She is HOME!

Sophie is home and doing extremely well! Here are some of the cute pictures we have taken of her...

Our story!

On Monday, May 17, I had an appointment with Dr Busch. He told me that everything looked good, I was 4 cm dilated and that Sophie could be here at any time. Since I had been feeling so good I continued working until Thursday, May 20th, I got a phone call during class from my doctor. He was surprised that Sophie was still cooking and afraid that she might sneak out without me knowing it. So, he asked me to visit him that afternoon for a quick check. After the school bell rang, I tried to make a few last preparations for a sub (just in case), gathered my things, picked up Josh, and headed to see Dr. Busch. He told me that I was 5cm dialated, in labor, and to get to the hospital. Josh and I couldn't believe it because I hadn't been feeling contractions! At 4pm, Josh and I quickly ran home to pack our bag and then left to get checked into the hospital. By 6pm, I was hanging out in our room and 6cm dialated. Surprisingly, I still was not really feeling contractions. Even the nurses were surprised because I was laughing and completely relaxed during "labor". Around 9pm, they gave me pitocin because my contractions were not progressing. An hour later the nurse informed me that the pitocin wasn't working the way they wanted it to so at around 10pm my doctor came in and broke my water. Once my water had been broken, I finally began to feel the contractions. I did my best to breathe through them for about 45 minutes, however around 11pm I gave up and got an epidural. We had been at work all day we were exhausted by that point and we also knew that we still had a lot of work to do, so we tried to relax. As we were waiting for me to progress, my blood pressure started to drop and I had to go on oxygen up until it was time to push. Unfortunately, the epidural lowered my blood pressure to much so I had to be on oxygen until it was time to push. Finally, 1am rolled around and I got the a-okay to start pushing. I labored with our mothers and Josh by my side until 3:41am... at that moment we met our daughter, Sophie Lee Henderson, for the first time. She is the most precious little girl and we feel so blessed to have such a happy healthy baby.

Sophie Lee

Our HAPPY Family!

Sophie Lee Henderson is HERE!

We welcomed Sophie Lee Henderson into the world on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 3:41am. She weighed 7 pounds and 5 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Our daughter is the most beautiful little girl we have ever seen!!

36 Weeks

Here are some more pictures of our beautiful daughter at 36 weeks.

We can't wait for this little girl to get here!

Almost 37 Weeks...

and everything is going well! Since I have gestational diabetes we go to have Non Stress Tests and Biophysical Profile Ultrasounds every week along with our regular doctors visits. According to the tests and ultrasounds, Sophie is growing wonderfully and doing all of the things that she is supposed to be doing. Our doctor is very happy with our progress and has even predicted that she will be here soon. What do you think? When will our little girl get here? Leave a message and let us know what YOU think!

Sophie's 34 and 35 Week Photo Shoot

The ultrasound techs have done a great job capturing some adorable shots of Sophie these past couple weeks. Soph finds a lot of comfort in keeping her hands and arms close to her face so we have lots of cute pictures with her pudgy fingers as well. Check out the little dimples on her knuckles!
34 weeks! Look at those adorable lips!

35 Weeks!

Sophie's Room

Taa-Daa! Her room is just about complete!! We have a couple finishing touches to add to her room but over all we are very pleased with the way it has turned out.