Saturday, January 31, 2009

Harper West Gatlin

















Harper with his daddy, and grandparents (Lollie and Pop).
Well, I was admitted into the hospital at 9 pm on Tuesday, January 27th for an induction. After 5 hours of labor, contractions occuring every two minutes without any drugs, the Dr broke my water. Harper became intolerable of the contractions and his heart rate began to drop. They placed me on oxygen and monitered Harper internally. He was still unstable so they decided to do a C-section. Harper was born on Wednesday morning at 5:53 am. He weighed 8.5 lbs and is 21 inches long..... A BIG BOY!!!! He had a heart murmur, but as of Friday, it has disappeared! Thank GOD!!!! He is healthy and strong! He looks just like his daddy. There is no resembelance of me except his length.... We are truly blessed and could not ask for more!!! Harper has his first appointment with his pediatrician on Monday morning, so we are looking forward to that....

2 comments:

Gaitha said...

Oh!!I love him already!! He does look just like dave. Now you know how I feel, Emma looks just like her daddy except with my brown hair...haha. I am so glad yall are doing good!I am very sorry you had to have a c-section though, but atleast you will have plenty of help with family back to back...I will hold him the whole week I'm there if need be:)Can't wait to see yall and meet mr. Harper!

The Callaways said...

so sweet!! how are you you feeling?