More Hospital Pics!

I realized I have a lot more hospital pics and I got some more from my mom's camera so here they are!!!

More Visitors for Tateym!

We had more visitors come by to meet our baby girl!!

Katie with Tateym

Kristy, Tateym, & Nana

I LOVE this picture of the girls!

The Bailey family & the Hamilton family!

Chad, Katie, Ella, Kristy, Tateym, & Justin

Aunt Brandy

New Mommies :)

Nana (my mom)

Tateym loves Briana

Aunt Brandy and Cousin Kelsey

Greg and Magan Smith

Russell aka Papi

Chad and Tateym
Magan and Tateym

Tateym's Friends & Family!

Tateym has a wonderful family & awesome friends! Thank you to everyone who has come to see her at the hospital, plans to visit, & all the well wishes & prayers! She is lucky to have so many people love her! :)

Tateym and her PaPa (my dad)

Tateym & her Uncle Luke


Cousin Kelsey & Nana with Tateym

Tateym and her BFF, Caitlyn

Tateym's Great Grandmother (GG)

LeAnn, Bri, and Aunt Hattie with Tateym

Brenna & Tateym Kayte

Aunt Brandy & Tateym

Tateym & Justin's Dad

Cousin Madison & Tateym

Tracey & Madison

First nursery visit and bath

We were able to keep the baby in the room with us for an hour after she was born before they took her to the nursery to be bathed. It was nice to get to bond with her immediately and for the family to get to hold her right away. Then the nurses took her into the nursery while they were switching me from the labor and delivery room to the postpartum room. Here are some pics of Tateym in the hospital nursery.

Welcome Tateym Kayte Hamilton!

Justin and I got to the hospital this morning, August 20th, at 5:30am. I was in my room by 5:50am and started Pitocin around 6:30am to get labor going. I started having contractions right away but they were tolerable. Then the doctor came in at 7:20am to break my water and immediately the contractions spiked to an awful awful thing. For the next hour to hour and a half I had TERRIBLE pain like I have never had before. I didn't want to cry, I wanted to hit and kick and throw a fit. I didn't though. In the meantime I was begging for an epidural and it FINALLY came. Throughout my pregnancy I had been nervous about getting an epidural because I'm scared of needles, but I didn't think twice about it. I just wanted pain relief! You were right Katie! It was very difficult to have contractions while they were getting the epidural hooked up and not be able to move. I think I said, "Oh my God. Oh my God." so many times. I did the breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth thing during this and during contractions and it really did help for me! I would recommend it. After the epi started working I was in heaven. It was wonderful! I could still feel the contraction come but I didn't want to punch someone anymore. Then when I was getting close to ready to have the baby I started having a lot of pain again! I told them I needed more drugs, they gave me a little more, but it did not work. It was so painful. Apparently I had a "hot spot" where the epi was not working. They told me basically the only way to make it stop hurting was to deliver the baby. So we started pushing. It was hard but I only had to push for 20 minutes so not too bad.. I didn't know at the time but Justin told me they were getting worried about the doctor getting there in time because she was coming! They had been stretching me for a while (ouch!!) but the baby had her elbow up by her head and it wasn't coming out that way so he had to cut me and give me stitches. So yes, not only her head came out of me but also her arm up by her head, bent with the elbow facing up! She did not make it easy on me.. They said it was a second degree delivery. They pulled her out and put her on my chest and I was so amazed that this little baby was in my belly. She was big! Tateym weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. She has a little bit of dark brown hair and everyone says she looks like Justin. I love her so much already and she was worth the pain!

Last Belly Photos! 39 Week Belly Photos

These are the LAST belly photos of my pregnancy!! Hope you've enjoyed seeing my belly every single week. :)

We're Having the Baby Tomorrow!!!!

We went into the doctor this morning and he checked me and I was 2-3 cm dilated! So we're inducing and having the baby tomorrow (Thursday)!!! He wants to do that for a few reasons.. My body is ready, he thinks I have a pretty big baby and doesn't want her to get too big for me, and also since I have the Group B Strept they can put me on antibiotics right away instead of my water breaking and risking the baby being exposed to it before antibiotics are given. We will go into the College Station Medical Center at 5:15am and they'll send me up to the 3rd floor to get an IV started. Then Dr. Zivney will come in that morning and break my water and we'll just wait after that. Can't wait. I'm feeling anxious and excited and nervous! This has all been so surreal and tomorrow it's really happening. I'm sure neither Justin nor I will sleep very well tonight and I'm going to be a nervous wreck tomorrow!!! Keep us in your prayers! We'll be posting pics of the baby girl. :)

The night before inducing Justin and I went to dinner and we took these pics- my last night pregnant!!