Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Brother Bear Has Arrived!

Our second son arrived early this morning at 12:57 a.m.  Erin did an excellent job, and did not require an epidural.  She started pitocin to augment her labor around 4.30pm.  At 10.30 she was 3 cm dilated.  Another check at 12.15 showed that she was 6 cm, progressing niceley.  It was at this time that she requested an epidural, thinking that she had quite a bit of time to continue the very strong contractions.  Fifteen minutes later, she said, "Something is not right."  In that short amount of time, she had come to 10 cm and it was too late for the epidural.  So, she started pushing, and 20 minutes later, Brother Bear was born.  Erin did a great job and we are enjoying our quiet time with our new son.  He is 20 inches long and weighed 8 lb 10 oz.  A name will follow later.  Thank you all for your prayers!
Cody

17 comments:

Meg and Tim said...

YAY!!! Baby boy 2! Congrats! Can't wait to hold him Friday! Erin - nice work ... 8lbs 10oz - you're a champ! Love y'all!

Katie said...

Very cute! Congrats!

Kimberly Macmurphy said...

YEAH! Congratulations!! I am so proud of you Erin for having an all natural VBAC. He's perfect.

Unknown said...

Well done Erin and Cody, well done! Best wishes to you all, can't wait to see you!

Denise said...

He is so adorable, and so long!!! (stating the obvious!). Can't wait to see the pictures of Sean meeting brother bear :)

CurtisKids said...

Ahhhh!! Congrats Erin and Cody! Awesome perseverance!

Jenny said...

So excited for you both and sending you hugs! YAY Erin...so glad it all went well and great coaching Cody! :)

Courtney said...

Congrats! He is just perfect!

Melissa L said...

He's beautiful!! Congratulations!! I'm also glad to see Cody rocking the Holland t-shirt and Sean rocking the game of Scrabble!! YESssssss!!!

Rachel Henderson said...

Beautiful!!! Erin!! You are amazing. Pitocin with no epidural! You're a demi-god or something. Wow. He's really, really cute. Congrats Groeber family.

Paul Reetz said...

Well done Erin! Congrats on your VBAC (I thought I'd never tell anyone that). We're so happy for you and are very excited to meet him. Hope all is well at home. Let us know when he's ready to meet people. Can't wait to see Shawn "on duty" with his little brother. Please name him soon! "Brother Bear" is so... no comment.
Love from the Reetz's

Paul Reetz said...

Cody. Way to go, Papa Bear!
I'm sure you were a great husband coach. Thanks for updating us so quickly.
Love from the Reetz's

The wallaces said...

Congratulations, and great job Erin!

B-Mama said...

Congratulations from the whole Gasperini crew--the boys and I loved seeing shots of your new BB. Way to go on the awesome labor, Erin! Au natural with pitocin and an almost 9lb'er?--you are my new hero, girl! Praise God for health all around. Many blessings from all of us

Michael and Ash said...

CONGRATS! Ash and I are thinking of you guys and can not wait to meet your new son. Love you guys!

sarah said...

Yay!!! Congrats Erin and Cody! He's beautiful! Can't wait to meet him!

Angelica Fahy said...

Congratulations!!!! I'm so proud of you, Erin!!