New Baby Arrival! Clara Makes Her First Appearance
April 24, 2008 by Adam
Well since Heather is still in the hospital with our newest addition, I'm the one that gets to give everyone the big news. We had our baby, and it was a girl. We named her Clara Jane. She was 9 pounds 6.5 ounces and 20 and 3/4 inches long.
She and Heather are doing quite well. This c-section was so much different from our other children! Normally they are delivered, the doctor holds them up for 2 seconds, says congratulations, and they run them off to put them on oxygen, pump them full of sugar, stab them a thousand times to check their blood sugar, and try a million and one places to put an IV in that they won't pull out.
However, today was the complete opposite. She came out screaming pretty well. They did the basic tests and then just casually brought her over and said that I could hold her until we were ready to move out of surgery. Her blood sugar was a little on the low side, which we have come to expect with our babies, but it picked up after we got a little food in her tummy (It is still just a tad low for "normal" kids (60s instead of 70s), but we were absolutely fine with the levels compared to what we went through with the others).
Heather should be out of the hospital with Clara by Saturday. Thank you to everyone for their prayers during the pregnancy.
More pictures in the image gallery .
Your Comments
- Natalie Wheeler made this comment on April 29, 2008
Hey Heather & Adam,
We're very excited for you! Congratulations on your new little one. We wonder if down the road when it comes time for us to have our next child, if we're going to follow the tradition of having another girl :-) Ha! Ha! Good Luck! - Michelle made this comment on April 26, 2008
thanks for posting the picts - wishing you the best! - Kara made this comment on April 24, 2008
Congratulations! How exciting to actually get to hold your new baby (ours are always wisked away too)- I love the name as well. Glad everyone is doing well.
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