mardi, août 15, 2006

Here's the SCOOP!


8am- August 12th: Tanya begins ingesting Castor Oil at 4 hour intervals- YUCKY!!
4pm: contractions begin intensifying.
4:30: Harnett family goes to a BBQ party at friends'.
6pm: Contractions intensify at five minutes apart.
6:30pm: Tanya plays a game of beach volleyball with the group of friends.
7:30pm: Harnetts drive home to tuck boys into bed.
8pm: Tanya pops in a video to relax and breath through contractions; Jeremy phones his folks to give them the "heads-up".
10pm: Video over, Tanya showers and Jeremy phones his mom to come over. 10:30pm: Mom Harnett arrives, prepared to spend the night. Jeremy and Tanya head to hospital.
11pm- 2am: waiting in hospital bed, breathing through painful contractions; cervix still posterior and only 2cm dialation. Resident doctor (student) allows us to go home and try to get some rest. Tanya says "Lets go" (namely for Jer's sake so that he doesn't have to sit in that chair all night!)
2:30am-6am- August 13th: Jer sleeps soundly in his comfy bed at home. Tanya writhes in pain laying on the bed, kneeling on the floor, squatting in the bathroom, heaving over the tub... (yeah, it was pretty hard- but I committed to letting Jeremy sleep until 6am; who wants a cranky support partener?)
6:30am: admitted into labour room.
7:30am: dialated 6-7 cm.
8:30 am: Tanya requests an epidural- forget the "hero complex!"
8:30am- 11am: Tanya actually gets to take a nap, though feeling the tightenings w/o alot of pain.
11:45- Tanya's doctor is located and is on his way to hospital!! (yay- though the student doc has been GREAT!)
11:50am: membranes are ruptured.
12pm: Tanya begins the pushing in a squat position. (I recommend it)
12:20: Isaiah Thomas John is born!!
Posted by Jeremy J Harnett :: 12:04 p.m. :: 8 comments

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