Jackson's arrival was long awaited, as my due date was March 5.  We went to the hospital on Sunday night, March 11, for a planned induction of labor.  I started early labor overnight while I received medication to better prepare my cervix for the real deal.  My physician broke my water later that morning about 11:30am.  Within minutes of that, Jackson's heart rate began to slow and I was immediately taken for a Cesarean Section.  (I later found out that my placenta was only in the 10th percentile...it was very small...and because I was already one week over-due, those two factors caused the placenta to not tolerate labor well and therefore Jackson was not getting adequate blood flow to maintain a satisfactory heart rate.)  It was a very emotional moment for both of us as we had never really considered that Jackson would arrive to us in this manner, although I was never fearful and most certainly knew God's peace during those moments.  The operation was very quick, Mitch sat by me and I don't think we took our eyes off each other the whole time.  We finally were able to leave the hospital on Thursday, March 15.