So during labor I posted pretty much everything that I went through. I found it very relaxing and helpful when it came to displacing pain. For those of you that don’t have twitter or facebook I also made it a habit to write everything down in NOTES on my iphone. Well here it is direct from my phone. Enjoy!
Friday August 28th
2:30 NST appointment at Thunderbird hospital
3 high blood pressure, labs, and urine
3 watched Monsters Inc (love this movie, still waiting for a sequel)
4 Dr Tom came by and told me my toxemia had declared itself and found out I was going to be induced
4:30 brought up to labor and delivery by wheelchair
5 dialated to 1 before the process even started, I guess he is ready
Nurse Candace
6 feeling the heat from the meds (magnesium)
Nurse Peggy
7 epi going in but not hooked up (wasn’t given a choice)
7:30 dialated to 2
9 no epi but definitely feeling some pain now, starting to feel the contractions
9 Ben left to get stuff from home
9:10 listening to Casting Crowns, helps relax and displace pain. Feeling a little pain
9:20 starting to bleed, they said good
9:30 dialated to 3
10:30 talked to my daddy, he is excited
10:30 feeling nauseous, Zofran going in
10:30 Ben and Beth are back, I missed my hubby
11 epi going in
11:30 pitocin is going in, here we go
Saturday August 29th
12 Cath in, dialated to 4
12:30 contractions 5 minutes apart
1 nap time
2 woke up and everyone is sleeping
2 15 Ben is up with me and we are talking about what he will look like and when we first found out
2 30 Ben is eating and I am jealous, so hungry eerrrr
3 checked still 4, headache nauseous blah
3 second epi push
3:10 Zofran
3:45 miserable, shaking, nauseous, headache, errr
4:15 blood taken, mean nurse woke everyone up, stupid b
4:20 nap time
5 woke up from nap
6:20 check still 4 told that they were going to break my water, just like my mom she never got past 4
6:30 water broken, weird feeling
7:02 contractions in the 60s
7:05 60 contractions, 3 minutes apart
8:15 brushed hair and flossed teeth, awe
8:15 mom is monitoring contractions
8:15 nap
9:00 wake up and met Dr Contant, she seems awesome. Says lets have this baby before the end of her shift at 7,that is a long time from now
9:15 dialated to 5 1/2
9:20 given bullet ball to open up (graphic I know)
10:20 huge contractions, really feeling it peaking at 50 and 60, breathe breathe
11 dialated to 6, 80% effaced
11:10 epi push
12 30 epi push
12 50 worst contractions, suck it
1 epi push (mom pushed my button, err)
1:10 feeling relief finally
1:30 dialated to 7, 90% effaced
1:40 nap time
2:30 dialated to 7 1/2
2:38 epi push
3:30 epi push
3:45 morphine, holy damn
4:15 epi push
4:45 dialated to 9, 90% effaced
4:50 epi push, worst pains by far
5:10 fully effaced and dialted to ten, time to push.
5:20 pushing time, owwwweeeeeeee
5:53 baby Travis William Leivian is born
5:53 placed on my chest all slimy and beautiful
6:00 6 lbs 2 oz 19 3/4 long, 14 1/2 head. beautiful gray eyes (gray, hhmmmm)
Again I have not had time to blog about my experiences. Quick run down, (according to my dr) I pushed for 22 minutes for a total of 12 pushes. 3 to get him down because he kept going up and down, 8 to get his head out and 1 to finish him off. I rec’d oxygen during the pushing which helped a lot and immediately after he arrived they placed his slimy beautiful body right on my chest! I will take these pictures right up until they took him from me. Enjoy!
Here is that lovely oxygen.
My very animated dr. 
Here he is, this picture amazes me, Ben got it right at the perfect time.
Our slimy boy, I was in awe I just kept telling him how beautiful he was.
Getting all cleaned up.
Perfect size, 6lbs 2 oz, 19 3/4 inches, 14 1/2 inch head (could have been a little smaller on the head ) lol.
The only pic where he actually looks Asian.
Father and Son.
BIG feet
Brandi and Trav
Great Grandma and Trav
Admiring him.
Right before they took him from me. Yes I look exhausted amongst other things and I was!
Stay tuned for more pics and videos!
This picture was taken yesterday right before we went into the hospital. I got really emotional thinking that it could be the last one, but thankfully it wasn’t. I am going to try to take pics every few days to see if my belly continues to grow. I swear some days it looks and feels bigger than others!
So I shared with you pictures of the mess my mom and I had made in the nursery, but here is what came of that massive mess!
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So here we are at 1:15 in the morning, and I am happy to report there is no baby yet. Today was a nerve racking day to say the least. All I knew was that there was a possibility of induction today and I would have nothing prepared for it. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a planner and I always like to be prepared for EVERYTHING, but in this case there would have been no time. Do you know how hard it is to prepare for something when you are told not to get out of bed, let me tell you, it is nearly impossible.
I wish I could say today was like any other but the truth is that I was a mess all day on the inside and hiding it on the outside. After saving your urine for 24 hours and not being able to get up for anything other than to use the restroom it really puts things into perspective on just how serious things have gotten.
I woke up for the first time this morning around 8 a.m. I went into the nursery and cried while I said a prayer to God to give me strength today amongst other things. I sat there and looked at the outfit we had gotten our lil man to wear home from the hospital in newborn and just cried thinking about how it would not fit and there was no time to get him anything smaller, nor did I want to do that. So I took a deep breathe and said no to myself, there is no point to this because everything is going to be fine, God is going to take care of us as he always has.
The next time I woke up it was about 11:30 and I felt like I woke up a different person. I allowed myself to forget my fears and just told myself this is just another day, not a baby day. My wonderful husband brought me a delicious breakfast in bed and we just enjoyed one another again. Sometime shortly after we fell back asleep and did not wake up until 3 p.m. It was the best way to spend the day and definitely the most relaxing.
Now it is 5 and time to go to the hospital, and oh crept here comes the nerves again. I could feel it, my stomach was in a million knots. It felt like I was going to have to my fate decided. So we arrive at the hospital and the nurse took my blood pressure. 148/92, she told me I need to relax or it will make things worse. So I had them bring Ben into the room and what do you know 140/91, better. Next one 138/88 after we laughed at Ben’s old college id. After that my others were better as well. Ok so this was good because as long as I could keep my blood pressure down then that would be one less reason for an induction. The nurse comes in and says ok blood pressure is looking good so I am going to unhook you. Oh what a relief I somehow managed to lower my bp just by relaxing and not thinking about anything. As if waiting yesterday was not enough I would have to wait again to find out if I would have to be induced. It takes hours to get back my urine results so I would leave and they would call if I would need to come back in. Well it is a good thing that they are not checking my bp now, geeze.
Ben and I left the hospital and decided to go over to my brother’s for a home cooked dinner and some family tlc. As I was walking up to the door the phone rings and wouldn’t you know it, it is the hospital. At this point I am pretty sure my heart dropped a little. I thought they said hours, but ok bring it on. The nurse said I would have to come back to the hospital for some blood work they forgot to take. Funny part is I asked several times if they needed blood work and repeatedly told no, but never the less we were heading back to the hospital.
So blood work was painless and I was told that no news would be good news. So yet again I would just have to wait and see if my phone rings. But for now we are on our way back for that home cooked meal, yummy.
So after an awesome meal, realaxing, and some family time it is now 1:40 a.m. Ben and I are home and still no call from the hospital. What a relief again I must be doing something right, feels good.
Trust me I know things can chage in an instant but for now I remain possitive, count all my blessing and am so thankful that our lil man gets to grow for another day!
Now we wait until my appointment on Monday….