Easter Baby??????

Some of you may be aware of this already but for all others here is a quick post to let you all know that Melarie has been admitted into Pomona Valley Hospital this morning at 10:30 AM. She is currently resting comfortably in bed waiting for the baby to come. The nurses have told us to expect an Easter baby (we really hope it does not go any longer than 12 hours). So I will be keeping everyone posted here and let you know how things develop. Mel will probably log in later and correct my post to meet her liking but right now I am free to run a muck.


We got a little nervous around 12:15 when Melarie was getting uncomfortable after sitting on her back for over an hour. In moving around she went into a contraction and the baby's heart beat dropped slightly. The nurse came in and nervously tried adjusting the monitor straps and could not get the baby heart beat to speed back up so they put Mel on oxygen and set her on her side


The heart beat came back up after a couple minutes but they left her on oxygen for thirty minutes to be safe. At 12:45 the nurse came in and took her off the oxygen and both baby and mother are doing well. Here is a look at the baby heartbeat monitor. Melarie does not like it much but still thinks it is a good idea to have around.


4:00 PM Update

Melarie has continued to progress slowly since around 2:00. She received an epideral at 2:15 and has really enjoyed the absence of pain. Just before the epideral she had dilated to 5cm. She was originally admitted after a 4cm dilation. This progress has been slower than the "normal" progression of 1cm every 90 mins so the doctor recently decided to give her Pitocin, which will speed up the delivery process. We found out how to turn the baby monitor down so we don't hear the constant heart beats.

We are thankful for the monitor now because Julia's heartbeat has occasionally dropped to unhealthy levels during some of Melarie's contractions . The contractions are occasionally very long, which can cause increased stress on the baby, possibly accounting for the drop in heart beat that usually follows these long contractions. The nurses don't seem overly worried about it, so we try not to worry either.

6:00 PM Update

Everything is progressing slowly but time seems to pass by really quickly. I am really hoping for an Easter baby so I hope she comes before midnight. Melarie has spent the last couple hours resting and trying to get some sleep. She is now back on oxygen because it seems to help keep the baby's heart beat higher. Our OB nurse, Marissa, has started getting the room ready for delivery by putting stuff all over the room. Melarie is now dilated up to 7 or 7.5cms. Also to note, they have decreased the Pitocin drip because Melarie's contractions have not been as regular/frequent since the drip started. Next update to follow in a couple hours.

8:00 PM Update

The Dr. is on the way and Melarie is fully dilated to 10cm and has started pushing the baby down. The nurse expects delivery by 8:50 because she has pushed the baby all the way down. Things are looking really good.

8:33 PM Update

Julia Grace Wheat has officially arrived at 8:33 PM PST. She weighs 7 lbs 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. Pictures will be available shortly.