Sarah Elyse Morgan
Hey everyone! So after 5 1/2 hours in the fighting chair...we had Baby Girl Morgan. (And by the time we left she had her name: Sarah Elyse Morgan.) We got to LDS Hospital at 8:45 am on Friday morning and due to waiting for okays from the Dr. (he was at the dentist) they started the pitosin at 9:45-ish. Like always, Tamina's body took SO well to the medicine and the contractions started every 2-3 mins. (like clockwork...) The Resident Dr. came in about about 11:30 am and checked to see if he could brake the water. He didn't think he could do it yet, so he and the nurse left. About 5 minutes later, Dr. VandeMerwe came in and checked and did brake my water. Of course, that speeds things up.
I finally decided to get an epidural at about 1pm because the pain in the back was getting so bad. The anesthesiologist put in the epidural and watched. I was still hurting and he explained why it didn't really help the back. Frown But he gave me extra to help cover it, and it did for a little bit...but not the whole time.
The nurse checked me about 1:30-ish after the epidural was in and I was a 4 and 80% effaced. So, she left.
During this time no, we didn't answer phones. So, Janene and Kim thought I must have had the baby and came down. We called my mom back and Adam had needed to check on Mommy and see how I was doing. (He had been checking since 7 AM..."Mommy, how are you?" "Do you have the baby yet?" "Why not?"...Same questions. He was really excited to see the baby.)
So Jon played with Ben, Kim hurried and came while she didn't have Isabel since she was sick. It was fun to have Ben to keep us entertained while things got worse. However, the contractions moved down, so the moniter didn't show the contractions very well. Kim kept telling me to work harder because they didn't look bad enough to be doing anything. I started feeling them in my back again, so I knew something had to be happening.
The nurse came in at about 2:20-ish to check me again. She said that Dr. VandeMerwe was in Farmington so he needed lots of time to get back down so she was going to check every hour to give him plenty of time. Then she checked me and gasped. She said you are a 9+ and the baby's head was right there. SHe then said she would hurry and call the Dr. and to not push til he was in the room and dressed. K, so it is hard to try and hold off for over 1/2 hour. He showed up just after 3pm and got all ready. After 4 sets of pushes she came out. (No tearing or cutting! Laughing) So she was born at 3:16 p.m. (15:16 o'clock)
He pulled her out and her cord was really short. (I think they said shorter than Ari's.) Jon cut the cord and they put the baby up by me so I could see her.
She measured 6 pounds and 13 ounces (12.5-round up) and 20.5 inches long. My mom brought the kids down after and they were very excited to finally see their new baby sister.
She is SO cute and we are so excited to have her in our family. Adam and Ari just love her too. Adam wants lots of turns holding her. Smile Ari is such a BIG helper...Undecided But it's fun to see how much they both really like her.
Thanks Mom and Dad Smoot for watching the kiddos during this we appreciate all you do. Thanks Kim for taking pictures for us. We appreciate everything everyone has done.
**By the way, she has already done a diva moment. Just after she was born, I was feeding her and she started to choke a little. I picked her up and she stopped breathing. She went a dark purple. So we hurried and called the nurse. She came down and checked her lungs. Then she realized it wasn't the lungs but the stomach. They then pumped her stomach. She had 10 ccs of amniotic fluid which had choked her. Luckily they got it all pumped out and she is doing great now! **
I finally decided to get an epidural at about 1pm because the pain in the back was getting so bad. The anesthesiologist put in the epidural and watched. I was still hurting and he explained why it didn't really help the back. Frown But he gave me extra to help cover it, and it did for a little bit...but not the whole time.
The nurse checked me about 1:30-ish after the epidural was in and I was a 4 and 80% effaced. So, she left.
During this time no, we didn't answer phones. So, Janene and Kim thought I must have had the baby and came down. We called my mom back and Adam had needed to check on Mommy and see how I was doing. (He had been checking since 7 AM..."Mommy, how are you?" "Do you have the baby yet?" "Why not?"...Same questions. He was really excited to see the baby.)
So Jon played with Ben, Kim hurried and came while she didn't have Isabel since she was sick. It was fun to have Ben to keep us entertained while things got worse. However, the contractions moved down, so the moniter didn't show the contractions very well. Kim kept telling me to work harder because they didn't look bad enough to be doing anything. I started feeling them in my back again, so I knew something had to be happening.
The nurse came in at about 2:20-ish to check me again. She said that Dr. VandeMerwe was in Farmington so he needed lots of time to get back down so she was going to check every hour to give him plenty of time. Then she checked me and gasped. She said you are a 9+ and the baby's head was right there. SHe then said she would hurry and call the Dr. and to not push til he was in the room and dressed. K, so it is hard to try and hold off for over 1/2 hour. He showed up just after 3pm and got all ready. After 4 sets of pushes she came out. (No tearing or cutting! Laughing) So she was born at 3:16 p.m. (15:16 o'clock)
He pulled her out and her cord was really short. (I think they said shorter than Ari's.) Jon cut the cord and they put the baby up by me so I could see her.
She measured 6 pounds and 13 ounces (12.5-round up) and 20.5 inches long. My mom brought the kids down after and they were very excited to finally see their new baby sister.
She is SO cute and we are so excited to have her in our family. Adam and Ari just love her too. Adam wants lots of turns holding her. Smile Ari is such a BIG helper...Undecided But it's fun to see how much they both really like her.
Thanks Mom and Dad Smoot for watching the kiddos during this we appreciate all you do. Thanks Kim for taking pictures for us. We appreciate everything everyone has done.
**By the way, she has already done a diva moment. Just after she was born, I was feeding her and she started to choke a little. I picked her up and she stopped breathing. She went a dark purple. So we hurried and called the nurse. She came down and checked her lungs. Then she realized it wasn't the lungs but the stomach. They then pumped her stomach. She had 10 ccs of amniotic fluid which had choked her. Luckily they got it all pumped out and she is doing great now! **
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