We were planning on having a baby no earlier than Friday June 10. That was the day I was set to be induced. It didn't look like I was going to go into labor any earlier than that, so everything was kinda on track with what we had planned.
My mom flew into town on Monday, June 6 and we came home and got her a little settled before heading off to my doctors appointment. At the doctor we started listening to the baby's heartbeat as usual, and the nurse was listening just a little too long. So I asked her what was wrong. She didn't seem really concerned, but said she wanted the doctor to hear the heartbeat and see what he thinks. After she left the doctor came in, did my exam, and said he wanted to hook me up to a fetal monitor for a few mins to see what was going on.
He wasn't extremely concerned, but said he would feel more comfortable if we would just go to the hospital on Tuesday morning to be induced just to make sure his heartbeat didn't have time to drop anymore.
So we of course agreed and there we were...Mom had just gotten into town and we were having a baby in a few hours.
My mom and I had planned to have a week to get some last minute things together and do a little grocery shopping before Tanner got here, but that was kinda gone now.
So Monday night my mom and I raced around trying to get a little done while Adam took Mackenzie home to entertain her.
Tuesday morning Adam and I were at the hospital at 6 AM. By 7 we were in the hospital room and I was all hooked up to machines with an IV and was starting to be induced.
The doc came in to break my water at about 7:15, before he raced off to do a 7:30 C-section. and then they started the pitocin drip.
Very soon I started having very nice contractions and lasted an hour or so before getting an epidural.
Things were going very smoothly and I was progressing nicely and then by 12 I was ready to push. The doc got there and after 4 pushes I had baby Tanner in my arms. He was born at 12:36 and was healthy and good. All went well.
By 3 or 4 (when the epidural wore off) I was moved into my postpartum room and working on recovering.
Right after I had Tanner and we called my mom to let her know everything went well (she was at home with Mackenzie) one of my bestest, most awesome friends went to pick my mom up and bring her and Mackenzie to the hospital to meet our little new buddy.
When Mackenzie showed up at the hospital she was so cute. She wanted to see her little brother and was so excited to meet him.
She gave him a "Yaya" which is what she calls her little blankie animal thing, and he gave her a pool. She was so excited to get a pool and couldn't wait to bring it home and play.
But she talks to Tanner in a little baby voice and just wants to play with him constantly. She also wanted to know wheat they were doing with "Baby Brother" everytime they took him out. So she followed him to the nursery when he went...
Tanner wasn't nursing well at the beginning, but he is soing sooooo much better now. I am just so happy because Mackenzie was so difficuilt to nurse for a few weeks. We are all doing well and are so happy to have Tanner in our family!
