Baby Isaac is Here!!

Our baby boy is now here. His name is Isaac Leif Erickson. He was born on April 18, 2008 at 1:59 pm. He was 7 lbs 15 oz and 20.5" long. He was born as a c-section because he was breach. We came home on Monday evening from the hospital and now have about a day at home with him. He is such a blessing. Regina is doing well in her recovery but it will be slow going for her for a while. Below are pictures that we took at the hospital of Isaac and from the day we came home. Enjoy!!

One of the first photos....

Eyes open to see the new world.

How Isaac sleeps. Regina says it is the way Zach sleeps.

Time to go home.

Final Picture!

We found out Tuesday that manually turning the baby is not an option since my placenta is in the front and there's a risk it will detach during the turn. So we are scheduled to have a c-section tomorrow at 1:30. This will officially be our last time blogging about our pregnancy. The next blog you read will have our beautiful baby in it! We are excited to find out if we have a boy or a girl!

I'm still a little nervous but Zach will be by my side and I know that this is God's plan for us. We both want a safe and healthy delivery of this little one and I am willing to do anything in order to have that happen. I am also willing to do anything in order to no longer be pregnant! I love feeling this baby move inside of me but I would like to start sleeping in my bed and to be able to walk normally again. So I am sad, but ready to share this baby with the world!

Please pray for us tomorrow! Zach is feeling a little under the weather and could use God's healing hand before he walks in the operating room tomorrow. I am still afraid of needles and a little weary of the needle in the back. Also, once the baby is born, I want Zach to go to the nursery with him/her so I will be by myself while the doctors are stitching me back together.

Below are pictures of our nursery which we officially put finishing touches on tonight. Our little one has a room of it's own! Also below is my final picture being pregnant. Zach says I'm huge and I definitely feel huge! We look forward to introducing our little one in a few days!

38 weeks!

We went to the doctor on Tuesday and she couldn't confirm that baby's head was down so we had to have another ultrasound. Unfortunately, we now know that baby is breech and will have to make a decision this week on whether to try to manually turn baby or if we will just schedule a c-section. I'm not sure how I feel about this, I'm a little scared because if we have the c-section I will have to have an epidural and I'm afraid of needles. Plus it's major surgery! I'm disappointed because I really wanted to try to have a vaginal birth. But over all, I want our baby to be healthy and to arrive safely. The ultrasound did show baby is healthy, weighing approximately 7 pounds, 8 ounces. That's bigger than Zach or I expected! Baby also has some hair, is practicing breathing on its own, and has shown us it can stick it's tongue out! We have uploaded the picture of baby sticking out the tongue! It's a little hard to see but baby's head is clear to the right. Its head is surrounded by arms, feet, and the umbillical cord.

I also now know why I am so uncomfortable and why my ribs hurt all the time. Baby's hands and feet are right on my rib cage and baby's head is also very close to my ribs. At least I know there is an end in sight and we will have this beautiful baby in our arms very soon. We'll keep you updated on what we find out this week.

Below is my week 38 picture, possibly my last! I look forward to uploading baby pictures very soon!