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!
So I have not had anytime to blog about my experiences during labor yet, but everyone keeps asking to see pics so I decided to post these first. A lot of these pictures I am not to fond of but it does give you an idea of anything I went through in those 25 hours. Enjoy!
Just getting the PartY started.
My mom watching my contractions.
6 hours in.
Contractions coming on strong.
Ben feeding me ice, it helped a lot.
My focal point and friend during contractions.
8 hours in.
Mom rubbing my feet, they were so swollen.
17 hours in and in pain. Beth was watching my contractions.
Ben being an awesome coach. 
Working through a nasty one with the help of my coach.
I look like hell but here I am breathing through a contraction, 18 hrs in.
4:57 pm and at my breaking point.
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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