

[chefsteph07]

Wonderful news! Get some rest! You deserve it!

[janetupnorth]

Still waiting for baby pictures...

[chefkristin]

Congrats Jennifer to you and your family!!!!

[vwpamperedchef]

UPDATE!

Got a text message from Jennifer last night...apparently she DOES know US! She did bring her computer to the hospital but she wasnt up to using it because she ended up having to have a C-section....baby was breech.

She's tired and very sore. So please say an extra prayer for healing!!:angel:

Thanks all!

[lacychef]

Well I definately understand that....c-sections take so much out of you. She should be about ready to come home though right?

[vwpamperedchef]

She came home Wednesday afternoon.

[chefkristin]

Let her know we are thinking about her. I had a c-section with my son and fortunately it was a breeze for me. Maybe that wasn't the norm though.

[kearstin]

:D :D Congratulations!!!!! :D :D And we'll be praying for a speedy recovery!

[jrstephens]

I am here!! And in tears reading this thread!:cry: I was so glad when Vanessa told me she started it! :D

Here are the details from an email I just sent Vanessa:

Saturday night after we got back from a birthday party Luke was invited to my water broke. It started on the way home! I was not sure about it, so, I called the doctor and they told me to come to the ER just to be safe. After I got off the phone, I started hacing contractions. We got to the ER around 11 pm. They gave me pain medicine with Fenegan( splg?) to help so I could hold off on the epidural b/c it can slow labor down. Well, that made me go crazy. I was hurting but had no idea what I was doing. I was cussing Russell in my head b/c I did not even know he was there. I thought he was asleep on the couch!!!! He had been begging me for 2 hours to take the epedural and I refused. My mom came in and I immediately took it!! HE said he could have choked me, I told him he should have gotten her earlier, HA!!!:D Then when I got to 9 centimeters, which was around 500 AM they thought it did not feel right so they did an ultrasound and found out he was still breeched. He was breeched at 16 wks when they did the sex but the nurse did not check before then to see if he had turned. 9 hours of hard labor that could have been avoided if they had of checked when I got there!! Then they took me in and did the section and he was born at 537 am Sunday morning!

Luke is loving Cole. He wants to hold him ALL THE TIME. I keep telling we cannot hold him all the time, we want him to sleep in his own bed!!!! He i so great with him. He will sing to him when he cries. He is very possesive and at first only would let certain people hold him but he is allowing more people to hold him now, ha! He said Cole is HIS baby and not anyone else's! :love:

As of this morning I have lost 20 pounds!!!! Only 9 to go for prebaby weight but I want to loose about 20 more. I want to be back in the 130s. I would love to be at 125 which is what I weighed when we got married but as long as I could get back into the 130s I will be happy. I had gotten there a while back but let myself go when I knew we weere going to get pregnant.

Details I forgot to tell Vanessa (sorry!): Cole was in the birth canal by the time they realized he was breeched, so, my cut is almost twice as big as they told me it would be. I had my tubes tied too. That and 9 hours of labor, they told me my recovery would be longer.

I am feeling better today. I feel like a durg addict though b/c I have no choice but to take the pain med when it is due b/c I will start hurting pretty bad. I have been on pain med around the clock since Sat when we go to the hospital.

Although, it was painful and not how we expected, I KNOW it was all in God's plan and He is wonderful and knows best for all. I was thankful to go early, just not expecting how it all happened.:angel:

Here is the awaiting picture link! These are his first hospital pics. I am hoping when we get all of our pics developed that they have web hosting and then yall will be bombarded with over 100 pics!!! Russell is going to do that tomorrow after I put them on disk.

More about the Baby (http://www.our365.com/newbornportraits/babydetail.aspx?birthid=cecbbae0-df6b-41cb-ae5c-9b8a4c19de2e&babyid=98a72b83-9c51-415a-9bd9-13ff5457fcb1)

I will be in and out of here and hope to get to be back regular soon.

Vanessa did tell yall I took my computer to the hospital. We were so aggraved b/c it kept saying it found a wireless connection but then would say not activity on the connection. I KNEW how we all are on here about pics, HAHAH!!!

[quiverfull7]

Congratulations!!!!!!! I've been so on and off of here that I've not posted very much. Thanks and praise to God that you and Cole are safe and thriving!

[janetupnorth]

Sorry to hear of the troubles...glad it all worked out in the end so to speak! ;)

Having him in the birth canal already definitely will have caused more pain and issues for you - ouch!

I'm glad they got him out safely and both of you are doing good.

[janetupnorth]

So, didn't you name him Cole? The website has your names right but says Micah.

[janetupnorth]

Ah, forget it - saw the comment...

Micah Cole

[kaseydee]

Congrats Jennifer!

[chefmeg]

congrats Jennifer~he is beautiful!

[ChefBeckyD]

Congratulations to all of you!

I'll be praying that healing comes quickly for you Jennifer!

[jrstephens]

Ah, forget it - saw the comment...

Micah Cole

HA! I finally was able to go on there and figure out how to sign in and correct their mistake!:D

Thank you all for your prayers! I certainly need them.

[Jennie4PC]

Jennifer congrats on Cole being born. I am glaad to hear that everything went well. Was cole breech at your last appt? Or did he end up flipping later on?

[pamperedlinda]

He is beautiful!

I can relate to the c-section too. DS was born face-up and after @<hidden email> 12 hours of labor the Dr. finally said he's just not coming out. Um, really?! Poor baby had a saucer size purple bruise all over the top of his head. My epidural didn't take either and I have never experienced such pain! Funny thing, after experiencing that I do have a much higher pain tolerance. LOL

[PamperedDor]

He is beautiful!!! Again congrats - C section and all - its worth every bit - I was lucky to only have # 4 be a C - went V-back with #5 - still remember the recovery! It harder even when you are running after another, so try to rest as much as possible -

[dianevill]

Congrats again, Jennifer! Cole sure is beautiful! Enjoy your bundle of joy and prayers are coming your way for a quick recovery!

[jrstephens]

Jennifer congrats on Cole being born. I am glaad to hear that everything went well. Was cole breech at your last appt? Or did he end up flipping later on?

He was breeched at 16 weeks when they did the ultrasound for to see his sex. They never did another one, I guess they "assumed" he had turned. I kept saying he felt like his head was in my rib cage, come to find out, I was right.

[Kodeysmom]

He was breeched at 16 weeks when they did the ultrasound for to see his sex. They never did another one, I guess they "assumed" he had turned. I kept saying he felt like his head was in my rib cage, come to find out, I was right.
Thats funny, they thought my DS was breech so she did an ultrasound at 38 weeks and he wasn't. She thought it was his head up near my ribcage but it was his butt!!

[Christ Follower]

Congratulations Jennifer!!!

[legacypc46]

Congratulations! He is precious! (Keep the pics coming!)

[cathyskitchen]

Congratulations, Jennifer! He is beautiful. I'm sorry to hear you had a rough time during L&D, but I'm thankful that all turned out well in the end. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery. Enjoy your beautiful boys - I love having 2 boys - it's definitely a blessing to be the mom of boys (of any children of course, but I know I'm special because some women out there will someday thank me for raising my sons well! ;) ). Best wishes to you all!

[rennea]

He sure is beautiful Jennifer :)

[buckeyefan08]

He is so cute! Congrats! I'm jelous of the pics! I wish they had done more than one with Christopher! They are all very nice!
I know c-sections are hard but KEEP TAKING THE MEDICATION! You will heal faster if you aren't fighting the pain. I felt like an addict too. As longs as you take it as directed it will help! In a few weeks you'll feel a lot better! It is amazind what your body can do!

[jbachen]

Heal quickly, Jennifer! And congratulations!! He is beautiful!!

[jrstephens]

Just a little update:

I am feeling much better today. I got the tape off of my cut - boy that stuff is good and stuck!

I am still tired feeling but not near as sore. Just at different times and if I move certain ways.

I did get out a little yesterday and on Sunday we went to my mom's and Russell's mom (got pretty tired from those two outings). It was nice not to stare at walls!

Cole was sleeping great until we ran out of the liquid formula and started the poweder that we had. It was the same formula but just poweder. We went back to the liquid today and he is back sleeping good at night soon. Luke never could drink the powdered either w/o a stomach ache, guess Cole is the same way. He is sleeping sound right now.

Well, I wanted to check in and update everyone on how I am feeling.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and keep them coming!

[vwpamperedchef]

Hope Cole is sleeping better! Hope you get some rest! Prayers are still with you!

[AJPratt]

I am so happy to hear everything is going well. Thank God everything turned out ok!

[jrstephens]

We are getting DSL on Tuesday. Well, the modem will be here, I will have to hook it up. So I will be posting more pics for everyone to see!!!