Introducing Braden Lee Burkholder!!!

He's finally here!! Amy went into the hospital last night at 4pm to be induced. She labored throughout the night until around 10am this morning but was only dilated to 4 centimeters. Although her contractions were strong they were too far apart for labor to progress properly. Amy was started on another drug pytosin sp? to try and get the contractions closer together. Although this did help speed up the contractions it also caused Bradens heart rate to drop which is not a good sign. Basically this meant that the placenta was wearing out and not providing enough blood and oxygen during the contraction. After 2 hours of contractions Amy hadn't dilated any further and her doctor said that it was her feeling that labor was not going to progress fast enough to keep Braden out of stress and that that actual pushing at the end of labor could cause an emergency. After talking it over with the doctor we all agreed that the best course of action would be to stop the medicine and do a c-section while Braden was still doing well. So that's what we did! The surgery went GREAT! Mom and Baby are doing very well. Braden was born at 2:40pm weighs 6lbs and is 20 inches long! Praise God for our baby boy! We are so grateful for everyones thoughts and prayers and for all of our supportive family and friends!