He's Here!!

Zachary Daniel Dengler

December 4, 2008

9:38pm

20 inches 7lbs 11ozs

I was in labor for 14 hours and only 3cm dilated!! They then decided it would be best to do a c-section. I was never so relieved!! He is a wonderful baby and so happy. We could not be more happy. I will be sure to keep everyone updated on his progress. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and well wishes.

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!

Thats right, tomorrow we will be inducing labor!! 6am, I will be hooked up and ready to go!! So the next time you read, I will be informing you about the labor!

Another DAY at the hospital

No need to fear, everything is OK. Third week in a row and I am ONLY 1 cm dialited!!! My doctor showed a little bit of concern though - she noticed that there was a lot of fluid around the baby, making me a little bigger than I probably should be. So after my appointment so had me go down to labor and delivery for a NST (non-stress test) and sonogram to measure the fluid. Jason came up and I was there from 10:15 - 1:45! We discovered the the baby has a healthy heartbeat and I am still having contractions but not feeling them. The sonogram showed that my fluid levels are high on the normal side. Meaning the highest your levels should be to be normal are 22.6, mine was at 22. So now I have to go every week and have these tests done to make sure that everything is OK. At least until the baby is born. The doctor is just worried that the baby is "floating" and not getting into the proper position because he can't. The good news though is that someone who has high fluid levels tends to deliver early because of the excess weight on the uterus. I hope so!!

He looks like Daddy!!

That's right, we have a little Jason clone! In the pictures, you may not see it as well as we did at the doctors, but the baby has Jason's nose, and his lips. They took some measurements, and we will have a definite weight guess within the week, but our doctor seems to think that he is already at around 7 1/2 pounds. He does have some of me in him though - he never stopped moving his mouth - like he was trying to talk!! And that may be why he gets the hiccups all the time. He is such a Burleson / DeVoe!! We LOVE to talk!!

Profile of his head

A look up at his face. You can see his mouth and right up his nose!!

We're Dialating!!

Ok, so don't get too excited yet. We are a whole 1cm! I was excited though, because my last visit showed no signs of moving forward. So the doctor seems to think that we are right on track for an on time delivery. 19 more days! I am starting to swell up pretty good though. I no longer have visible knuckles in my fingers and my ankles are getting worse each day. This last month has been a pistol!! On a happier note, I went shopping with my sister - in - law yesterday for baby stuff that we need before he comes .You know, breast pump, butt cream, sheets - the basics!! Pretty much up-date now, hopefully something exciting will happen soon!!

Pics

Meant to post some baby shower pics!!

Shower at Mom's

Jason winning one of his MANY prizes for the shower games!

The girls at our couples shower

Its all over

Well, I had my 4th and final baby shower last night - in fact, it was a couples shower. Which mostly means girls upstairs, guys downstairs!! When it was time for games and gifts we brought Jason up to join - he won every single game!! He guessed the amount of diapers in the diaper cake, how much ribbon it would take to go around me, it was hysterical!! Wish more of my friends could have made it, but I had a great time either way.
Now we are just counting down - 3 more weeks to go!!