Oh Henry!

Oh he's just such a great baby and sleeps most of the time. This is good since mom's still recovering from the surgery. Here's a few pictures and you can also find him on the cradle roll at averasacredheart.com.

You can see just how smooshed he was in my belly. This is approximately how he was positioned. His feet were up by his face and his neck was tilted to the left with his left shoulder smashing into his neck. Doesn't really look to comfortable to me. No wonder he wanted to come out early! Flexible hips really help with diaper changing time as well...bonus

He's here!

Well we weren't expecting him this soon, but we're very proud of our little Henry Alexander. He was born Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 10:47 a.m. On Friday we found out the baby was breeched. Dr. Eichfeld said we had until this Tuesday to decide if we wanted to attempt a version to turn the baby or to just do a c section. Either way, this was going to be done on Friday the 30th.
Around 6:00 Saturday morning I began to feel stronger contractions and thought my water was beginning to leak. We timed the contractions at 11 minutes. Just before 8:00 and after a quick shower we called the hospital. They suggested to come in right away.
By 9:00 the contractions were about 6 minutes apart and becoming stronger. When the doctor checked me for dilation he thought he felt a foot...oh no! We began to get ready for the c section and he was born just a short time later.
He was 8 pounds 3 ounces and measured 19 1/4 inches long. He's a great baby and is very content just hanging out as long as his pants are clean and has a full belly. We've had some visitors and it's interesting to see who they think he looks like. Today he's looking more like Marc, but when he was first born looked like a Swatek. Either way I'm sure he'll grow up to be a handsome fellow! Will update more with pictures when they get downloaded.
Take care,
Marc, Lorie, and Baby Henry

On Saturday Marc and I were cleaning up the yard. Strutter was really interested in one of the calves. She was pretty brave and even got nose to nose with this one. But I'm not so sure she'd be so brave if she were on the other side of the fence!

Easter at the Swatek Farm

The Swatek family is growing every year. Holidays fill the house plenty. It was fun having everyone together. We got the kids outside for an egg toss. It turned up with the kids throwing eggs at their mothers! Egg dying is also a tradition at grandma's house. It's fun to see all the kids get together. Cale ended up taste-testing the water a few times I think.

36 weeks

So here's the baby belly again. As you can see, the babe's still pretty high. I went to the doctor on Friday, but she said I was still at a zero. Not too comfortable for me, but good for the babe. He/she's still moving around regularly so there seems to be plenty of room in there. I beg to differ.

On the homestretch

We're down to the final month. I'm now scheduled to visit the doctor every week. Today the little one's heart rate average was 135. She said it had variance as it was going quickly, slowly, and then would quicken up again, which she said was good. Also, since this was the lowest it's been all along, she said that was ok since the baby's getting bigger.

30 days makes it seem doable

However, thinking of all the work-related items that need to be completed before this baby decides to make it's entrance seems daunting. Ideally I'll only need to be gone from work for the last two weeks of school. However, I've still got to write lesson plans for these last few weeks, get my classroom in a semi-neat order for the sub, and let the new summer school teacher know what to expect. Oh yeah, and put in 8-10 hours of unexpected extra time on a class I decided to pay credit for. Yuck. This weekend looks busy. Hopefully on Friday, the doctor tells me this little one is staying put for awhile.