He's Here!!!!
Elijah was born at 3:04pm on 3/15/12
Weighed 8lbs and 0oz
And is 19.5" long
The before pictures....
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We are no longer Frazier Family of Four...
We are the Frazier Family of Five....
(and yes, the blog name will soon be changing!!)
(and yes, the blog name will soon be changing!!)
Our family is so excited for his arrival! Here's the extended story of his birth for those that are interested:
We arrived at Johnson City Medical Center at 6:00am on 3/15/12 for a scheduled induction. Kim was officially 39 weeks and 1 day. For various reasons the doctor thought it would be best to schedule the delivery at this time instead of going to full term or beyond. By 7:00 am we were in the room taking a few final belly pictures and meeting with the anesthesiologist about pain management options. Soon after we met Desiree who would be our primary nurse up through the delivery. After another hour or so of waiting and preparations, Terri (Kim's mom) and Dr. McCarthy arrived around 8-8:30am. Since Kim wasn't much more than 2-3cm dilated the decision was made to take things slow and postpone breaking her water to start labor until 12:00 pm.
With some extra time on our hands, Kim was given some "food" (apple juice, jello, and chicken broth) while Terri and Andy went to the cafeteria for a late breakfast around 10:00 am. Contractions were steady for the next 2 hours but relatively mild until Kim's water was broken. After that contractions began to increase in strength and frequency coming every 1-2 minutes from roughly 2:00 pm -3:00 pm. Kim spent some time standing and walking to relieve some of the pain. Terri and Andy helped as able by massaging her back. Then just before 3:00 pm it was "show time." :-)
As the pain increased and was becoming more frequent, Kim elected to try some minor IV pain medication to take some of "the edge" off the contractions. We think it was called "fentanyl," which helped some but made her feel nauseous. An additional medication was then given to relive the nausea and soon after that just a few minutes before 3:00 pm the contractions were coming hard and Kim was ready to push. The nurse told her to do her best not to push just yet because our doctor was on the floor helping to deliver another baby! Kim did great at holding off while other preparations were made to deliver the baby.
At almost 3:00 pm exactly Dr. McCarthy made it in for the final delivery preparations and gave Kim the green light to start pushing. Within maybe 2 pushes we could already see the head, and by 3:04 pm Elijah was out! Terri got to watch it all happen while Andy stood by Kim offering a hand to squeeze and wiping her forehead. Andy cut the cord and Kim got to hold Elijah on her stomach for a couple minutes before he needed to be cleaned up, weighed, and measured.
Up until he was born we had not decided on a middle name. Relieved to learn it was indeed a boy (because we had no girl names picked out) Kim said, "Let's call him Elijah Samuel, he looks like a Samuel." Unknown to Kim, Andy was also planning to say Samuel for a middle name if Kim passed on the decision to him. Here is some of the reasons behind the name we chose for our son.
Elijah is Hebrew for "My God is the Lord" and our boy is named after the Old Testament prophet who proclaimed that boldly with his life. He is most remembered for a showdown with the false prophets of Baal in which he mocked their worship of a false god and demonstrated the power of the true God by praying that God would burn up an altar that he had soaked with water. He is also one of the only people in the Bible that never experienced death as 2 Kings 2:11 says "Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind."
Samuel was the final judge of Israel who led the people humbly and faithfully through times of great change. He was born to Hannah who prayed so intensely for a baby that she appeared to be drunk to Eli (the priest of that day)! Samuel was born after Hannah promised to dedicate him to serve God with his life. He grew up in the temple and later after many years of faithful service he appointed both Saul and David as the first kings of Israel. His life and story is one of Andy's favorite of the Bible.
We hope and pray that our son will learn from the positive examples of these men as he grows into the man he was created to be. We love him already for who he is and praise God for entrusting this precious life to our care.
Thanks for celebrating with us another one of God's gifts to our family, Elijah Samuel!
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!"
- 1 John 3:1
For additional pictures you can use this direct link to a Facebook album (even if you don't use Facebook I think):
There is also an album of pictures and guestbook at the hospital website. Click the link below, click the button on the right side of the page that says "Web Nursery" and enter the password "FRAZ6064-8300":
http://www.msha.com/
With some extra time on our hands, Kim was given some "food" (apple juice, jello, and chicken broth) while Terri and Andy went to the cafeteria for a late breakfast around 10:00 am. Contractions were steady for the next 2 hours but relatively mild until Kim's water was broken. After that contractions began to increase in strength and frequency coming every 1-2 minutes from roughly 2:00 pm -3:00 pm. Kim spent some time standing and walking to relieve some of the pain. Terri and Andy helped as able by massaging her back. Then just before 3:00 pm it was "show time." :-)
As the pain increased and was becoming more frequent, Kim elected to try some minor IV pain medication to take some of "the edge" off the contractions. We think it was called "fentanyl," which helped some but made her feel nauseous. An additional medication was then given to relive the nausea and soon after that just a few minutes before 3:00 pm the contractions were coming hard and Kim was ready to push. The nurse told her to do her best not to push just yet because our doctor was on the floor helping to deliver another baby! Kim did great at holding off while other preparations were made to deliver the baby.
At almost 3:00 pm exactly Dr. McCarthy made it in for the final delivery preparations and gave Kim the green light to start pushing. Within maybe 2 pushes we could already see the head, and by 3:04 pm Elijah was out! Terri got to watch it all happen while Andy stood by Kim offering a hand to squeeze and wiping her forehead. Andy cut the cord and Kim got to hold Elijah on her stomach for a couple minutes before he needed to be cleaned up, weighed, and measured.
Up until he was born we had not decided on a middle name. Relieved to learn it was indeed a boy (because we had no girl names picked out) Kim said, "Let's call him Elijah Samuel, he looks like a Samuel." Unknown to Kim, Andy was also planning to say Samuel for a middle name if Kim passed on the decision to him. Here is some of the reasons behind the name we chose for our son.
Elijah is Hebrew for "My God is the Lord" and our boy is named after the Old Testament prophet who proclaimed that boldly with his life. He is most remembered for a showdown with the false prophets of Baal in which he mocked their worship of a false god and demonstrated the power of the true God by praying that God would burn up an altar that he had soaked with water. He is also one of the only people in the Bible that never experienced death as 2 Kings 2:11 says "Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind."
Samuel was the final judge of Israel who led the people humbly and faithfully through times of great change. He was born to Hannah who prayed so intensely for a baby that she appeared to be drunk to Eli (the priest of that day)! Samuel was born after Hannah promised to dedicate him to serve God with his life. He grew up in the temple and later after many years of faithful service he appointed both Saul and David as the first kings of Israel. His life and story is one of Andy's favorite of the Bible.
We hope and pray that our son will learn from the positive examples of these men as he grows into the man he was created to be. We love him already for who he is and praise God for entrusting this precious life to our care.
Thanks for celebrating with us another one of God's gifts to our family, Elijah Samuel!
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!"
- 1 John 3:1
For additional pictures you can use this direct link to a Facebook album (even if you don't use Facebook I think):
There is also an album of pictures and guestbook at the hospital website. Click the link below, click the button on the right side of the page that says "Web Nursery" and enter the password "FRAZ6064-8300":
http://www.msha.com/
