Our Little Buddy

I finally have a second to post about our new baby boy!

Tre

Kahelemeakua

(The one who walks with God)

Akina

Born: September 8, 2010 (My Due Date!)
Weight: 6 lbs. 9 oz.
Height: 19 in.

Delivery Timeline (more for me to remember):

• Tuesday at 5 p.m. I had my membranes stripped and I was cramping pretty bad shortly after.
  
• That night at 6:15 the bishop came over to give me a calling. (ha. odd timing.
  
• Starting at 3 a.m. I started having period like cramps, not really what I was expecting my contractions to feel like.


• A few hours later at about 6 I got in the shower and started getting things ready to go to the hospital.


• The contractions were getting more and more painful so I decided to call the doctor and go see when I could go into the hospital. This was at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.


• The doctor told me that I was dilated to a 4 and was 90% effaced at that point and that I should wait about an hour and a half and then go to the hospital.
• My mom showed up as soon as we got back to our apartment. I started walking circles in our tiny apartment living room. I would stop and lean my head up against the wall whenever I felt a contraction and Ka'ihe had his stopwatch in hand counting in between each contraction.
  
• At 5:30 we got to the hospital. I was expecting to get an epidural as soon as I got there. In our prenatal classes they would always say that 4+ was the best time for the epidural. I was at a 4 and 100% effaced.


• By 6:15 I was dilated to 5 cm.
• At 6:40 I finally got my epidural which was amazing when I was at a 6! I was in excruciating pain up until this point. It wasn't painful like the first one I had gotten for my version 3 weeks earlier and I was feeling better in a matter of seconds.


• At 7:55 they gave me a very small amount of petosin to help me dilate a little more.


• At 8:03 the doctor came in and broke my water.


• 8:58 We decided on the name Tre Kahelemeakua after talking to Ka'ihes grandma for her approval.
  
• 9:15 -9cm and sucking on a tootsie pop and ice. I was really enjoying myself. =)
• 9:40 Started pushing-pushed for about 15 minutes. The nurse told me to stop pushing and to wait for the doctor. (pushed for 20 minutes total) I pushed so hard that I tore my vaginal wall in three different places.
  
• 10:07 Baby Tre was born


• After he was born the doctor was stitching me up for an hour while Tre just layed on my stomach. The doc had to use 5 souchers compared to the normal 1 to sew me up, and had 25 towels soaked in my blood. My mom was freaking out a little bit. I was just staring at my baby boy admiring him and was clueless as to what was going on.


• Now I am a mommy! It has been so much harder than I ever thought. Having problems with breastfeeding, struggling with his really bad jaundice, close to no sleep at all, and a husband that is so busy that I rarely see, along with everything else. But I love being a mom and love Tre more than I ever thought possible!