Origina of Uma's Name

Both Uma's first and middle name have many meanings, and Tina and I chose them because to us her names mean:

Uma - Light
Bela - The sea shore

Together, her name means light of the sea shore

Welcome Uma Bela Ehrig

Uma was born at 7:05pm EDT on 6/2/08 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. She weighed 6 lb 11.8 oz and measured 20 inches in length.

Tina did a great job with the delivery and is recovering nicely now. We will stay in the hospital through Wednesday.

More to come soon

Slowly but surely progressing

Tina is having regular contractions and all of that good stuff, but it's going slower than we had hoped and as of 1pm she's still just 4cm dilated. After that I found the snack bar and bought a pound of gummy bears and swalled them whole. Washed it down with a nice caffeine free DC.

We are expecting the doctor to come back somewhere in the neighborhood of 3pm to check her again. Judging by her pattern of contractions now vs 1pm, she must be making progress.

Water is broke (manually)

Dr. Knoer came in and broke her water around 9:50am. It's now 10:42am and she's feeling relaxed and closing her eyes. I turned on some Norah Jones for her and turned down the lights. The contractions are coming regularly and she's getting 10 miliunits/minute of Pitocin.



We also took the opportunity to sign up for Cord Blood Registry, the cord blood banking site. Hopefully we'll never have to use it, but it's an insurance policy we feel is worth it.



This hospital visit is so different from Rohan's birth. Getting induced is a strange experience, although honestly more comfortable (at least for me). Last time there was so much anticipation, a bit of fear, and in general everything was unknown. This time it's kind of like a scheduled plan, and step by step they increase the Pitocin and guide her along. It's kind of like its scripted.

Epidural is in

9:15am epidural went in. She got a bit dizzy but is doing OK. Dr. Knoer is about to come back and break her water.

Started Pitocin

8:00am started Tina on Pitocin, which forces her uterus to start contracting. They start out with small doses and gradually pick it up. Shortly our OB/GYN Dr. Knoer will come and check Tina's dilation and then we'll start her on an epidural.

Arrived at the hospital

7:17am checked in. Labor and Delivery Room 14 at Piedmont Hospital. Getting hooked onto monitors now.