He's Here

Henry is here! He arrived on Friday morning April 11th at 12:56 am. He is fine and healthy and weighed 7lb15oz and was 20 inches long. We went in on the 10th for an induction. I was given medication at about 12:30 and things were going kind of slow. My water broke about 3:00 and things progressed very fast from there. By 4:30 I had dilated to a 9 which came as a surprise to everyone. At this point I still had not had an epidural and was in quite a bit of pain. I received the epidural about 6:00 and that was the greatest relief. We waited a few hours hoping the baby would move down and reduce the amount of pushing required. This did not happen so we moved on to pushing. I pushed for about 3 hours and Henry was right there but just would not come out. About 12:15 we decided to move on to a c section. Ashlea was with me the whole time as well as her husband, my husband and my son. Of course once we move to the OR it was just me and Ashlea. I tell you, that little boy coming out and hearing that cry was the greatest sound on earth.