Monday, May 2, 2011

Henry Dean Richins



Henry was born yesterday at 6:51 pm. He weight in at 8lbs 11oz and measure 19.5" long. UMC is recording his birth weight at 8lbs 7oz but I have a picture of his actual weight.. ha! The labor was the opposite of Maggie, who came under great duress. Our nurse, Pat, was wonderful. Her philosophy was to wait for the baby to come down the canal on his own. Her water broke around 4pm while the nurse was measuring her. She was surprised by the amount of fluids... she kept saying, "oh, my!" as more and more fluids poured out. Henry was patiently waiting and the nurse told Sara to relax and try not to push until Dr. Harter arrived. When the doctor arrived it was only a few pushes. The doctor and nurse were coaching Sara to not push hard. Henry's head came out and the Doctor let her reach down and touch his raisin head as it appeared. Soon his little body was out completely. I quickly cut the cord and the nurses were patting him down and taking measurements. When the Doctor pulled out the placenta (sorry no picture) he remarked how large and healthy it was. It was about the size of Henry and Dr. Harter put his hands in the sack to stretch it out to get a better idea of its size, remarking, "Look at the size of that swimming pool." Undoubtedly he was enjoying a good life inside the womb. We got to hold Henry and Sara breast feed him which made it a wonderful experience. After a half hour the nurses took him away to nursery.... more to come....

In the waiting room

Sara's badge with time and date

Hospital decor

Henry's real birth weight

Little hand

Nurse Pat

First contact

Dr Harter

18 comments:

  1. That's a good looking baby. Congrats!

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  2. He is so cute! Congratulations! My Dad grew up with Dr. Harter- they were friends in high school. (He saw me reading your blog just now and was like "HEY! I know him!")

    Small world!

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  3. HOORAY!! It sounds like it was a great labor and delivery! I'm so glad it went to smoothly! He is oh so beautiful. Hooray for a great photographer as a dad! We can't wait for more pictures!

    (Do you think I used enough exclamation points??)

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  4. What a beautiful gift and way to bring Spring into full bloom. Cheers to you all!

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  5. What a handsome little guy! Congrats! How weird that the hospital recorded his weight differently. Good thing you got that photo! :) Hope everyone is resting and enjoying the newest Richins!

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  6. YAY!!! Congrats to all of you. What a beautiful baby boy! Love the name too:)

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  7. YAY for Henry to be here! We can't wait to meet him! What an adorable baby he is! Blake usually doesn't think newborns are very cute, but he had only good things to say about Henry :) (that is quite a compliment ha)...LOVE U GUYS!!!

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  8. Wohoo!!! Congratulations. :) He is beautiful.

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  9. He is so beautiful!!! I am so glad it was such a good experience! It's heartening to read, because I'll be experiencing it myself soon. ;)

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  10. He is ADORABLE! And I love the name Henry - congrats!!

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  11. So adorable! He is so beautiful you guys. I cannot wait to see him in person...and hold him. Thank you for all the pictures Stanford. I figured there was no way there would be pictures up already so didn't even check blogs this morning...DUMB me. I cannot stop thinking about you. So, in honor I just keep sewing bibs. Love you guys so stinkin much!

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  12. Congratulations! He is beautiful and I'm so happy that the delivery was a good one. Very happy news!

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  13. Congratulations!! He is so handsome - and I love his name :)

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  14. Congrats you guys. He is a cutie. Brady weighed the same amount. Get some rest and enjoy this precious time. I am sure Maggie will be a great big sister. We are so happy for you. Can't wait to see more great pics.

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  15. Geez, is it just me or was that description a little graphic?!

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  16. YAY! CONGRATS fro Little Henry! He's adorable! You guys make cute babies!!

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  17. I had to look back at Maggie when she was born to see how much they looked a like. I can see a resemblance but Henry looks like his own little cute self. I am so happy for Sara that things went so smoothly! Enjoy :)

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  18. I think he has a family look to him. He is beautiful. Joy was 8 lb. 11 oz. too, but she was 22 inches long. We love the name too. . .Bob is Robert Dean so we think Dean is a great name around here and I love Henry!! Congrats to all!! I hope Cindy's having a ball cuddling that newborn and taking care of all of you. Enjoy, enjoy!!

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