still in belly

2:30 pm

...panic level up!

Baby's heart beat went for a dive again, hovering around 60 bpm for about 5 minutes. The nurses started freaking out and called for help while asking where our doctor was. They unplugged Erin's bed and started wheeling her toward the door when Dr Havin showed up. He immediately said, 'what are we doing?' and took charge and tried to calm the situation so he could have a look at Erin.

...panic level down!

They got her readjusted and the heart beat started climbing and everyone settled down. At this point Dr Havin started talking calmly to Erin, explaining that the baby was 'in distress' and that they hoped the heart beat didn't go down again. Before he could finish, though, the heart beat went down again. Havin looked at Erin and told us he was going to make the decision to do a ceasarian.

...panic level back up!

They threw me some scrubs and said to hurry and put them on, and we all wheeled into the operating room together. I held Erin's hand, and

blah blah blah

blah blah blah

2:51 pm

then WHAM! Beautiful baby girl comes out, cries for the first time and mommy and daddy get to hold her. The rest is history! Pics to follow

Sunflowers!

Sunflowers are Erin's favorite flower. Behold:


12:30 pm

Nurse checked Erin, she's at 6.5 cm.
(I guess I can understand how they get good at judging centimeters, but HALF centimeters? Really? That's pretty impressive, Sue. I'm not so sure I believe you're THAT good)

A little scare... baby's heartbeat got down to 60 bpm for a few moments! Nurse called in some backup and they prodded Erin and moved her until baby decided to beat normal again. Not to worry, Charlie's just messin with us. I bet she's just as anxious to meet us as we are to meet her! That's just her way of saying, 'Get me outta here!'

um.. progress?

11:00 am

Erin's still at 5 cm. We were hoping she'd progress a little faster, but it ain't happenin'. But not to worry, baby and Erin are still healthy and happy. Mostly.

Grandma & Grandpa Morgan arrived!

9:00 am

Darla & Jim arrive from Kennewick...
Everyone is in good spirits and having a good time (if you can call an IV drip, petocin, oxygen and an epidural a good time!)

Finally, some pics!

this is where its all gonna go down!











Erin updating her facebook status...









This is my table (minus pink puke bucket)
Poptarts, check. fruit snacks, check. cliff bars, laptop, hat, journal, check.

erin + drugs = happy wife!

6:30 am

BETH the uh-nest-uh-tist came in and poked this huge needle in Erin's lower spine. Erin held onto Steph the nurse while I pulled a chair up behind Beth to watch!

Almost immediately the pain from the contractions went away, and now Erin's muy feliz. Other than a little nausea an hour later, Erin said, 'why would anyone do this withOUT an epidural!'

7:30 am

Now things are smooth sailin'... matt costa is singing softly in the background, and sleep is coming quickly to Erin. Not for me, though, adrenaline is keeping any fatigue at bay.

Baby's coming...

3:20 am

Erin's doing laundry downstairs, water breaks...
Comes upstairs and flips on the light in the bedroom and says loudly, 'time to go'...
Kyle (thinking she's talking about school) says, 'not yet!'
Erin clarifies...

3:30 am

Erin calls hospital, they ask if she's sure her water broke...
Erin says 'if this is urine there's something definitely wrong with me!'
Hospital says take your time to come in

3:45 am

Dishes are done, beds made...
Dogs are locked in basement downstairs...
White flag is hanging from mailbox (Margie across the street came up with this code; she insisted)

4:30 am

Arrive at Holy Family, plop Erin in wheel chair and nurse escorts us to second floor
Nurse checks Erin first thing, she's at 4 cm! Hooray! (after wicked bad contractions for a day and half and only barely past 1 cm, this is great news)