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.

Induction Set

We have our induction set for 4/10 at 7:30am. When I was at the doctor yesterday I had not started to dilate at all so this might be a long process. According to the doctor, it could take up to 3 days but either way, we are at the finish line.

Still Going

We are still going strong. We are a little over 3 weeks from our due date and no problems so far. At last check, 2 weeks ago, Henry was weighing in at 5 lb 9 oz. We will have one final ultrasound next week to get final measurements. He should be over 6 1/2 to 7 lbs by that point.

I'm a slacker

It has been a while since I have updated. Everything is going great, we are 27 weeks today. We had an ultrasound on Tuesday and Henry (if I haven't mentioned, that's the baby's name)was weighing in at 2lb 7oz and is 8 days ahead of schedule. He is going to be a big boy.
We are in the process of planning Ashlea's baby shower. That will be in early February. She is so excited. Henry already has a closet full of clothes!
Here is a picture of the handsome little man. I am one proud Grandma!

It's a ........

BOY

You could have knocked me over with a feather. I just knew it was a girl, so much for intuition.

Everything looked good, all of the test showed one perfect little boy. We were 17w4d and he measured 18w3d so he is still a little ahead of schedule.

Here are some gorgeous pictures of Ashlea and Bill's little man.

Check out this belly!

Here is a belly shot from 14 weeks, we are now 16w5d so it is probably even bigger by now. I have gained 10 pounds already and I think my belly is hugh to be 4 months. We find out on 11/12 what the sex is so be sure to check back. Ashlea and I have both taken that day off work. We will be doing a little baby shopping.

Today is my Birthday

So, today is my 51st birthday. Who would think about being pregnant at 51!! Actually it hasn't been that bad. I have had lots of things that I never had when I was pregnant at 21. Like heartburn and acid reflux so bad that sometimes I don't even want to eat because I know what is going to happen. My stomach muscles have been very sore, I never had this before but I understand it is from the muscles stretching. Other that fatigue, that is about it. The fatigue is much better than it was, I don't know that it will be back to 100% until the baby is born, after all I am 51, right? The good thing is that I have had NO morning sickness, not even a little, thank god for that. If I had to deal with the morning sickness on top of being extremely tired, I don't know that I would have made it through the day.