Kentin Riley's Arrival.....

Ok so it has been awhile. So get ready to read a long post.
Well we got to the hospital on Dec 8th at about 8:30/9pm. They got us back into labor and delivery a lil after 9. Once they got us settled into a room they started my IV. The first one blew so she had to stick me again. The first one left a terrible bruise that just now went away. While waiting on the doctor to come in to give me the medicine to thin out my cervix they came in to go over the epidural and told me that when ever I wanted it just to let them know. He said that they could start it right then but I had no pain and just wanted to sleep. After starting the thinning medicine they gave me an ambian to help me sleep. I don’t remember much until about 5:30am when I started hurting. I called for the nurse and she said she could give me something for my pain or I could get my epidural. I choose the epidural. When they set me up in the bed to start the epidural my water broke. After getting it I went back to sleep. They came in every few hours to check me. I was able to get to 6 cm before they started the patoecin drip.
Mom, Ainie, Uncle Gary, Emily, Laurie and Momma Carol got there sometime that morning. Anine and Uncle Gary didn’t stay long (well they could of stayed longer than I thought I was in and out a lot). Uncle Gary lead us in prayer and then they had to go.
The nurse came in 2 times that I can remember to move me and to slow down the drip. I really didn’t know why. Then the doctor came in and placed an internal heart monitor on Kentin’s head. It wasn’t until about an hour later when the doctor came in that I realized something was wrong. They told me that my contractions were to strong and long and were making Kentin’s heart rate drop. They had to stop my labor a few times just to get his heart rate back up. After explaining to me what was going on the doctor said that I had made it to 9 cm. Then she said that one word that made my heart drop. BUT with the way things are going a c-section is the safest way to deliver. I started crying, this was the one thing I didn’t want. I was scared to death. I was worried about the baby and scared b/c it was major surgery. It wasn’t 2 min after she told me I was having a c-section that I was wheeled into the OR. They upped my epidural and got started. Everything was going great until they were starting to close up. I started feeling pain, my medicine was wearing off. So they went to push more in and the syringe wouldn’t budge. She had to tell them to stop until she could get me something. She worked on the syringe for a bit then just asked if I wanted to go to sleep. So she gave me something that made me sleepy.
When they got me back to my room Bubby and Becca had made it. Christon said that he was 6lbs 4oz. And 18 ¼ inch long and he had his nose and lots of black hair. The next few days was terrible. I had a hard time controlling my pain. The worse was getting in and out of bed. The great thing was Kentin got to stay in the room with us. They came and got him each morning to do his vitals and brought him right back. They have this great thing that all the babies wear on there legs that if they go so far it will lock down the doors and elevators.
We got to come home a day early and I was so ready. With a c-section I had a few restrictions. I couldn’t drive, pick up anything heavier than Kentin and a few other things but those were the most important. Bubby, Becca, and lil mac were at the house when we got here. Lil mac watched Christon carry the car seat in and just looked at it real hard. Christon sit him down it the floor and lil mac looked at the car seat and said “Baby”. We just laughed. She wanted me to pick her up but I couldn’t b/c she was to big. She was so mad at me.
Well Kentin is waking up for his 1am bottle I have to go. I will update soon. PROMISE.

A time and date have been set......

Just wanted to give everyone an update from my doctors appointment.
We had and ultrasound today and everything looked great. He is growing and moving just fine. We have also scheduled his arrival time. We are to be at labor and delivery Monday Dec. 8th at 8:30pm for an induction. We are hoping that he will be here sometime Tue. Anyone that wants to come down is more than welcome but I don’t advise coming until Tue. If you do come make sure you got to the hospital and not the clinic.

Here are directions to the hospital:

1. Take William H Natcher Pkwy South ramp on left
2. Take Exit 1A (I-65 S, Nashville) on right
3. Take Exit 84A (I-40 E, I-65 S, Knoxville, Huntsville) on right
4. Take Exit 209B (US-70S, US-431, Broadway, Demonbreun St) on right
5. Continue onto US-70 E (TN-24 W, 14th Av N)
6. Turn right onto Medical Center Dr
7. You are at 1210 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232-0008

When you get to the hospital you can park in any of the parking structures or use the valet. Labor and delivery is on the 4th floor.

If you get lost we are only a phone call away. Also Laurie said that anyone that wants to go down with her give her a call or email.

Thanksgiving.....

Well hello everyone. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving week. Mine was a lil hectic.
After our trip to Nashville on Tue I wasn’t feeling well so I didn’t go to work on Wed. After lying around the house all day I felt well enough to go to the grocery to get my stuff to start cooking for Thursday. After a trip to the grocery I came home and got started cooking. I get everything started and realize I had gotten Lime juice and not Lemon juice. So I had to go back to town. I get back and finish my red violet cake with cream cheese ice. And no it didn’t come from a box, I made it from scratch. I was so proud of myself. (sorry but I had to “toot” my own horn a lil…..LOL) Then I made my cheese cake. After being on my feet for a so long they started to swell. So after getting my cheese cake out of the oven I had to sit down. I went on to bed without cleaning the kitchen.
Thursday I was going to go over to mom and dad’s early and help mom but I had done to much the night before. I figured I better take it easy. We got ready about noon and headed to Provo. Christon help dad and Emily finish up the fencing and I went on over to Maw and Paw’s and helped Aunt Rita finish up dinner. We had a great meal and had great time visiting with everyone.
Becca and Morgan were going shopping the next morning (I told them they were crazy). So lil Mac came home with me and Christon. She woke me up about 4am throwing up in her sleep. I woke Christon up and he helped me change the sheets and clean her up. We went back to bed and Becca called me about 6am to let me know that Garrett was sick and I told her about lil mac. She said she wasn’t feeling well herself and was cutting her shopping trip short. After me and lil mac got up she was feeling fine. Becca called me later that afternoon and said that her and Garrett both had the stomach bug and asked if I cared to keep lil mac a lil while longer. After talking with Becca we got ready and went to mom and dad’s. We were going to put mom’s tree up but didn’t get too. Emily came home with me so she could help me with lil mac while I cooked for our Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Angie’s on Sat. (I had 20lbs of potatoes to peal, cut up and mash). It wasn’t long after we got home that Emily started to feel sick. So she went to bed and it wasn’t but about 20min later she was up throwing up. Christon got her situated and back in bed, me and lil mac went to bed. Then I woke up at 2:30am throwing up myself. I woke Christon up and moved lil mac to the bed with Emily. I was up and down all night running to the bathroom. I was sick all day Saturday. Mom came and got lil mac and brought me and Emily some sprite. Aunt Rita called and asked if I needed anything that she was going to get phenergen, Tara, Morgan, Carson and Paw were all sick too. I had taken one of Emily’s and it had helped but if I needed more I would call her. Christon called every 30min to check on us. Needless to say we didn’t make it to Aunt Angie’s for dinner. I finally got up about 8pm and took a shower and went back to bed.
I got up Sunday and felt fine. Mom came and got me and Emily after church. Mom was cooking dinner for Emily’s 16th birthday. Yeah Emily my baby sis is 16 now. Mom made chicken noodle soup and cooked a ham. Me, Becca, Emily, Kelsey played cards while Garrett, Justin, Tooter and Cody played pool. Christon came over after he got off work. Daniel and his family and Karen didn’t make it over they were all sick. We got home about 11pm. Poor Christon was worn out, he hadn’t had a decent night sleep all week for taking care of all of us. So we both went straight to bed.
Well I better get off here. I have all kinds of laundry to do and plenty of cleaning that I could do.
I go to the doctor tomorrow so I hope to update later tomorrow. Everyone have a great week.