Early Monday morning, October 4th I woke up about 2am and was feeling contractions. I woke up Justin, told him I was in labor and that we needed to start getting ready to go to the hospital. After walking all over the house finishing little "nesting" projects, I sat down to rest for a few minutes, and the contractions stopped. We were bummed... with my first two I had gone into labor without any false alarms. The pre-labor with Taryn came and went all week. Finally, Saturday morning, October 9th, I was feeling contractions again about 10 to 12 minutes apart. This time they were a little stronger and I decided (didn't "think", "DECIDED") I was in labor. Justin and I called Kate, who so kindly came over in the middle of the night to stay with the girls while we ventured to the hospital. We arrived about 4:30am and I was dilated to a 2. Woops... I thought at that point I had jumped the gun and we were going to be sent home. The nurse sent us on an exciting date of walking the halls of the hospital for an hour.. I actually enjoyed that time to walk and talk with Justin. Afterwards I had dilated to 4cm! I was so happy we got to stay. I opted for the epidural. The possible side-effect of blood pressure lowering happened to me after I received it, which made me feel light-headed and a little panicked, but the anesthesiologist was ready with the meds to bring my blood pressure back to normal. At 5:40pm, Taryn Jane was born weighing 9lbs 4oz, and 22 inches long. Jenna and Morgan are enjoying their little sister. Jenna loves to hold Taryn and likes to ask, "do you recognize my voice?" Morgan will hold Taryn on her lap for about 2 seconds, then say, "all done."
Early Monday morning, October 4th I woke up about 2am and was feeling contractions. I woke up Justin, told him I was in labor and that we needed to start getting ready to go to the hospital. After walking all over the house finishing little "nesting" projects, I sat down to rest for a few minutes, and the contractions stopped. We were bummed... with my first two I had gone into labor without any false alarms. The pre-labor with Taryn came and went all week. Finally, Saturday morning, October 9th, I was feeling contractions again about 10 to 12 minutes apart. This time they were a little stronger and I decided (didn't "think", "DECIDED") I was in labor. Justin and I called Kate, who so kindly came over in the middle of the night to stay with the girls while we ventured to the hospital. We arrived about 4:30am and I was dilated to a 2. Woops... I thought at that point I had jumped the gun and we were going to be sent home. The nurse sent us on an exciting date of walking the halls of the hospital for an hour.. I actually enjoyed that time to walk and talk with Justin. Afterwards I had dilated to 4cm! I was so happy we got to stay. I opted for the epidural. The possible side-effect of blood pressure lowering happened to me after I received it, which made me feel light-headed and a little panicked, but the anesthesiologist was ready with the meds to bring my blood pressure back to normal. At 5:40pm, Taryn Jane was born weighing 9lbs 4oz, and 22 inches long. Jenna and Morgan are enjoying their little sister. Jenna loves to hold Taryn and likes to ask, "do you recognize my voice?" Morgan will hold Taryn on her lap for about 2 seconds, then say, "all done."
