Eating great

she just finished up the second feeding through the night and is sleeping. Erin really hasn't slept too much as she has been in discomfort from air from her procedure that is in her back, hopefully it dissipates as time goes on.

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Day zero closing

with the day zero coming to closure, we are so greatful for the wonderful countless blessings the good Lord has bestowed upon us. It has been a grand finale of a final birth for the family. Lilah has lost a lot of her swelling and looks like a different baby, cute as could be. I was bumbed a little earlier when my laptop gave me the blue screen of death. I was able to fix it by using a ball point pen removing a memory chip....no way I was going to let hardware failures reign on our parade :) I will keep the content flowing once I get a chance to collect and organize it on the site...stay tuned!

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Just nursed and doing great!

she latched right on and is very peaceful and is just precious...erin is about to go in for a tubal operation about 1400 and then we head into the post partum area. Lilah is very alert and looking around now. Erin is doing great and all smiles.

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Welcome Lilah Mae Becker

unreal, one push and out came Lilah Mae, 12:21pm, 6lbs 14 oz (our biggest baby girl), 19 inches long, attached is a photo. mom and baby are doing great, praise God, we are blessed once again.

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She's ready

we r waiting on the doc, she is finishing up another delivery, baby is ready to come out...any minute now

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One last pic of prenant Erin

here it is, days...actually years of being pregnant coming to closure

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On the final stretch

she is 10cm, they went to get the doc, the time is near, very exciting here!

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Making progress

the sharp pains are no more which is good, she is starting to feel pressure and they say the baby has for sure dropped based on the heart rate dips, measuring about 145 heart rate. Erin is thinking within the next couple hours, we already surpassed mary's birth time!

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Some pain

she had some very sharp pains so they gave her some adjustment on the epideral, seems better now. The baby has dropped lower as well.

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epideral is in

the epideral is in and they just measured, she's at 4cm

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Epideral going in

we stepped out so they could put the epideral in! Heart rate staying about 140!

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Movin right along

still progressing, heart rate 140 contractions every 2 min still, she hasn't been checked in a bit, I'm sure she has dialated some more. This patient computer is pretty slick, still using the treo so I can attach photos.

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Crew is here

al the crew have arrived, erins mom, my parents and my sister. She is thinking it is time for the epideral.

grace spent the night at jennifers last night and is at school now and teddy and mary are hanging out with poppy today.

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Contractions steady

the contractions are very steady now every 2 minutes, pain steady as well, she is thinking epideral may be ready to go very soon.

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Setting up

the nurse confirmed water is broken and contractions are about 3 min apart and more intense, doc is in another delivery right now so this could be cutting it close. the nurse is setting up everything now to be prepared since it is looking like we are on the fasttrack. Seeing how fast this is progressing I am glad we scheduled this since with as fast as she delivers we may not have mde it to the hospital.

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Water broke

wow, water just broke and pain is setting in, this could go real quick.

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Contractions

contractions appear to be about every 5 to 6 min, no real pain yet. The patient coputer is pretty cool, I just got done playing a game and erin is flipping channels. Baby heart rate is steady anout 136. Attached is a photo of the patient computer.

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Doc arrived

doc white was just in and she is measuring 2cm. She tried to break the water but was not successful and was painful, she is going to try again once she dialates some more.

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Pitossin

just started.

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About to start pitossin

nurses changed shifts now and the new nurse is here to start the pitossin stuff. Doc white not here yet to break the water.

Of course erin has found the phone, I'm sure it won't be long before the word gets out and this phone will be ringing off the hook.

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Hospital Computer

Sweet, i was able to figure out how to get the computer here to access the mobile blog! I can see that the times posted here are an hour off, they are posting 1 hour ahead of eastern daylight from the treo...

Iv woes

well, the one nurse tried two times to get the iv in but was not successful so she had to call one of the other nurses in to do it...iv is now in. babies heart rate is about 160s now, she is very active and moving around a lot. They have a computer in here that I will have to experiment with to see if I have access to the inet, would be easier to type on there than on the treo!

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Checked in

we are in the birthing room now at clarian north, the first time we have delivere here, and it is a very nice facility, seems more like a nice hotel actually. Babys heart rate is pretty high in the 180's, pretty high aparently. They are doing some bloodwork now, good time for me to go get some coffee!

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The day begins

well, we are off to the hospital and only 6 minutes behind schedule! We both slept like rocks. Will update when we get settled in.

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