Labor and Delivery
Anna had a Dr. appointment November 30th at about 11am. Since mom was already dilated to a
3 the OB stripped her membranes said "I think you might have a little one by tomorrow," and sent
her on her way. Mom when to work and within a few hours asked to be sent home because she
was really uncomfortable and thought she might be showing the first signs of labor pains. Anna
got home from work and her neighbor asked if she could watch her son while she ran an errand,
Anna agreed telling her "I think I'm going into labor though." Mike was still in class, the neighbor
ran the errand really fast then came back and told Anna to stay on their sofa. Anna was there for
the next few hour timing my contractions with them until Mike got home. At about 8pm Anna
was saying "We need to go to the hospital NOW!" At the hospital they told Anna if she wasn't
dilated past a 4 they couldn't let her stay, that's Provo labor and delivery for ya. She was ALMOST
a 4, so they gave her a morphine shot said "We expect to see you later tonight," then sent her on
her way. Anna felt awesome and convinced Mike they needed to go grocery shopping. Then they
went home and got a little sleep. At 1am Anna woke up with such strong contractions she was
throwing up and really missing that morphine high. They ran to the hospital, the anesthesiologist
was right there when they got there and Anna got her epidural (which she didn't even feel) and both her and Mike fell asleep. The nurses would come in every half hour or so to check up. Just before 7am they said it was time. Lillie Evelyn Gardner was born in Utah Valley Hospital at 7:13am Dec. 1, 2007. It was also the first snow of the season. When Mom was in labor for about 18 hours, pushing was only about 15 min, six pushes, and she was out of there. She came right on her due date. She weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. and was 19.5 in. She had a nice head of hair and a great pair of lungs. The first thing we noticed was she had dark hair of the top part on her ears. She was born with a strong neck and from day one hated to be on her tummy.
3 the OB stripped her membranes said "I think you might have a little one by tomorrow," and sent
her on her way. Mom when to work and within a few hours asked to be sent home because she
was really uncomfortable and thought she might be showing the first signs of labor pains. Anna
got home from work and her neighbor asked if she could watch her son while she ran an errand,
Anna agreed telling her "I think I'm going into labor though." Mike was still in class, the neighbor
ran the errand really fast then came back and told Anna to stay on their sofa. Anna was there for
the next few hour timing my contractions with them until Mike got home. At about 8pm Anna
was saying "We need to go to the hospital NOW!" At the hospital they told Anna if she wasn't
dilated past a 4 they couldn't let her stay, that's Provo labor and delivery for ya. She was ALMOST
a 4, so they gave her a morphine shot said "We expect to see you later tonight," then sent her on
her way. Anna felt awesome and convinced Mike they needed to go grocery shopping. Then they
went home and got a little sleep. At 1am Anna woke up with such strong contractions she was
throwing up and really missing that morphine high. They ran to the hospital, the anesthesiologist
was right there when they got there and Anna got her epidural (which she didn't even feel) and both her and Mike fell asleep. The nurses would come in every half hour or so to check up. Just before 7am they said it was time. Lillie Evelyn Gardner was born in Utah Valley Hospital at 7:13am Dec. 1, 2007. It was also the first snow of the season. When Mom was in labor for about 18 hours, pushing was only about 15 min, six pushes, and she was out of there. She came right on her due date. She weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. and was 19.5 in. She had a nice head of hair and a great pair of lungs. The first thing we noticed was she had dark hair of the top part on her ears. She was born with a strong neck and from day one hated to be on her tummy.
After the epidural...
My parents came for a little visit before Lillie was born they waited for a while then get a little to tired and headed home.
Grandma Gardner came all the way from Sacramento. She was a wonderful help she cleaned our house and stocked our frig. Thanks so much Grandma. We love you.
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