Taryne's Birth Day

Originally posted September 13, 2009

Well...our little bundle of joy arrived...early!!!

Stats:

Name: Taryne Milady Rode

Date: September 12, 2009

Time: 6:08 AM

Weight: 6 pounds 1 ounce

Length: 18 3/4 inches

I have been home on bed rest for the past 2 weeks because my blood pressure was high. Well, at my appointment last Friday (9/11/09), the doctor sent me to the hospital to have them monitor my blood pressure for a few hours. He said "Oh, there is a 99.9% chance you are going back home tonight and I will see you on Monday." Well...my blood pressure did go down, but the doctor at the hospital spoke with my doctor and they decided that I was having Taryne that night.

So...this is not necessarily the news I wanted to hear...only because I was doing wedding flowers for someone for a wedding the next day! Thank goodness I had help!! I cannot thank Jordana, Charlotte, my mom and everyone else that helped enough for stepping up and taking this job over.

After they told us Taryne was arriving sometime tonight, they proceeded with inducing me and at 6:08 AM, we got to meet Taryne for the first time! Because my blood pressure had been high, they had given me magnesium to prevent seizures...well after Taryne was born and they did all the routine tests, they found that her magnesium level was also high. So...she has been in NICU to get that number down. The level of magnesium in her blood was 4.8 and it needed to be under 3. As of this morning it was 3.1 so we have been able to feed her and reduce her IV intake. Luckily when she was first born I was able to feed her right away. Once they realized that number was high, they would not let me feed her because the magnesium can cause her to be sluggish and therefore her digestive system would also be sluggish. Hopefully in the morning that number will be much lower and whenever they let me go home, hopefully she will be able to leave as well.

Here are some pictures...

The three of us right after she was born.

Miss Taryne Milady Rode

We have already been informed by the nurses in NICU that she has a personality! I can only imagine the mischief she will come up with over the years. As they say..."Paybacks are hell!"

They have said the earliest we can go home is tomorrow (Monday), so we will see. Well, I will post more info later...I have to rest to keep my blood pressure down...I don't want them to find a reason to keep us here longer! Until next time...Gig'em!