one...oh...two

Welcome to the Birthing Suite! I don't have anything else to update you on...so here are some things from L&D Room 102:

This is Mr. Belvedere...Really it's just a whole lot of modern machinery that tells us everything about Mom and Baby J (and a lady whose baby has been giving her heck in room 106! we get to see everyone's contractions...) I call him Mr. Belvedere because sometimes he gets fussy and makes noises like a doorbell...and well, honestly, that provoked a memory from the 80's and an old television show.

This is the Panda Baby Warmer...with lots of little things

These are the flowers and balloon from Casey and Scott...thanks!

The Doctor is in...

Meet Dr. Garza...we love her.

While she was here, she let us know that Mom is 90% effaced and 5cm!

Just say NO to Drugs? Whatever...

This handy chart is on the wall. I circled the 10 which is "hurts worst"...I mean she was crying afterall. So this is where we were...

So, they gave her some pain medicine and that helped for a little while. Then they were going to give her more, but since she is so tense they decided that wouldn't help. So they ordered the epidural...I guess good things come in small packages...this little tray is going to make everything better!

Tara had to sit up in the bed so they could get her in place for the epidral. This is her nurse Beth (who is awesome and has been helping her breathe!) and the anesthesiologist taking her through the procedure. We had to leave the room for this...

And...finally...all better. Mom is smiling again!

I didn't get a picture, but Uncle Jerry (my step dad) came to visit...and so did Renee, Tara's friend from work.

More from L&D...

Some more pictures from today:

This is when it started to hurt...pray for her!

LIVE! From Blount Memorial, Labor and Delivery

Well folks, I'm signed on here. I'm logged on to the BMHGuest network and ready to keep you updated.

We got here around 7:00am and got checked in and ready to go. Tara's been in a lot of pain for a few days, and now they're thinking UTI.

Dr. Garza broke her water around 8:00 am and they started the pitocin then. They upped the dosage about an hour later.

The contractions at this point have all but killed her. We're hoping the order the epidural soon.

I'll keep you updated!



Here's a picture from this morning when we were leaving:

Gun Shy

So I haven't blogged in about 2 months. I used my blog for hurt, and well that was just wrong.

So, I've been muddling through life just getting by really. There was a break up, there were baby showers, there was another skydiving adventure, there was the birth of Baby Carly...there have been lots of blog worthy events in my life. None of which have been recorded in this blogosphere.

I'll get you up to speed eventually. I just wanted to bridge the gap between March and today.

I send this from Labor and Delivery at Blount Memorial...

more to come!

Bennett's Baby Shower

After a fun weekend celebrating Ted's birthday in Knoxville and catching up with friends on the Ocoee, I came home on Sunday for the baby shower of my best friend's first born! Allison's family threw her a great shower at the Racquet Club. I can't believe how everything is changing so much all around me! I didn't take too many photos with my camera because I had Sandy's (Allison's mom, and soon to be GiGi!) camera to take pictures for her.

Allison got lots and lots of things, both necessary and fun, to shower Bennett with. I can't wait until he gets here!

This is us with our mothers:

The girls, left to right: Casey, Laura, Tara, Allison, Me.
The Expecting Girls!