Tolotau Tiu Wesley was born on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:03 pm weighing 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20 inches long. I was scheduled to be induced this morning (Friday), but this little guy had a different idea. Yesterday I went in for my 39 week check up and was dilated to a 3 and was 80% effaced. After the appointment I picked up Keilani from my sister-in-law's house and headed home. I had just finished eating my lunch when a gush of fluid ran down my leg after I stood up. I wasn't sure if it was my water, but as I walked it continued to gush. I called a couple people to see what they thought and everyone said it sounded like my water broke, so I tried to clean up as best as I could. In the mean time Keilani had got into some travel size shampoo and decided to put it all over her face. So I had to clean her up, then change her poopy diaper, and try to throw some things in a bag because I hadn't even backed a bag for the hospital yet. Luckily my sister-in-law Mandy was a life saver and met me at the hospital so she could take Keilani. I went to labor and delivery and they had me sit in a room for about 20 minutes and were going to test the fluid to make sure it was amniotic fluid that was leaking. When the nurse checked me I was sitting in a huge puddle of fluid, so she said that it was obvious that my water had broke. I was admitted around 2:30 pm and once they hooked my IV they started the pitocin. The nurse told me that I could get the epidural at anytime, but I wanted to see how much I could take before getting the epidural. I had no idea that without amniotic fluid the contractions were going to hurt even more once they started the pitocin. After about an hour of intense contractions, I couldn't take it anymore and ordered the epidural. It then took the nurse anesthetist another 30 minutes to finish up with another patient, but once I had the epidural I was in heaven. At that point I was dilated to a 5 and then it only took me about an hour to completely dilate to a 10. I was ready to push, but had to wait 10 minutes for the doctor to get to the hospital. I pushed for 30 minutes which isn't bad compared to the 2 1/2 hours it took me to push out Keilani, but it still took a lot to get him out. Tau looks just like Keilani did when she was born, but his cheeks are a little bigger. It's crazy how much I love this little guy already, I can't get enough of him. TG and I feel so blessed to have Tau join our family. Here are some pictures we took last night:
He found his thumb
Tolotau Tiu Wesley was born on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 8:03 pm weighing 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20 inches long. I was scheduled to be induced this morning (Friday), but this little guy had a different idea. Yesterday I went in for my 39 week check up and was dilated to a 3 and was 80% effaced. After the appointment I picked up Keilani from my sister-in-law's house and headed home. I had just finished eating my lunch when a gush of fluid ran down my leg after I stood up. I wasn't sure if it was my water, but as I walked it continued to gush. I called a couple people to see what they thought and everyone said it sounded like my water broke, so I tried to clean up as best as I could. In the mean time Keilani had got into some travel size shampoo and decided to put it all over her face. So I had to clean her up, then change her poopy diaper, and try to throw some things in a bag because I hadn't even backed a bag for the hospital yet. Luckily my sister-in-law Mandy was a life saver and met me at the hospital so she could take Keilani. I went to labor and delivery and they had me sit in a room for about 20 minutes and were going to test the fluid to make sure it was amniotic fluid that was leaking. When the nurse checked me I was sitting in a huge puddle of fluid, so she said that it was obvious that my water had broke. I was admitted around 2:30 pm and once they hooked my IV they started the pitocin. The nurse told me that I could get the epidural at anytime, but I wanted to see how much I could take before getting the epidural. I had no idea that without amniotic fluid the contractions were going to hurt even more once they started the pitocin. After about an hour of intense contractions, I couldn't take it anymore and ordered the epidural. It then took the nurse anesthetist another 30 minutes to finish up with another patient, but once I had the epidural I was in heaven. At that point I was dilated to a 5 and then it only took me about an hour to completely dilate to a 10. I was ready to push, but had to wait 10 minutes for the doctor to get to the hospital. I pushed for 30 minutes which isn't bad compared to the 2 1/2 hours it took me to push out Keilani, but it still took a lot to get him out. Tau looks just like Keilani did when she was born, but his cheeks are a little bigger. It's crazy how much I love this little guy already, I can't get enough of him. TG and I feel so blessed to have Tau join our family. Here are some pictures we took last night:
He found his thumb
15 comments:
He is sooo adorable! i just love that cute little face. Congrates guys, we love you.
Congratulations, Stephanie! He's beautiful and those are some kissable cheeks, for sure! Glad you're both doing well.
Stephanie, he is seriously adorable!! And he looks huge (maybe its just the pictures?)! It so weird that you have 2 now! I'm going to text you in a few days to see if I can drop by to see him. Congrats again!
Congrats Steph, he is adorable, so jealous of your babies with hair! I can't believe a tiny girl like you could have such a big baby...hope that you enjoy another December baby, what wonderful gifts they make!
Congratulations! What a squishy baby. I'm so happy for you!
Can't wait to see you guys! he is a beautiful baby boy!
He is so cute! I want to hop on a plane and see him today! I can't wait to kiss and smoosh on those cheeks! Everyone better get their turns in on holding him cause I am gonna need to hold him for awhile! :)
Congrats! I love you!
CONGRATULATIONS on a beautiful, healthy baby!He is so handsome and I cannot wait to hold and cuddle him!!! xxoo
Wow Steph! Congratulations. I can't believe such a big baby came out of little you. He is really adorable. Enjoy having a little baby around...I do miss it.
Congratulations! I'm happy that everything went well, what a darling baby!
Whoa that snuck up on me fast! I didn't realize that you were so close to having your baby. What a doll - those are the cutest cheeks I have ever seen on a newborn! CONGRATS.
Oh my gosh!!! What a hunk-a-chunk! He is ADORABLE!!! I'm so excited and happy for you! I can't even imagine pushing out an 8+ pounder, you're superwoman! Congratulations and I miss you~
He is so stinkin' cute! Isn't labor with baby #2 so much better!? Glad to hear it all went well!
Congratulations Steph and TG! That is so fun! I bet Keilani is loving him to pieces! He is so so cute!
What a darling little guy!
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