Baby Ty was born at 9:20 p.m., March 3, 2009. 20.75 inches long, 7 lbs.


Despite our incredible fatigue, my sweet husband has indulged my addiction to blogging, and spent the wee hours of the morning preparing this awesome video of our latest addition. We hope you enjoy! Ty William Bigelow was born on March 3rd, at 9:20 pm. The day began with a weekly appointment with our midwife. I was dilated to a SIX, 39 1/2 weeks along, and still not in labor. So we decided to strip the membranes, and get our little guy here. Well, I had a few contractions, but I could tell that things were still not really happening. I spent the day debating if I should get my water broken or not. It was an incredibly hard decision, as I like to do things as naturally as possible. But my excitement to meet my son won, and I went ahead and had my water broken at 6:00 pm. It still took a while for real contractions to get going, and I started to second guess my decision. But between 7:30 and 8:00, I could feel a real difference. Once the contractions kicked in, they didn't let up, and it was often overwhelming. But with the awesome support I received from my husband and doula, I was able to cope. Todd did exactly what I had told him to do. His main job was to tell me not to push, since I pushed out Magsy a little too quickly. At that moment I didn't really care that that was my goal, but in the long run, I was glad that he had kept me on the right track.
It is now shortly after 7:00 am, and I think we got about 2 hours of sleep last night. Our little guy REALLY wanted to be held. We are beyond excited to have Bronwyn and Magdalen come and meet their little brother later on this morning. We are also looking forward to our breakfast, which should arrive any moment now!