Bryson David Allen

Bryson David Allen

 

On Sunday, August 19th, 2012 I was scheduled for an induction. We arrived at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center at 6:10 AM ready to see Bryson. We were taken to room 514 by Mindy. They had the room decorated with a bunch of signs of encouragement. Charles and I got settled in and our nurses Heidi and Stephanie came in to get everything started. The IV was started at 7:00 AM and I was started on Penicillin G because I was Group B positive. They had to give me four hours of antibiotics before they could start the Pitocin. At 11:00 AM the Pitocin was started at a slow amount. I had started dilation at 3 cm,80% effaced,and at a -1 station. At 11:30 Shannon and Kaitlin Hickman arrived. By 12:00 PM I had started regularly contracting. Kaitlin sat beside me the whole time and held my hand. She was a great support person. At 12:45 PM Dr Warner came and broke my water which was meconium. I was then dilated to 4 cm and completely effaced. I then decided to get the epidural and Dr. Phil Groesbeck immediately came in, and I received my epidural at 1:00 PM. The only problem is by this time my body was quickly changing. By 1:30 I was complete and ready to start pushing. They had me start pushing at 1:35 PM and Bryson David Allen was born at 1:50 PM. He weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches. He had a hard time getting going, so they gave him oxygen. He was still having problems with his oxygen and was a little blue, so they took him to the NBICU. I was only able to hold him for a minute before they took him. While there they started an IV and gave him a bolus of fluid and continued to watch and evaluate him. By 3:00 PM I was done with my recovery and they took me over to the NBICU to see him. When I got there to see him, they were just waiting for the doctor to come and write the order for him to be moved to the regular Newborn nursery. I was very relieved to hear that. They then took me downstairs and he was down in the nursery by 4:00 PM. They then got him cleaned up and he was finally able to come in with me which was long awaited for. I was so excited to finally hold him and have some time with him.

 

 Taking a quick look before they take him to the NICU.

 

 At the NICU

 

 He loved his Binki

 

 They had to keep him wrapped up so he wouldn't pull out his IV.

 

 Finally down to the Newborn Nursery

 

 His first bath

 

 All clean and ready to go see mom

 

 Finally getting my mommy bonding time

 

 Such a happy Father

 

 

Tiffany Hanson holding Bryson



August

Cousins Sleepover

 



June

Karlies End of the Year Dance Performance

For this performance they did A Day at the Circus. Karlies class was poodles. They looked so cute!!!

 

 

 

Spanish Fork Splash Pad

 

 

 

Swimming Lessons

 

 



May

Karlies Preschool Graduation #2

Karlie loves going to Mrs. Amys Preschool. She made a lot of progress especially in her writing and social skills.

 

 

 

 

End of Second Grade for Crystal

Crystal loved first grade. Her teacher was Mrs. Olsen and she made a lot of friends.

 

 

 

Hogle Zoo With the Cousins

 

 

 



??Boy or Girl??

 

We went to Labor and Delivery to see what we were having. When we asked Crystal what she wanted, she would say, "I only want a healthy baby." She had heard us say that every time we were asked. When we asked Karlie, she said she wanted a girl. When we asked her what she would do if it was a boy she said, "I will put girl stickers on him." The only problem was he decided to only give us a quick glimpse. The rest of this time he was squatting or had the umbilical cord in between his legs. We were only partially sure he was a boy.