Jace Steven Olson

On a Sunday drive home from my Parents house, Steven and I decided to talk about the future. We never really brought up having more kids, but I did mention that I had to run to Ephraim the next day to pick up my birth control. So Monday morning I headed over to Ephraim and picked it up. By the time I got home, I had a text on my phone saying don't take your birth control. I immediately called him, saying "are you being serious? Are you really ready for this?" We got pregnant very quickly with the girls, so we weren't sure what to expect this time around. This time around it took us 3 months. My sister in law Cassie figured it out, so she was the only one who knew until we had our 10 week check up. It was so hard to keep it a secret!! I decided I wanted to try out Dr. Anderson out of Payson, and I'm so so glad that I did. He was so good to Brooklyn and Brynlee. I was worried they would be scared, but they actually looked forward to going to listen to Jace's heart beat. I had a little more morning sickness with Jace than I did with the girls, but still feel pretty lucky it wasn't any worse. I craved cheeseburgers, and pizza. I found out what we were having at 16 weeks. I went in for a regular appointment, but he couldn't find the heart beat right away and wanted to make sure everything was okay. He told me he was 99% sure it was a boy, but we would do another ultra sound at 20 weeks. I was so excited to go home and tell Steve. I tried to wait a few days until his birthday, but my big mouth told him that night. The pregnancy seemed to go by pretty fast at first. We spent most of our days exercising and taking walks to the farm. The girls really enjoyed being out, and it got me moving (which I didn't do when I was pregnant with them). At about 35 weeks time seemed to slow down. I was ready for our little guy to be here, but knew he had to stay in a little bit longer. I had the girls at 37 weeks, so I was getting a little restless when I hit 37 weeks and he still wasn't here. Dr. Anderson tried stripping my membranes, but for some reason that didn't work for me! At my 38 week appointment Dr. Anderson suggested getting induced at 39 weeks since I lived so far away. I was ready and willing to take him up on that. October 7th, 2014 early in the morning we headed to Payson hospital to get things started. I had thought about trying to go without an epidural, but once they got the pitocin going I decided I was ready for it. The epidural actually went in a lot easier than it did with girls. (my reason for not wanting the epidural was the needle) I was feeling pretty good right after the epidural, but a little while later I started feeling sick. Soon I was starting to feel contractions again, and felt like I was going to throw up every time I contracted. When Dr. Anderson came in to check on me I told him what was going on. He checked me, and told me he thought Jace had moved down on a nerve. Mine and Jace's oxygen levels were dropping a little bit, so they made me put oxygen on. For someone like me who hates things over her face, this was hard. Finally it was time to get Jace here. Since I was able to feel contractions, I was able to know when to push, but pushing also made me want to throw up. Steven had to watch for me, so he could hurry and get the oxygen mask off before throwing up. I did end up throwing up, but it did make me feel better after each time. After what seemed like forever Jace Steven Olson made his way into our lives at 4:08 PM. He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and 20 inches long. He was perfect in every way, and we were in love at first sight. It was new for me to be able to hold my baby right after delivery, but it was so perfect. He instantly became Mommy's little boy, and I couldn't wait for his beautiful sisters to meet him. I'm so grateful, and blessed to have my husband by my side through the whole thing, and I love him more than he knows. He is a great father to our children!