arihanna's Journal

On friday July 10th, I started leaking fluid, I wasn`t positive, so I called the oncall doc who told me to just watch the fluid and if I start having contractions to come on in to get checked out. I started to have contractions at about 8pm they were 5 mins apart. I go into L&D, they hook me up to the monitors and we wait for the doc to come in. Around 11 my contractions were still only 5 mins apart, the doc checked me and to my suprise I was dilated to 5, i was stuck at 3 on Monday and I was having contractions on and off for days but to be at a 5 was quite the shock. So they get me admitted ,he said I wasn`t in active labor, but they couldn`t send me home at a 5 so they were just monitoring my contractions, they had to give me the b-strep antibiotics because they hadn`t done my swab in the office so they were being proactive in case it was positive. So they wanted to get the antibiotics in me before Baby Ty arrived. At about 2am the doc came and checked me again, I was still at 5cm. I slept for about 3 hours on and off, the nurses changed and I had a great nurse named Holly, she kept me company I had my hubby running the kiddies around since I was still stuck at 5cm. At about 11 my doc comes in, by then I wasn`t having consistant contractions and he was not pleased with that, so he decided to start a pitocin drip. I was so nervous for the drip, but honetly it wasn`t too bad. Probably because it wasn`t making me progress either. My hubby and daughter come in for a quick visit before he dropped her off at my moms with the rest of the kids.

At about 1:45pm my doc comes in, I`m due for my last dose of antibiotics, he checks me and I`m still at 5. He teases me because my last 2 labors were 90 mins and 41 mins long. he breaks my water, the contractions get more consistant, I tell Holly I think I want the epidural if I`m going to be in this much pain for 5 more centimeters, she gives me a pain med thru my IV to take the edge off and in the mean time she gives me a quick check to see how dilated I am before calling the Epi team, well she checks me at 2:05 and I`m at 10 cm, Hubby takes my daughter down to the nurses lounge with the portable DVD player and a nurse is there on her break to keep her company, Holly gets another nurse to check me just to make sure, and I am at 10. They page the doc who is over doing a circumcsion. After 2 very painful contractions I yell to Holly that I feel like I need to push, she takes a peak between my legs and say..and I quote `OH SHIT` She hits the button on the wall. In walks a midwife named Peggy, who just happened to be walking by and heard Holly yell, I have never met Peggy but she was in her street clothes with coffee in hand, she says to Holly, `do you need some help` and Holly say `yes, this baby is Perineal and he`s coming right now`, she says this while throwing Peggy gloves, Peggy puts on her gloves and out flys Baby TY. After being at the hospital for 15 hours, a short 31 mins after having my water broken he was born at 2:17pm, they weren`t even able to get my last dose of antibiotics in and the pain meds she gave me thru my IV didn`t kick in until after I had him, and my doc comes walking in 7 mins after labor with his hands in the air, saying `what happen I only left for a minute`..haha

Tymarion Al Tate has a full head of hair and is just perfect in every way. He was born at 37 weeks and 3 days, he weighs 7lbs 9 oz and is 20 inches long! His big sister who is our guardian angel sent us the perfect addition to our family. Thank you so much Ari we love you and miss you so much, watch over your baby brother and keep him safe. This has really been a life changing experience, Tymarion is our rainbow baby he has already brought us so much joy and happiness, we love him so much!! He is the perfect addition to our family!  Just a little fun info, my cousin who I love dearly had her daughter on the same day at 12:04am, her name is Amelia Joy...I can't wait to meet her, we get to plan b-day partied together and I;m sure our babies will be the best of friends!!!!