Ella Grace Goodrich was born on 2/3/08 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ at 11:11 am. She weighed 7lbs. 8 oz. and measured 20.5 inches in length. The adventure began Saturday evening at 10:45 pm after we returned from Julia's belated birthday dinner celebration at 'The Melting Pot'. Several theories abound; however, one could attribute Julia's water braking early (37 wks, 2 days) to the fact that she decided to treat her lactose intolerant digestive system to a boat load of cheese fondue. Fortunately Betty, Daren and Hunter (Julia's sister, brother-in-law and nephew) were with us to care for Deacon and help organize our trip to the hospital. We checked into the hospital at 12:00 midnight and spent the next 10 hours trying to speed up Julia's contractions. Even with the help of oxytocin and some very impressive pushing from Julia, the doctors were concerned that they may have to perform a C-section. At 10:45 am they said they had 20 minutes or else.... and 10 minutes later the room was scrambing for final delivery preparations. Having not slept since Friday evening, Julia's stamina in the 11th hour was amazing. There was some additional excitement near the end, as doctors discovered that Ella had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (3-times). Before we had time to get scared, Ella was out of danger's way and on the warming pad. It's hard to call something that happens so frequently a miracle, but witnessing/experiencing child birth is nothing short of miraculous. The doctors said that Julia lost a lot of blood during the delivery, and she is obviously very sore - but otherwise both mommy and daughter are well. We feel incredibly blessed to have Ella join our family and look forward to introducing showing her off to our friends and family in the weeks and months ahead. The guestrooms are ready for you!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Baby Goodrich Arrives Ahead of Schedule!
Ella Grace Goodrich was born on 2/3/08 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ at 11:11 am. She weighed 7lbs. 8 oz. and measured 20.5 inches in length. The adventure began Saturday evening at 10:45 pm after we returned from Julia's belated birthday dinner celebration at 'The Melting Pot'. Several theories abound; however, one could attribute Julia's water braking early (37 wks, 2 days) to the fact that she decided to treat her lactose intolerant digestive system to a boat load of cheese fondue. Fortunately Betty, Daren and Hunter (Julia's sister, brother-in-law and nephew) were with us to care for Deacon and help organize our trip to the hospital. We checked into the hospital at 12:00 midnight and spent the next 10 hours trying to speed up Julia's contractions. Even with the help of oxytocin and some very impressive pushing from Julia, the doctors were concerned that they may have to perform a C-section. At 10:45 am they said they had 20 minutes or else.... and 10 minutes later the room was scrambing for final delivery preparations. Having not slept since Friday evening, Julia's stamina in the 11th hour was amazing. There was some additional excitement near the end, as doctors discovered that Ella had her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (3-times). Before we had time to get scared, Ella was out of danger's way and on the warming pad. It's hard to call something that happens so frequently a miracle, but witnessing/experiencing child birth is nothing short of miraculous. The doctors said that Julia lost a lot of blood during the delivery, and she is obviously very sore - but otherwise both mommy and daughter are well. We feel incredibly blessed to have Ella join our family and look forward to introducing showing her off to our friends and family in the weeks and months ahead. The guestrooms are ready for you!
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