9:20am: Doctor Fillmore breaks the water, dilated to 1 1/2, effaced70%, at a -2 (that's in reference to how far the baby has progressed into the birth canal, at the crowing of the head, you are a +5)
9:30am: Doctor Fillmore wants to hurry this baby along and begins Tara on Pitocin at a rate of 4, contractions are 5 minutes apart
10:00am: Tara decides to make the call to her brother, Jared (the anesthesiologist), for the epidural. Contractions are now 3-5 minutes apart. The doctor ups the dosage of the Pitocin to 8, Ethan is now sitting at a -1
10:30am: Jared hasn't made it to the hospital yet and Tara is getting fairly uncomfortable. They lower the dosage of the Pitocin back down to a 4
11:00am: Jared finally arrives to the hospital!!!
11:30am: The epidural is placed...finally some pain relief
1:30pm: Tara is dilated to a 4, 100% effaced, contractions are 2-3minutes apart. John jokes that Tara should have the baby around 3pm,everyone else is hedging their bets for MUCH later.
1:45pm: Tara's pain level is skyrocketing, and the epidural can't seem to keep up
2:00pm: Tara is now dilated to 9 3/4, 100% effaced, Baby is sitting at+1, the pushing begins
2:15pm: Dr. Fillmore arrives in the room
2:38pm: ETHAN JAMES CRAWFORD makes his arrival. He's 8lbs, 7oz. 20 inches long, with blue eyes and blonde hair
Ethan is pretty bruised up from the contractions...in fact, he had two bruises on his arm, bruises on his vertebrae, and a massive bruise on the crown of his head that they originally believed would be a birthmark. Only a few days later, he was unscathed.
Does he look nervous to you? 
He is perfect
Our first family picture!
1 comment:
so dang cute
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