Colin "Tate" Murphy

1.Why did you have to be induced?

I started feeling bad on Sunday after church..I noticed a lot of swelling but just figured it was because I had done to much that morning. Monday I woke up and had more swelling..and felt horrible. I packed Jack up and went to Kroger to take my blood pressure..it was 142/90. I knew that preeclampsia was setting in. I called the Dr. and they had me come in. At the Dr.'s office my blood pressure was 160/100..but after laying down it went back to normal. They monitored me for a while..and decided I needed to do a 24 hour urine test. I took the test back on Wednesday..my blood pressure was still high. The Dr. told me to go home and rest because she figured we would be inducing Friday. The Dr. called me about 1:30pm with the test results..and the protein in my urine was sky high. So, they would have to start inducing that day because preeclampsia had set in.

2.How was labor?

They started inducing me about 10pm on a slow drip. At 4:30am I started feeling some contractions..and at 5am they started the pitocin on a strong drip and would keep increasing it. At 8am I got the epidural. I was dilated to almost 6cm and the contractions were hurting very badly and my blood pressure was increasing. Around 11 I started pushing and Tate was born! The labor was great..and believe it or not..I would do it again! (but I think we will adopt) ;)

3.How much did he weigh/length?

He weighed 7lbs. 12 ounces and 20.5 inches (he has the skinniest chicken legs!) October 18th.When we left the hospital he weighed 7lbs. 4 ounces.

4. Why are you all calling him Tate instead of Colin?

I really liked the name Colin..but after a friend suggested the name Tate...I fell in love with it. I didn't like how Tate Colin sounded though..so we decided to use Colin as the first name..but call him Tate. We waited until we saw him and as soon as I saw him I knew it was Tate.

5.How am I feeling?

I am feeling amazing. I am getting sleep (some)..and I feel SO much better than I did when I had Jack. I was so swollen with Jack that I think that made me feel horrible. But I feel great..but still trying to take it east.

6. How is Tate sleeping?

He has seriously been in a coma-state the first 8 days of life..I would have to wake him to nurse every 2 1/2..3 hours..today he finally started waking up more every 3 hours to nurse! At night he will go a 4 hour stretch which is awesome! He's the best ;)

7.How is Big Brother Jack doing?

He is loving all the attention..we've had lots of family up and he's getting spoiled but that is okay! He asks for Tate all the time..he wants to touch him, hold him, etc..he's amazing!! However, last week he started running a fever..and not feeling well. Today his fever came back..so I'm pretty sure his 2 year molars are coming in.

8. Did I go Black Friday shopping?

No ;) But my sweet, amazing, awesome husband did!!!! I decided to get a cheap laptop at Wal-Mart (when you have 2 boys running around you don't need anything expensive ;)..I love having a laptop..it will make blogging easier.

We love being a family of 4..Michael is the greatest Dad..it melts my heart to see him with his boys. They couldn't possibly have a better role model..I am so happy, and thankful for my amazing little family. My heart is so full. I'll post more now I promise ;) My Mom is coming up this week and I can't wait to spend time with her.