Tolman Family: November 2013 part 1

Monday, March 2, 2015

November 2013 part 1 - Melody

Mara has been getting better with her reading, and I was able to catch her reading a book to Jaina.

She is such a great big sister!

I can't remember why I took this picture, but I sure do have a handsome boy!

Our yard gets full of leaves every fall, and it's usually from the neighbors trees + the wind. Jaina was being such a good helper.

And what's a little clean up without a little fun!

The Big Day arrived!!

This is me: November 11th, 2013

39 weeks & 1 day with baby #4

I was scheduled to be induced after spending weeks with contractions and even a weekend where I was timing contractions during a movie (Thor 2). I really thought I was going into labor, but didn't. So the day came to be induced. My doctor was going to be on call at the hospital on the 11th and 13th, but I really wanted her to be born on the 12th so she could have a cool birthday 11-12-13. Dr. Skinner was awesome and said I could come in the evening of the 11th so we could hopefully have her born after midnight.

After a long day of waiting and trying to fill my time (I sewed her a blanket) we took the kids to Grandma & Grandpa Tolman's house for a sleepover, then headed to the hospital around 6 pm. After checking in and getting hooked up they started my Pitocin at 7:20. It was going smooth for a bit and they bumped it up about every hour. My mom and Karri came to be with us, like they have with all my other babies. The pitocin made everything more intense and I felt very overwhelmed. After being checked while sitting up (the bed wouldn't lay flat) which was the worse thing EVER, I was brought to tears. This was not the way I wanted it to go, so we decided it was time for the epidural. By this time I was only dilated to 4cm. After the epidural Dr Skinner broke my water about 11:55 pm (4+cm, 80%). I was happy at this point because we had made it to the 12th, and she would have the birthday that I wanted.

At 1:00 am I was 6cm and 90%, so finally making progress. Over the next hour I tried to rest, but couldn't. I started to get the shakes, which I did with Jaina, so I knew that it was almost time. My mom was so worried that I was cold, but I told her that it was because it was time. So we got the nurse in to check me at 1:55 am and I was complete!

Dr Skinner came in and got everything ready, then it was time to push and I only pushed for 2 contractions!! It was great!