Sunday, May 31, 2009

Bradley Ryan is Finally Here!

Our little boy, Bradley Ryan, was born on May 20th at 1:46pm. He weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Gratefully the delivery was very easy. Since Bradley is my second child, my doctor felt I was very favorable to be induced. I'm so glad I was! I was already 4cm dilated when we got to the hospital and before the potocin was even started. I was given an epidural before I felt any major contractions and Bradley was born shortly after that.

I was a little worried about how Carly would react to having a baby brother, but I've been pleasantly surprised at how well she is adjusting to him. When she sees Bradley she gets really happy and says, "baby brother". She is a little sensitive at times and has had some potty training issues, but I've been told this is pretty normal. I also found her the other day in Bradley's car seat with his pacifier in her mouth!





There was a one in four chance that Bradley would be born deaf like Carly. Jay and I were prepared either way, but Bradley did pass the hearing screening at the hospital!

2 comments:

heidi said...

yeah! so exciting. hope all is still going great. can't wait to see you in less than two weeks

Anonymous said...

Oh he is so cute, I love the pict of Carly holding him. Yay that he passed the hearing test, that is wonderful!