Taylen's Birthday

Thursday, March 01, 2007 Well as you can see from Sterling's previous post, Taylen finally decided to join us out in the real world!

Sterling and I went for a walk at the park on Monday evening when we got back home I decided I would tidy up the house. After vacuuming the floors I thought my water broke. We called the hospital they told us to come over and they would confirm. We drove to Bay Medical Center. Arrived in the elevator at 11:40 p.m. est. The nurses confirmed my water broke and admitted me. We were both so excited. It was so late we decided not to call everyone on the "list". The nurse hooked me up to the machine that measures contractions and baby's heart beat. I was not having any contractions. Since my water had broken I had to have Taylen within 24 hours or infection could set in. We decided we would walk the halls a little and then I took a shower. After all the preparation I was hooked back up to the "measuring machine". Out of nowhere I started having contractions- funny part is that I had no idea. My mom was watching the screen and said "Tana did you feel that?”. I couldn't feel the contractions. The nurses left me alone to have contractions for a few hours, after they did not get any stronger that gave me medicine via i.v. that made contractions much stronger. I dilated from 2 cm to 4 cm to 8 cm. After a while with the stronger contractions I was in pain. The nurses gave me pain medicine that really did nothing more than make me very sleepy (which helped). The last 10 or so contractions were the absolute most severe pain I have ever felt. I felt the need to get up and get away from what was causing me pain, but there was no where to go! I survived by Sterling be right by my side holding my hand. He is a wonderful husband and father! Soon enough I was 10 cm. Showtime! I ended up pushing for about 40 minutes, then came Taylen. He was so beautiful (okay, a little gooey, but so beautiful!). The nurses plopped him on my chest and I held him for a few minutes. I was so happy. They took him away for measurements and all the usual. He was 8 pounds and 0.2 ounces. He was 21 whole inches tall. He has dark brown hair and his eyes are grayish (but, I'm sure they will turn brown soon). He has very long feet and toes. He has his dad's eyes and my ears! We were released from the hospital today, March 1. He has a slight case of jaundice, we see his pediatrician tomorrow morning to get an update.

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