Meet Jase Henry...

We are so happy to have this little guy join our family!

7lbs 10 oz

 

 I will try to write his birth story in its entirety here...so anyone is welcome to skip all the details:)

We were scheduled for an induction because unlike my other pregnancies...I was not super progressed and Christmas was drawing closer.  We wanted to try to avoid having his birthday on Christmas or as close to it as possible. 

This pregnancy had me feeling a little more anxious.  I just couldn't get comfortable with going to our small town hospital where we have had our other two babies, so we decided to leave our doctor (whom we really loved) and try a doctor in Boise and the big hospital. So Tuesday morning we went to Boise and left our other two kids with Cory's parents.  We got things started at around 8:00 am.  We loved our nurse! She was so great. She told us how our doctor had a reputation of being "efficient" and he really likes to get things rolling.  So he started me on Pitocin at a 6 (most doctors start at a 1 or a 2).  By 10:30 I had an epidural and things were looking pretty good- we were most likely going to have our little baby at around 12:00.  Then the nurse started to feel around and move the heart rate monitor and then she just slipped the oxygen mask on me.  She said his heart rate was dropping but she didn't seem worried so we stayed pretty calm too.  Then all of a sudden she hurried and called the doctor with a little bit of urgency.  He was literally in the room in less than 7 minutes--he walked in, looked at the monitors, slipped into his gloves and jacket as he sat down, checked me and said "Oh good, you are a 10.  Push."

Ok.

Three contractions and less than 3 minutes later...our handsome little baby boy was born. 

 

The doctor told me I could lift him onto my chest after his head crowned and apparently the cord had been wrapped around his neck (which was the reason for his heart rate dropping). Our doctor was so "efficient" and composed that we didn't feel like this was a stressful situation at all.  I think that had our nurse not been on top of her game things could have potentially progressed to something a little more serious.  We felt quite reassured that had been the reason we needed to go to Boise this time.

I'm so grateful for the Holy Ghost's influence in our lives.

 

Jase was quite healthy looking when he was born.  He looked so tiny to us but he was our biggest baby yet...weighing in at 7lbs and 10 oz.  He had such a furrowed little brow.  It didn't really 'un-furrow' until a day or two later either. 

One of the biggest miracles of a new baby is how much a mom can love that baby right away.  I always kind of wonder if I will have to share the love that is in my heart but each time I realize that the capacity to love just grows and intensifies with each new member of our family.  I loved Jase right away...even if we didn't know what we were going to name him.

Ellie and Brig were not the biggest fans of the hospital and only stayed for a few minutes. Other than the big brother and big sister, our visitors were my parents and Aunt Monica and Aunt Sydney, and Cory's parents, a random second or third cousin that happened to be at the hospital and our good friend Scott, who helped give Jase a blessing.

 

 

Jase had low blood sugar when he was born and had to have his blood tested so many times (he had blood drawn probably about 9 times!) His little heels still have marks from the needles.  Thankfully, after a blessing and trying to get lots of milk in this sweet boy, we were cleared to go home the next morning. 

 

 

We had the ok to go home, but we still didn't have a name.  That is kind of important! We had several names that we were considering but finally decided on Jase Henry.  I wanted a name that seemed relaxed and laid back- and as sweet as this new baby!

 

 

We are all so grateful to have baby Jase a member of our family and he is loved to pieces! Especially by his big brother and sister!!!