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5:45 a.m. We are checked in at Baptist Hospital. The alarm came early but we still managed to make it to the hospital by 5:05. Our room was ready and our nurse, Katrina, started the paperwork and got the IV inserted and the baby’s heart monitor hooked up. She said Tara is having some contractions. They will start the pitocin in just a little while. The current heartbeat of the baby is 130 bpm.
7:15 a.m. We’ve had shift change…our nurse, Sherry, will be with us until 7 tonight (if we’re in labor & delivery that long). They are gradually increasing the pitocin. We’re watching Good Morning America and just waiting.
8:00 a.m. Our first visitor of the day stopped by. Dana was on her way to grab some coffee and came by to entertain us for a few minutes.
8:45 a.m. Robby has gone to find some breakfast while I am eating ice chips since I am a little on the bored side. No sign of Phillips yet so hopefully he will be around soon to get things rolling.
9:00 a.m. As soon as I wrote Phillips had not been by, he popped in the door. Today, his guess was a boy but said it was still 50/50. He broke my water and guessed we would have a baby around 3:00 but no guarantees. He said I could get an epidural anytime I wanted. I’ll hold off a little while – at least until I get a little bored and need some activity around here.
9:30 a.m. The nurse has returned to check vitals and give a 2nd dose of antibiotic since I had tested positive for strep B. She asked my pain level from 0 to 10. I said a “5” and she offered to provide some pain medicine but I declined for the moment.
10:25 a.m. No real baby activity yet but we’ve had a few more visitors. Uncle Jason stopped by on his way to work to check in. On his way out, Grannymom, Grandpa brought Reagan, Anderson and Graham by to see where Mom was. Reagan was very inquisitive about all the different things in the room, Anderson quickly got bored and Graham just wanted to eat ice chips. And as they were leaving, Nonna & Pops stopped in and are visiting with us now.
11:15 a.m. The nurse was back in to increase the pitocin and ask Tara’s pain level. Tara said a ‘6’ but she was still holding out on the epidural for a bit more. Phillips should be back around lunch time to check on progression. We’ll see if he still sticks with the 3:00 o’clock prediction.
12:00 p.m. No major news. The nurse came in to check on Tara and increase the meds. Tara did inquire about the epidural. The nurse said if she could hold a bit because they just started a c-section so it might be another 30 minutes. Doyle Moore & Ted Stanton, from the church, came by to visit and have prayer with us.
1:00 p.m. Dr. Phillips stopped to check and said Tara was about a 3.5. Tara said he could do better than that so he said a 4. She went ahead and asked for her epidural. So as tradition, I have stepped out to the waiting room while Dr. Hogan completes the epidural. Earlier Dana stopped by to check on us and Brad called in to check. They brought by Tara's lunch (ham sandwich) so I helped myself to it since all Tara can have is ice chips.
2:20 p.m. The nurse came in to turn up Tara’s pitocin. We’re up to level 20 on the pitocin. She said Dr. Phillips has something at 7:00 p.m. tonight. So, we really want this baby to hurry up because we want Phillips to deliver since he’s delivered the others.
3:00 p.m. The nurse returned and said Tara is at a ‘4’ and still has a ways to go. She said if it was her first, she would guess it would be six more hours but since this is her fourth it should be sooner. We’re still hoping for around 6:00.
5:00 p.m. I guess slow and steady wins the race-at least I hope so. Phillips just checked me and I am a '5' so that is good but only half way there. My epidural is working well so I have few complaints. Looks like the kids won't get to see IV today (we may not either though!) Robby has gone to eat some supper before the action starts around here.
7:52 p.m. Tara was beginning to feel a little more pain so the anesthesiologist came back for a 2nd round of epidural. We did experience the third nursing shift so our nurse, Denise, will be with us the rest of the evening. She actually was the nurse who helped deliver Graham last time. She said she would be back in an hour to check Tara. So now we’re hoping for a baby by 10:00 p.m.
9:15 p.m. The nurse just checked Tara and said we might have a baby by 10:00 a.m. Dr. Phillips had a dinner party tonight so she called him. He had finished his dessert and was having his coffee. She said Dr. Phillips said he would call when he was on his way and Tara would start pushing then.
9:37 p.m. Phillips just called. He is on his way. Let the pushing begin….
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3 comments:
So excited for you guys! I love reading the updates!
Thinking about you guys & praying for things to go smoothly! Hard to believe it's actually happening isn't it? Thanks for the updates. Please keep them coming.
I'm keeping up with you all until I leave the house. Praying for you, Tara, that your delivery will be smooth and the baby healthy. I'm going with a girl, just because that would make it one of each. But, if it's a boy, Reagan could just be in charge of the boys. :) Tell Tom and Tommye we said hello and I will try to call them a little later. Love you all!
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