Henry Dean Poe

Well, our little wonder finally joined the world at 5:17pm (1717 military time) on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. He weighed in at 7 lbs 9 oz and was 20 1/2" long.

We<> was in labor for 10 hours. We went in on Monday evening to be induced...they put some medicine up behind my cervix to help me start to dialate. I was experiencing pretty consistant contractions at 7 am tuesday...4 mins apart lasting about 1 min. The doctors gave me some pitocin to help get the contractions closer together. I was dialated 3 cm at 8 am...by 11 am I was dialated 5 cm, then at 1 pm I was dialated a full 10 cm. I was ready for baby to come out. We tried pushing then, but Henry's heartrate would drop too much so we had to wait for Henry to make his way down the birth canal by himself...the doctor suspected maybe the cord was wrapped around his neck. So about 4:45 pm the nurse asked what we would like to do...try pushing or wait for Henry to keep coming down on his own...I said "I want to see/hold my baby." So Amanda had one leg, Brad had the other and together we pushed...I could feel the contractions even though they gave me an epidural...I couldn't lay on my left side because Henry's heartrate would drop...so the right side was getting all the medicine. So when it came to pushing I knew when because I could feel the contractions. I had to lay on my right side between contractions to help Henry get his heartrate back up from pushing. We did it!!! Henry came out with a little help of the vacuum extractor but doesn't have a cone head or a bruise from it. He has beautiful blonde hair and very big hands!! He has such a grip and is barely 3 days old.

I will post pictures in a little bit. We are having lunch soon...and Henry will too :) Sorry for the delay...

Brad and I are doing great for first time parents...having only had Henry home for one night so far. He is the most beautiful baby boy! He was healthy and happy to join our family. We have been busy trying to figure out what to do with a newborn. Henry has been doing really well.