Introducing Hagen Bo Heflebower

Hagen has finally officially entered our lives and we couldn't be more in love! He is so sweet. I went in to be induced on Wednesday, March 21, 2012- already dilated to 5cm and my contractions had started. It seems that March 21 would have been the day he joined us anyway- I'm glad we already had it planned to go to the hospital that day! We arrived to the hospital at 6:45am and they began giving me fluids. At 7:45, my doctor broke my water. By 8:30, since things were not progressing really quickly, I was given pitocin. And at about 8:45, I had the epidural. My nurse said they were sort of just going to let things work on their own for a little while (since everytime you have a contraction, the baby descends a little bit). I had been feeling pressure and knew he was getting pretty low. At about 1:30, the nurse came in and said she would let me start trying to push. In the middle of that first push, she said "STOP!", she ran into the hallway and yelled for the doctor to come in. The whole crew ran in, got suited, and prepared for delivery! I was then told to give one more slow push and there he was! Thank goodness for an easy, easy delivery and recovery so far! I wish my first experience would have been this great!

Hagen has been an excellent baby! We went in this morning for his pediatrican check-up and everything is perfect.

Lyla has been such a caring and helpful big sister. She loves to kiss on Hagen. She has adjusted really well so far... the biggest difficulty she is facing is that she doesn't understand why I can't pick her up. She has had lots of time in my lap though... only a few more days and hopefully everything will be back to normal for her.